by Fowles | Aug 17, 2026 | CULTIV8, Culture by Design, Leadership Behaviours
I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve sat across from a newly appointed curriculum manager, three months into the job, telling me they feel like they’re drowning and that nobody warned them it would feel like this.They weren’t lying about the...
by Fowles | Jun 16, 2026 | CULTIV8, Culture by Design, EVALU8, Leadership Behaviours, Power of 8
The question the Skills White Paper should have asked and what Gallup’s latest data tells us about why it matters. The government’s post-16 Skills White Paper, published last October, included a proposal that turned more than a few heads. Ministers want to...
by Fowles | Jun 9, 2026 | CULTIV8, Leadership Behaviours, Power of 8
The last piece I wrote was about what gets ignored — and how the things leaders walk past quietly become the culture. A few of you got in touch after reading it. The question that kept coming back, in slightly different words each time, was this: Right. So what does...
