For years, education leaders have planned for individual disruptions: a weather event, a regulation change, a cybersecurity incident, a staffing shortage, a major donation, a funding challenge.

But what happens when those disruptions overlap, compound and become a constant feature of the landscape?

Education leaders today face growing uncertainty. Climate events, artificial intelligence, political polarization, workforce shifts, infrastructure challenges and changing community needs are creating conditions that many schools and systems were never designed to navigate. Yet most planning approaches still assume a more stable world.

Navigating Disruption in Education offers a different approach.

Rather than planning for individual disruptions or focusing only on recovery after something goes wrong, leaders can strengthen their ability to anticipate, prepare for and respond to disruption before a crisis occurs. Drawing on strategic foresight, this publication introduces practical tools, future scenarios and reflection exercises designed to help education leaders make better decisions in uncertain times.