Main Responsibilities of a Senior Research Fellow at Clayton Christensen Institute
Thomas's main responsibilities as a Senior Research Fellow involve developing insights to "make the world better by helping innovation happen more successfully," focusing on K-12 education. This translates to studying school districts and schools as case studies, then disseminating findings through papers, articles, presentations, and travel to conferences and school sites.
Research, Education, Innovation, Systems Thinking, Communication
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Thomas Arnett
Senior Research Fellow
Clayton Christensen Institute
Brigham Young University, 2009
Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business, Master of Business Administration
Economics
Education
Research and Development (R&D)
Scholarship Recipient, Took Out Loans
Video Highlights
1. Develops insights to help make the world better by improving innovation and making it more accessible.
2. Studies K-12 education, using school districts and schools as case studies to understand organizational dynamics.
3. Translates research insights into papers, articles, presentations, and shares them with leaders in the field through various media outlets and conferences.
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What are your main responsibilities within your current role?
The big picture is that we're trying to develop insights to help have impact in the world and make it better. We do this by helping innovation happen more successfully.
This involves innovations that change the quality of life for people. We aim to make these innovations more accessible, affordable, and relevant to more parts of humanity.
My role as a researcher is in K-12 education. I study school districts as case studies, looking at how the dynamics work within these organizations as systems.
Then, I translate these insights into papers and articles for different media outlets. I also give presentations at conferences, helping to spread these ideas and share them with leaders in the field.
My day-to-day work involves many meetings where I learn from people in the field. I then translate what I learn into written products. Occasionally, I travel to visit school sites we are studying or to speak at conferences.