06.11.25 IGNITE Where Dr. Tom Webb sparks your curiosity and inspires action! Team BOOM, A few years ago, I walked into a school that had just changed everything. New bell schedule. New leadership roles. New meeting calendar. The structure was completely reimagined… but nothing had changed. The same frustrations, same confusion, same results. Why? Because structure isn’t the same as a system. Structures are what we can see: the schedule, the calendar, the org chart.Systems are what people...
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06.04.25 IGNITE Where Dr. Tom Webb sparks your curiosity and inspires action! Dear Reader, Back in March my wife Kelly and I found ourselves in that weird Midwest spring break limbo—too cold to open the pool, too early for patio furniture, but just warm enough to sit in lawn chairs and let the sun warm our bones. As we sat there, I looked over at the old “Quack Shack”—a weathered little fort we built when our kids were younger. It’s been years since they played on the slides or hung out...
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05.28.25 IGNITE Where Dr. Tom Webb sparks your curiosity and inspires action! Dear Reader, Last week I entered a time machine. Seriously. I was driving 100 miles to a high school I’d never been to—my son was running in a sectional track meet, and I had one job: get there on time. But after stopping at a gas station halfway, I got back in the truck… and my phone said: SOS. Invalid SIM card. No signal. No GPS. No idea where I was. For a second, I panicked. Then I remembered what I used to do...
15 days ago • 1 min read
05.23.25 IGNITE Where Dr. Tom Webb sparks your curiosity and inspires action! Dear Reader, It’s easy to get caught up in the grind. This time of year, educators are sprinting toward summer break and business leaders are bracing for the summer push. The days feel long, the to-do lists feel longer, and we wake up, glance at our calendar, and mutter: “Just one more day.” But before this Friday fades into another blur, take a moment on your drive home. Play Larry Fleet’s song, Things I Take for...
20 days ago • 1 min read
05.21.25 IGNITE Where Dr. Tom Webb sparks your curiosity and inspires action! Dear Reader, There are seasons in life when everything feels heavy. Family tension. Career setbacks. Personal storms. And as humans, we ask: Why? Sometimes there’s no answer. But there is a response— Faith.Hope.And a belief in a better tomorrow. This past Friday, an EF-4 tornado tore through southern Williamson County. My friend Bobby, a fireman, was at home with his family. He could feel something serious was...
22 days ago • 1 min read
05.15.25 IGNITE Where Dr. Tom Webb sparks your curiosity and inspires action! Dear Reader, There are moments in leadership when you’re reminded exactly why we do what we do. Ms. Barrett is our reading specialist. She works with students who’ve struggled with reading—kids who’ve fallen behind, who might have missed the foundational skills others take for granted. But she doesn’t just teach phonics or fluency. She teaches belief. She builds trust. She nurtures confidence. And she inspires a...
28 days ago • 1 min read
05.07.25 IGNITE Where Dr. Tom Webb sparks your curiosity and inspires action! Dear Reader, This week, we pause to say thank you—to every teacher, educator, and school leader who steps out of their comfort zone, tries something new, and chooses to grow instead of coast. Your impact doesn’t come from having all the answers—it comes from your willingness to keep learning. That same mindset fuels the best business leaders, too. Whether in a classroom or a boardroom, the secret to leadership isn’t...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
05.05.25 IGNITE Where Dr. Tom Webb sparks your curiosity and inspires action! Dear Reader , As you align your goals for next year, keep this in mind: I'm not a consultant looking in from the outside—I’m living this work with you. 👨🏫 Current principal of 520 students 👨👩👧👦 Father of 3 👩🏫 Married to a Kindergarten teacher I don't share theory. I teach systems. Simple, repeatable, sustainable. Believe it. Organize it. Own it. Multiply it. That’s the BOOM Framework—and the magic is you define what...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
04.30.25 IGNITE Where Dr. Tom Webb sparks your curiosity and inspires action! Team BOOM, This week, I want to tell you about a friend of mine — Terry Murphy, known to all of us simply as Murph. Whether you saw him a couple hours ago, a couple days, or a couple years, Murph’s greeting never changed: pure, authentic joy to be in your presence. No pretenses. No "busy" excuses. Just a genuine, all-in handshake, a big grin, and excitement that made you feel like the most important person in the...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
04.23.25 IGNITE Where Dr. Tom Webb sparks your curiosity and inspires action! Team BOOM, For years, I misunderstood what motivates people to change. As a principal—and a coach at heart—I always pull for the underdog. If a student was teetering on the edge of making a team, I’d encourage the coach to give them a shot. Then I’d tell the student, “honor the opportunity.” I believed the opportunity itself would inspire new behaviors. But time and again, I became frustrated when nothing changed....
about 2 months ago • 1 min read