Hi I'm Richard Gerver; a former elementary school prinicple in the UK. After being privileged enough to lead the incredible Grange School to international success by ripping up the conventions of educational thinking and developing a system that was based on preparing our kids for their future and doing so through creativity, context, purpose and dynamic, I felt that it was time to spread my wings and am now determined to work on transforming thinking world wide.
I am more than fortunate to have Sir Ken Robinson as my mentor and guide and work closely with him on the issues that are the foundation to his new book; The Element.
I believe that we have yet to realise the incredible depth of human potential that we all possess and that tragically, we underestimate our abilities as adults; as leaders and as managers and most tragically the amazing abilities of our young people.
We are facing quite possibly the greatest set of crises we have ever faced as a species: the economic, environmental and socio-ethnic issues that burn around the world...we need radically different thinking not just to meet the challenges of these issues but to rise above them and create a better, more stable world as a result.
In my blog I will try to communicate my thoughts on the issues we face and how I think we must radically transform out thinking about education and the development of human potential if we are to realise our positive future.
I am an optimist; in the face of crisis I see opportunity; we have a significant opportunity to evolve and find new strengths and new solutions...through this blog I want to provoke thinking and debate and above all, shake the small c conservative thinkers out of their slumber...It is time to lead ourselves into the unknown!
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