It all started out of frustration in the early days of the pandemic. We wrote our first Provocation emails in the third week of our British and Australian lockdowns, and asked people to subscribe. We’d been told these lockdowns would only last for two weeks. With that misplaced optimism, people…

The Shinkansen is the famous Japanese bullet train. It is phenomenal. At 320kph, it’s gone through the station before you’ve even heard it coming. Most decent ideas are like those Japanese express trains. Dreaming up a big idea for your class or your school is really hard. …

We’ve done years of research into how aspiring leaders can become the engines of change in any organisation, but no more so than in schools. But many current middle and senior leaders don’t know how to harness them. There are two parts to being a great middle leader: You need…

When you want a group of students to ask more questions on a topic than the teacher, a provocative clip, image or text can quickly open the floodgates of personal enquiry. Here are some of the favourites we’ve used at NoTosh over the last couple of years. Watch them before…

A quick Amazon search for Leadership Books resulted in “over 60,000” titles, each with their own perspective on the traits and attitudes needed to be a leader. A scan of the top titles, their bylines and blurbs indicate that these books are focus on one person: the leader themselves. Not…

Education Scotland, the professional learning authority of the country, has endorsed NoTosh’s middle leadership programme. — This is what they said: The programme is well-structured as a series of three sprints through which participants progress as they work from vision and strategy to action and reflection on action. The content is delivered flexibly, focussed in discrete blocks with supporting online materials. …

Mark Beaumont is best known for cycling around the world. Twice. 130 countries visited by pumping away on two pedals. None of that matters, unless it makes a purposeful difference on the world around him. Our family. Our community. Our work. Those are the three things Mark believes matter most…

On Friday night, I found myself gawping at the sky along with hundreds of others across Edinburgh. The snow moon entranced us in a way that’s hard for an iPhone photo to capture. — I remember those nights of travel, waiting in Dubai, Doha or Istanbul. Having come off one long flight I’d have to wait a few hours before the next, morning flight would attempt to trick me into believing it really was breakfast time. …

NoTosh is helping to create one of the most remarkable learning community on the planet. It’s remarkable because it’s a school just as much for parents as it is for their children. — In almost every school, ‘belonging’ features as a desired outcome. The pandemic threw learning online, but it also created opportunity and challenge in equal measure. …