This post has been sitting in drafts for a long time. I’ve struggled to articulate the real potential of learning to curate networks, especially for youth. But here goes… Folk have often heard me say that I wish I had the networks I have now back when I was in Read more
“The only time my education was interrupted was while I was at school.” – Winston Churchill. If we asked children and adults what the point of school was, I predict we’d get some bewildered and some generic responses. There’d be the predictable, ‘to be literate’ (to learn to read and Read more
“It is the business of teachers to run not merely schools but the world” – A Sociological Philosophy of Education, 1928. 2020 has received a number of big lessons from nature in the form of fires, floods, and Flu (capital emphasis for coronavirus). Perhaps one of the many by-products from these Read more
This is probably going to sound arrogant and presumptuous, but the notion that people describe themselves as a ‘Speaker’ has really been annoying me. So many profiles where people seem to think that listing themselves as a speaker is some kind of descriptor for talent. Whether it’s keynotes, presentations, or Read more
This post is an edited version of the short presentation given at Teachmeet Melbourne on Saturday 30 November 2013: I find myself at an interesting transition in life, one where I am trying to look at systems with fresh eyes. What my work-life will look like is too early to Read more
At what point does human kind stop consuming? Food. Land. Raw materials. Flora and fauna. Water. We have an insatiable appetite for all of them. It has driven colonization, exploitation, invention, and confrontation. No matter how much we have, enough is never enough. We are feeding the beast of Read more
If you could have a day off tomorrow to learn anything you wanted, what would it be? Have a think now… There could be so many things you or I could learn in a day, probably the vastness of choices would make it so hard to decide. It might be Read more