Teachers who don't pull their weight drag down the profession and their colleagues with it.

High performance leaders capitalize on crises to galvanize the motivation and actions of people in the organization.

When creativity is the goal, schools must have their own platforms to network and innovate.

Blame and betrayal are the emotional enemies of improvement.

Teaching is a passionate profession.

Improvement is about doing something better; innovation is about doing something new.

Singapore gives 10% "white space" time to all of its teachers to come up with their own innovations outside of the official curriculum. This encourages teachers to turn to their colleagues for inspiration and ideas.