IN SIGHT

concept. As a bit of a metalhead, it seems wear an Iron Maiden t-shirt if they on the flip side, who are you to ever what t-shirt they wear? Maybe they have want to go off on the journey. Maybe strikes me that the problem with the from an assumed navigational point.”

MikeWorldWide

“Communicating uncertainty is a hugely difficult problem that the government has, because governments so often sell themselves on having all the answers.”

Joe Twyman, Director, Deltapoll

Despite their differences, US and UK panels alike spoke at length about the importance of leaving room for uncertainty in their communications, both internal and external. One of the most pertinent points to emerge involved zooming out beyond the push to define education’s purpose, querying the meaning – and value – of ‘purpose’ and ‘education’ as terms themselves.

As James Scroggs noted, the word purpose implies a fixed point from which to navigate, and therefore a presumed direction of travel; ‘education’, meanwhile, might feel too redolent of schooling, university and other formal, finite settings. ‘Learning’, on the other hand, is an altogether more exploratory process. If we want to encourage businesses to entertain the vulnerability that real growth demands, then perhaps our best bet is championing a framework that models that same flexibility.

“Actually, good leaders don’t have the answer. Why? Because they’re still learning. Maybe the best leadership comes from the people who are prepared to admit that – to say, I’m purposeful in my learning to progress because the world is changing around me and I’m going to change the world with it. It doesn’t come from these absolute positions of authority or knowledge.”

James Scroggs, One Question