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I work with CEOs and investors in content, data and workflow companies, mostly in education, science, healthcare and business information.Thanks for reading!

I work with private equity sponsors and CEOs of European knowledge and workflow businesses, mostly in education.

I work with private equity sponsors and CEOs of European knowledge and workflow businesses, mostly in education.

The central claim in Jonathan Haidt’s The Anxious Generation is that in little more than a decade, childhood went from mostly play-based to mostly phone-based. Children spent less time togeth…

Leadership Transition Programme. Programme for new and emerging leaders.

PISA, Learning, Reading, AI, Attention

Human beings have always used technology to boost their life chances. Initially, we used technology to support our physical needs, through tools and later farming. About 5,500 years ago we started …

I’ve been thinking quite a lot recently about what happens to learning when we introduce generative AI. My concern is that if AI makes it easier to complete a task, are we also making it easier to …

I was struck by a recent article in the Economist about whether AI is stopping children from learning. The headline finding is extraordinary. Recent research, based on 30 months of data from 26,811…

Foundational literacies For much of my professional life, I have been committed to enabling teaching and learning, particularly the foundational literacies that help people thrive: reading and writ…

AI in education is often framed as a battle between humans and machines. Based on conversations with teachers, founders and investors over the past year, I believe the real opportunities lie in par…

2024 saw 300 M&A transactions, 5 IPOs and a handful of take privates with PE actively pursuing segment leaders.