A successful school has to engage all the people, all the powers, and all the capacities within it.

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

In collaborative cultures, failure and uncertainty are not protected but shared and discussed to gain support.

On government & unions: the only thing worse than blind trust is blind mistrust.

You cannot understand the teacher or their teaching without understanding the person the teacher is.

Lateral trust among colleagues is as important as vertical trust within the hierarchy.

Schools cannot shut their gates and leave the outside world on the doorstep.