Category: future
Doing, reflecting, and being grateful in Dubai
By hmw in ambition, appreciation, beauty, change, connections, future, global, global competence, global issues, grateful, happiness, hope, humanity, inclusiveness, joy, kindness, networks, reflecting
I haven't written a blog for several weeks, because my time and inspiration has been directed elsewhere, to a range of demanding but satisfying projects and commitments – including for the Boards of which I am a member, international leader recruitment with LSC Education for a range of schools from Armenia to Switzerland, and coaching …
Caz Jude, COP 27, GESS Dubai, Museum of the Future, Staybridge Suites
"Service and Dignity" – The Queen's abiding legacy
By hmw in appreciation, challenges, change, emotion, emotions, future, global, grief, History, leadership, thinking, thoughts
I learned of The Queen's death in a Board meeting on Thursday 8 September, as the news flashed up on my phone, and I confess to having spent the best part of the past few days in a mournful mode, as the impact has hit of the loss which we have collectively experienced. Her Majesty …
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, King Charles III
Forwarding to the future in education
By hmw in education, future, Uncategorized
I was delighted to be invited to the inaugural Future Fwd conference in Warwick at the beginning of July – 2 days of in-depth reflection on what is really needed in education, with strands led by innovative thinkers in tech and gaming, business, the creative arts, curriculum and entrepreneurship. The conference – a collaboration between …
Education, future, global competence, making a diference
Celebrating the positive despite adversity
By hmw in appreciation, boards, chair, contribute, emotions, future, global competence, hope, humanity, leaders, leadership, opportunity, perseverance, war
Sometimes the weight of the stories reported in daily news bulletins can, quite simply, be overwhelming. Pestilence, War, Famine, Death … if we listen carefully, can we hear the thunderous hooves of the Four Horsemen? Fear and anxiety certainly inhibit the creative act of putting pen to paper, or fingers to keyboard, to capture and …
Brian Hunter, International Women's Day, Kim Atkinson, Margaret McCaig, Nik Bobb, Susan Rowand
Is Amsterdam calling …?
By hmw in boards, future, Headship, Headteachers, opportunity, personal development, schools, teacher recruitment, teachers, teaching
One of the hats I wear is that of the Chair of the Supervisory Board of the British School of Amsterdam – a role in which I have sought to do my bit for the school since December 2019, having joined the Board in 2017. It is a great school – no question of this! …
Amsterdam, British School of Amsterdam, Paul Morgan, St Julian's
By hmw in ambition, appreciation, connections, contribute, creativity, culture, daydreaming, determination, emotion, future, global competence, happiness, hope, success, Travel
At the dawn of 2022, let us commit to making it a year of hope! In doing so, I wanted to reflect back on my experience in late 2021, when I was lucky enough to visit the vast learning emporium that is Expo 2020 Dubai. Delayed for a year because of the pandemic, but nonetheless …
A meeting of minds in Dubai
By hmw in ambition, appreciation, challenges, connections, culture, determination, education, future, global competence, leaders, leadership, learning, networks, opportunity, schools, Travel
I felt genuinely fortunate and blessed this past week to have navigated reams of pre-travel requirements successfully and to have had the opportunity to contribute as a speaker to the GESS Dubai conference. I was speaking on values-led leadership in schools, and the importance of understanding and developing self in order to be a highly …
Alvin Toffler, Dr Rana Tamim, GESS Dubai Conference
How to leave school again … and again … and again …
By hmw in ambition, appreciation, careers, challenges, change, children, determination, education, emotions, future, global competence, happiness, hope, humour, ideas, joy, learning, opportunity, personal development, responsibility, schools, speech, students, success, teachers, teaching, thoughts
I have been reflecting a lot recently on what it means to leave school – that moment of transition from being a school student to not being a school student, leaving behind 13+ years of formal schooling mandated by the state, and facing up to a future of possibilities, choices and responsibilities. These reflections have …
CIRCLE, DARED, Harry Wright
Avoiding complacency in the application of Growth Mindset
By hmw in future, global awareness, global competence, learning, research, students
I really enjoyed speaking to an assembled global audience of actuaries last Friday, when I delivered a lecture on how research into Growth Mindset, coupled with research into how students learn effectively, can support the actuarial profession as it tackles the current and future issues for which it has immense responsibility. I have found it …
Growth Mindset, IFoA, Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, Professor Carol Dweck
The global power of language learning
By hmw in ambition, appreciation, careers, challenges, change, contribute, courses, creativity, culture, determination, education, equality, future, global, global competence, inclusiveness, language, learning, networks, opportunity, Resilience, responsibility, society, thinking, thought, Travel
I loved reading this article in The Guardian last week about a 'video pal' scheme instigated by the University of Warwick during the pandemic and consequent lockdowns; designed to support university students in developing their French language skills despite being unable to travel, it started with 5 students and now has almost 7,000 enrolled, and …
Dragons Teaching, global power, language learning, The Guardian