Laura K Spencer, Ed.D. | Read the Terrain

Leadership under real conditions. Educational leadership, AI adoption, and the systems that shape schools and organizations whether anyone planned them or not.
This is for the leader who got promoted for being the best doer and can't figure out why leading feels heavier than doing ever did. Most leadership content assumes good roads and clear weather. The real work is everywhere else.
Read the Terrain is about reading conditions before you give directions. Short, direct videos on leadership strategy, school systems, edtech and AI adoption, hard conversations, and the questions worth asking before you commit to a new tool. Education is the front door. If you manage people anywhere, you'll recognize yourself.
I drive old Land Rovers, so reading terrain started literal.
New here? Start with the playlist below, then check out the website at laurakspencer.com.