Innovation and Leadership in Parks
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Dylan Mroszczyk-McDonald returns to the Park Leaders Show to continue the discussion about leadership and culture in parks.\\xa0
Dylan is a park ranger at Acadia National Park.
In this episode, we discuss innovative leadership and the impact it can have on the culture of parks.\\xa0
To some degree, we are doing the same job park rangers were doing 60 years ago. We are trying to protect and preserve parks.\\xa0
With innovation, we can hold true to our history and mission while bringing in positive changes and best practices from organizations and movements found around us.\\xa0
Innovation brings tension with it to people in parks who feel an obligation to hold on to our tradition and heritage.\\xa0
Change throughout an entire agency begins with a single individual making a change. You can start the long progress of making change by having difficult conversations\\xa0about leadership and culture in parks.\\xa0
You can listen to the first episode in the series here.\\xa0
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