In this episode, I speak with Ginny Whitelaw. Ginny is the founder of the Institute for Zen Leadership, a Zen Master in the Chozen-ji line of Rinzai Zen, as well
Steve Loy, Head of School, Rutger’s Prep School (NJ) is featured as the cover story profile in OESIS Network Magazine, November 2021. It was a shocking offer. Steve Loy was
This article won 1st prize in the Intrepid Ed News Summer Writing Contest. The writing prompt was: “I think my profession needs…” Congratulations to Gillian Barnes! As a school leader,
By James Wickenden and Jennifer Fleischer, Talent Consultant at DRG Talent Advisory Group Making predictions is always risky because the chances of being wrong are greater than the chances of
My high school journey in India, like that of most people across the globe, was intense for the wrong reasons. The goals of the institution were clear: deliver top performance
Ozymandias There is a fast-developing problem for independent schools. It is more systemic than alleged racism and more disruptive than pandemic-induced protocols. Independent schools are becoming ungovernable. A 1970’s Management
October 19, 2021 My most recent memory of a traditional onsite education conference was Spring 2019. It was similar to so many of the conferences I had attended over the
I do not live in the most politically prejudiced county in the United States. That would be Suffolk County, Massachusetts, home of Boston. But I live next door, and my
In 2000, Peter Senge, of the MIT Sloan School of Management, published his fourth book, Schools That Learn. Early in the book, Senge says the following about learning communities: The
What is it really that we are talking about when we speak of “the education system”? Surely, you and I, educators around the world, students, school leaders are the system.