“When the line started to blur between the fans and the players, sometimes things can get ugly.” Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
What would you advise in 👇
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Anon post on X via @headteacherchat.bsky.social : My chair of governors is also a parent at my school. She frequently contacts me on my personal number at weekends, sometimes very late after 9.30pm or before 6.00am, specifically to discuss her child.
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“You can’t sit on two chairs at once.” Andrei Sakharov
What are your thoughts on heads being governors too?
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“A wealth of information creates a poverty of attention." Herbert Simon
How can governors ensure that the information they get doesn’t drown them in too much detail?
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This week's Big Question is... actually quite small. 🔍✨
At what point does "nothing" become "something", and is there a limit to the little?
🎤💬 We'd love to hear your thoughts ⬇️
#philosophy #philosophymatters #bigquestions #brainteaser #puzzle #Fridayfun
“Leaders grasp nettles." David Ogilvy
How do you prepare for a difficult conversation you may need to have with someone?
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“Without purposeful and sustained leadership, inclusive education remains an aspiration rather than a reality.” UNESCO 2024
How, as non-exec leaders, are you ensuring that your school is fully inclusive?
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Todays Post #perspective #lifequestions #bigquestions #thinkaboutit #purpose
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Does this describe your meetings? If not, what advice would you give to those who reply yes?
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“When the interest of the AI owner diverges from the interest of the AI users, the users lose. “Kai-Fu Lee
How are boards approaching the ever increasing role of AI in all educational fields, including drafting complaints to schools? #BigQuestions #UKEdGovs
A pie box that advertises a hidden centres.
Don’t all pies have hidden centres? Isn’t that what makes them pies rather than a bowl of stew? #pies #packaging #bigquestions
"I was never really insane except upon occasions when my heart was touched" Edgar Allan Poe
How do we recruit people with a passion for great governance?
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The search for purpose often assumes it’s something you haven’t found yet.
What if the search itself is what makes it feel out of reach?
dualisticunity.com/finding-your...
#Purpose #ExistentialInquiry #Meaning #Life #BigQuestions
Today’s #BigQuestions is from Jacqueline Rodden
"Instead of buying your children things you never had, teach them things you were never taught" Bruce Lee
How do govs ensure opportunities for all children? #UKEdGovs
One from the back catalogue, published a while back. GM Jon only started in 2025, so a ‘while back’ usually means a few months ago only…
The first song I wrote the lyrics for, but not the first song I published. Asks some questions…
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#GMJon #Identity #BigQuestions
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⚛️ #QuantumPhysics – The #DoubleSlitExperiment explained simply! 👍
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#Zoomposium #GerdGanteför #Phenomena #BigQuestions #Physics #LimitsOfPhysics #Philosophy #NaturalSciences #Metaphysics #ParticlePhysics #Structure #Reality
What is one conversation you want to have this year that would make your thinking sharper, not just louder?
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#SinaiAndSynapses #ScientistsInSynagogues #4thLineFilms #RabbiGeoffMitelman #ScienceAndReligion #InterfaithDialogue #Curiosity #IntellectualHumility #BigQuestions #Community
Where in your life do you rely on more than one framework to make sense of something complex?
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#SinaiAndSynapses #ScientistsInSynagogues #4thLineFilms #ScienceAndReligion #JudaismAndScience #FaithAndReason #BigQuestions #ModernJudaism #Ethics #Curiosity
Where do you feel that conversation most clearly in your own life?
#SinaiAndSynapses #ScientistsInSynagogues #4thLineFilms #ScienceAndReligion #Judaism #Awe #Wonder #BigQuestions #Meaning
Book of the Day, February 28th – Non-Fiction, Personal Growth
Available completely free on Amazon!
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“The Contentment Dilemma” by Marcus Hurst
#PersonalGrowth #SelfHelp #BookoftheDay #ChristianLiving #BigQuestions #InnerPeace #HappyLife
This week’s #BigQuestions are by Jacqueline Rodden.
"A smooth sea never made a good sailor" FD Roosevelt
What are the toughest lessons you have learnt in relation to governance?
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What is a question that always pulls you into awe?
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#SinaiAndSynapses #ScienceAndReligion #Wonder #Awe #Curiosity #BigQuestions #Learning #JudaismAndScience
What is a big question you wish you could discuss more openly in your community?
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#SinaiAndSynapses #ScientistsInSynagogues #RabbiGeoffMitelman #JudaismAndScience #BigQuestions #Curiosity #Dialogue #JewishLearning
"The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it." Mother Theresa
What motivated you to become a governor?
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This stopped me mid-scroll — what you're describing is exactly how we discover what we actually believe. We don't *know* our philosophy until we're forced to articulate it. Teaching isn't just transmission, it's self-excavation.
#identity #bigquestions
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“I'm one that doesn't let the pressure or any of the outside kind of scrutiny, all those things, really get to me.” Carson Wentz
How can the board perform its function of holding the executive to account without adding to the pressure they are already under? #BigQuestions #ukedgovs
