#wapisasa

Social Purpose

With the genesis of the Wapisasa concept in my head, I was keen to use a different model. A people-first…

8 years ago

Learning to Credential

Due to the nature of the system, we start with the Credential and work backwards. Ah. This is further illustrated…

9 years ago

Catalyst of change

I had a very enjoyable conversation with Giles Anderton before Christmas, and this thought appeared. I see myself as a catalyst for…

9 years ago

So… how’s it going? (growing a social business)

I wrote this visual poem in 2014 when the social business I had founded (wapisasa) and its vision were struggling - I…

9 years ago

Planning Buckets for Scope

I created this image to go with Doug Belshaw's blogpost on "Setting an Agile School Rhythm" ...

9 years ago

Confidence and Perspective

When we took on our first young people at wapisasa last year, I really didn't appreciate how important self-confidence in…

9 years ago

Your Experiences have value

I now realise that we are our experiences, and due to having associative brains, the product of our individual experiences…

9 years ago

What’s the big idea?

Mr Rocketship-of-an-idea. What's not to like?

9 years ago

We teach Maths like a dead language

I've come across too many people who shudder at the thought of maths. The damage has already been done. To…

9 years ago

Use your Loaf

I've no idea what I'm trying to say here - I just like the phrase. It's one my dad would…

9 years ago