by David Goldring | Sep 16, 2011 | Education, Leadership, Learning, Lumina, Uncategorized
It’s been an exhilarating experience being part of the new Free School experiment sweeping the UK – we’re a community with the opportunity to build a school that reflects our values and ethos, and this week the doors of Eden Primary opened. Ziggy (our four year old)...
by David Goldring | Jul 19, 2011 | Article, Happiness, Leadership, Lumina
When a colleague you respect recommends a book on accountability you can take it the wrong way and ignore him, or go to Amazon and buy it. That’s what I did and the book was almost finished by the weekend. It led me to consider the issue of accountability....
by David Goldring | Jun 9, 2011 | Article, Leadership, Lumina, Uncategorized
50 years on from Carl Jung’s death, it was interesting to read the BBC’s Mark Vernon reflecting on how Jung would see the world today. As the father of modern personality tests and a pioneer in helping humans see the importance of “delving deep”,...
by David Goldring | Apr 28, 2011 | Leadership, Learning, Other
Back in the early 90’s, as a sales manager buying training services I was swayed by our training providers well compiled “feedback” reports that demonstrated 8 out of 10 cats preferred their training. As the person charged with demonstrating return on...
by David Goldring | Apr 21, 2011 | Article, Happiness, Leadership, Learning
This week it is Passover, and as Jews we partake in a celebration of freedom from slavery and oppression. We are commanded to tell the story of Moses and how he’d led the ancient Israelites from Pharoes enslavement. In our home my father always recreated the...
by David Goldring | Apr 14, 2011 | Leadership
It goes without saying that the recent earthquakes and tsunami in Japan – and their ongoing, horrendous aftermath – are about as close to the definition of ‘crisis’ as you can get. I, and pretty much everyone I know, was absolutely glued to the screen in horror when...
