why connected?

The idea for the podcast is simple. Here is a collections of shared conversations with educators and leaders around the world who are engaging in inspiring work. I hope that these recordings - the shared ideas and experiences of the guests - might spark further conversations, ideas and connections.

This podcast came as an extension of the conversations and dialogues originating in a MBA programme in Educational Leadership from Tampere University that I feel lucky to be part of. The MBA s a blended degree with intensive weeks and virtual teams meeting throughout the duration of the programme. There is much to be said about the value of the degree as a whole - and I will certainly write about this at some point - but the real magic of the programme are these moments of deep dialogue which occur as we think and work through this shared experience together. The podcast project is my attempt to extend those conversations and share them with a wider audience. In turn, I hope these conversations might be generative in the sense that the network of teachers, educators and leaders who might learn from one another - and rely on one another - grows as well.

While I wouldn’t call the teaching profession lonely work, what I do feel is that many of the conversations about education within organisations often revolves around the mundane - administrative work or first-order problem solving. There is seldom enough space, time (or the mechanics) to get to the stuff that might build up the capacities of teacher, leaders and the organisation as a whole. My belief is that real conversation is the critical piece.