Guest Thinkers — February 16, 2011

Three data-savvy principals

Today I uploaded the second CASTLE Conversations podcast for our data-driven decision-making podcast series. After feeding them a yummy lunch, I had a great discussion with Joan MacDonald, Linda Perdaems, and Colleen Wambach, three data-savvy principals here in Minnesota. If you enjoyed our previous conversation with Dr. Jan Witthuhn, you’ll like this one too!

The intent of CASTLE Conversations is to interview folks that have expertise and are

doing interesting things but may not have much national visibility. Keep giving us feedback and let us know what

you think. As always, we’re interested in your nominations for interviewees. If you know someone interesting that you think we should interview, get in touch!

Happy listening!

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