The Grounded Educator — Leading Through Uncertainty
Over the past six weeks, the 2026 Skills Horizon research from the University of Sydney has provided valuable insights into…
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Specialist Family Therapy Skills and Autism
While the criteria for a diagnosis of autism is individual, based on difficulties in social relationships, problems in communication, multimodal…
Read moreWhat on Earth Are “Blobs”? Preparing Educational Leaders for Future Complexity
The 2026 Skills Horizon, research from Sydney Executive Plus, identifies 35 leadership skills grouped into four interconnected capability areas, referred…
Read morePlease Don’t Fight
While approximately 50,000 Australian children experience parental separation or divorce each year the majority have access to each parent without…
Read moreWho Is My Dad?
There have always been stories of people discovering that the person they called ‘Dad’ was not their biological father with…
Read moreLeading Schools Through Complexity: Three Skills That Matter
Last week’s exploration of the The 2026 Skills Horizon considered four leadership clashes and how competing expectations are adding to…
Read moreIt Never Did Me Harm
At a time when we are increasingly concerned by the extent and nature of family violence, corporal punishment of children…
Read moreWhen Leadership Priorities Collide
Last week’s exploration of The 2026 Skills Horizon considered five shifts reshaping leadership values, technology, accountability, trust and energy. But…
Read moreThe Reality of an Eating Disorder
A parent whose child is starving to death in the grip of anorexia nervosa is in no doubt that this…
Read moreFive Shifts Reshaping Educational Leadership
Last week’s introduction to The 2026 Skills Horizon, research from Sydney Executive Plus at the University of Sydney Business School,…
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Thu, 5 Nov, 1:15pm – 1:45pm PST In the early 2000’s Australia changed its mind about locking people up as…
Read moreHow Scared Should We Be of AI?
Five years ago, if someone had spoken of AI, we may have assumed they were referring to the initials of…
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