Learning is living on the edge of incompetence. In this video, Jill steps outside of her comfort zone and asks QUT dance students Chloe and Aiden to teach her some dance moves. Jill reflects on this learning experience to inform her understanding of leading change.

Thank you to the QUT dance team:
Choreographer:
Jenny Roche

Cast: 2nd YEAR BFA PERFORMANCE
En Rui Foo
Chloe Lindbeck
Claire Bathgate-Petersen
Bonnie Ross
Cara Betty
Aiden Birney-Kilner
Noelia Sosa Juarez
Georgia Taylor
Laura McNally
Ally Frazer
Samuel Marcon

Music:
‘Peeling Venus’ by Denis Roche
‘Of the sea’ and ‘Bond that does not break’ from the album ‘Verse of Birds’ by Richard Skelton

This video is part of an online module that explores leadership as a dance with followers, and draws on the work of Ehrich and English (2012). It is hosted by Dr Jill Willis from QUT Faculty of Education, Brisbane (http://staff.qut.edu.au/staff/willisje/).

Ehrich, Lisa C. & English, Fenwick (2012) Leadership as dance : a consideration of the applicability of the ‘mother’ of all arts as the basis for establishing connoisseurship. International Journal of Leadership in Education: Theory and Practice, pp. 1-28. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/52719/