Current research supports the need for data-driven systems that occur naturally through a culture of continuous growth. Told through an ethnographic case study design and the lens of shared leadership, is the story of one educator preparation program's journey to improve curricula, clinical practice, and performance management through improvement science. Using the metaphor of outdated maps, improvement science has provided us a global positioning system (GPS) that allows us to know where we are in real time and pivot direction as needed as the landscape shifts. Understanding the journey of one EPP supports the work of other programs seeking to do the same in turbulent times.