Sir Michael Barber is a world leading expert on government delivery, education systems, systemic innovation and education reform. Sir Michael led the Prime Minister’s Delivery Unit for the Blair administration in
In this episode of the Coconut Thinking podcast, I speak with Richard Louv. Richard is a journalist and author of 10 books. He speaks internationally on nature-deficit disorder, a concept
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
If anybody could be called the “Grand Poobah” of global education, it’s Andreas Schleicher, Director for Education and Skills at the Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD). In February,
In this episode of the Coconut Thinking Podcast, I speak with Andrés Roberts, Founding Partner at The Bio-Leadership Project and Way of Nature UK. The Mission of the Bio-Leadership Project
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In this episode of the Coconut Thinking podcast, I speak with Jane Bryant, former CEO of Artswork, the U.K.’s national youth arts development agency, formerly chaired by Ken Robinson. Now
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Jonathan James is a teacher, education consultant and doctoral candidate at the UCL Institute of Education. Jonathan’s own doctoral research investigates how policies developed in response to the threat of terrorism