Two weeks of rewrites. Some stories hold us together. Others hold us back.

Two weeks of rewrites. Some stories hold us together. Others hold us back.

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I went to New York City looking for answers and all I got was a brand new bunch of questions to mull over and over and over and over and over and over and over

A fresh look at schools through the lens of queueing theory—exploring how visible and invisible waits shape young people’s experience, and what we might redesign with care and intent.

No crisis? No permission? No problem.

Making space for what really matters

A fresh look at schools through the lens of queueing theory—exploring how visible and invisible waits shape young people’s experience, and what we might redesign with care and intent.

Deliberately structured to remove friction, unlock potential, and make it easier for the people closest to children to do their best work.

Schools are complex systems—let’s stop managing them like machines

Schools are complex, adaptive systems yet we manage them as if they were machines. This series explores how trust structures can evolve—moving from control to enablement, from compliance to coherence.

Schools are complex, adaptive systems yet we manage them as if they were machines. This series explores how trust structures can evolve—moving from control to enablement, from compliance to coherence.

What would Parents' Evening look like if we designed for the edges?

Leading in a polycrisis

Matryoshka dolls, Bronfenbrenner and systemic change

What would Parents' Evening look like if we designed for the edges?

What would Parents' Evening look like if we designed for the edges?

Matryoshka dolls, Bronfenbrenner and systemic change

Why do immediate pressures crowd out long-term thinking? How and why do we let that happen? Is it inevitable? Immutable? Can we... hack it?

This is a short(ish) personal reflection on how challenging it can be to look 'beyond the frame' (even when I've expressly said that is what I want to do 🙄)

Change alone isn’t enough—how leaders tell the story of that change determines whether it succeeds and sustains, or not.

Change alone isn’t enough—how leaders tell the story of that change determines whether it succeeds and sustains, or not.

Change alone isn’t enough—how leaders tell the story of that change determines whether it succeeds and sustains, or not.

Even the best-performing schools can glitter with strength but shatter under pressure. This is a call to embrace the messy art of resilience—to bend, not break.

Presenting is about connection, not slide decks. This post offers a simple three-step framework to help you understand your audience, tailor your approach, and design presentations that resonate

Even the best-performing schools can glitter with strength but shatter under pressure. This is a call to embrace the messy art of resilience—to bend, not break.

Branding has a branding problem—especially within education. But I believe in its power to establish the trust-building clarity every school leader strives for.

What if the solution to 'the cover issue' isn’t about plugging gaps but rethinking the entire system? This post explores how reframing the problem and embracing a category disruption *might* help us.

Risk is often sensibly avoided in education, but it’s hard to progress without it. This post explores how we can mitigate strategic risks different to unlock creativity and drive meaningful change.