MV Ventures’ most recent R&D Report, “The Flow of Perpetual Learning: Where Individual Growth andInstitutional Progress Intersect,” offers a synthesis of research in response to the following driving question: What performance management systems most effectively promote both individual growth and institutional progress toward strategic goals—especially in the face of complexity and unpredictability? As the report illustrates, the answer is not a discrete product, protocol, or evaluative tool. Instead, it lies in cultivating a coherent and interdependent system of cultural practices that reinforce one another, build trust, and translate an organization’s mission and vision into daily work.

Mount Vernon School offers a compelling case study in how a mission-aligned, competency-based performance management system, LMNTS, creates the conditions for both human flourishing and organizational progress. By embedding professional standards into culture, connecting individual goals to institutional strategy, and emphasizing evidence without blame, Mount Vernon demonstrates how schools can operate as living systems of inquiry, innovation, and impact.