Projects

To help frame the moment we are in, the Diplomatic Courier released its annual special edition for the UN General Assembly meetings UNGA 80 A World at the Edge, A Future Still in Reach. This outlines our approach and actions surrounding the SDGs that we can all take, including Change Can Be Good. Accept and Embrace It. Read more here...

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At the United Nations General Assembly Week 2025 (UNGA80) the report Leading Through Uncertainty: Education Innovation in Times of Global Funding Volatility was launched at Innovators and Leaders event in the Empire State Building. The event was hosted by BTS Spark in partnership with HundrED, and the Diplomatic Courier. We asked 'How should education innovators react to growing uncertainty and rapid change?' The answer is to lean into it: Imperfect action is sometimes better than inaction, and developing solutions via an iterative, evidence-informed approach can lead to valuable learnings. Read more here...

In 2013, I led the development of the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child Model (WSCC) – a collaboration between the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and ASCD. In 2023, I redrafted this model, adding in sections that should have been included a decade earlier - leadership and culture. Read more here...

Davos Dialogues was published and distributed by Diplomatic Courier prior to the World Economic Forum in Davos 2026. The edition focused on how we respond to changing times and uncertainty. Read more including Partnership is the New Leadership here... 

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The OECD Learning Compass 2030 is an evolving learning framework that sets out an aspirational vision for the future of education. It supports the wider goals of education and provides points of orientation towards the future we want: individual and collective well-being. Read more here...

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In 2007, ASCD declared that that our education system should serve the Whole Child. In this second decade of the Whole Child, we declare that a fundamental part of educating the whole child asks education systems and communities to ensure that each child sees itself as an active maker and shaper of the world they will inherit. It is about helping each and every child recognize that they are part of, and inextricably connected with, the rest of the world, and empowering them to make our world a better place for themselves, humanity, and the planet. To do anything less is to shortchange our youth and their futures.  Read more here...

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