analyse this

I'm back from three weeks in the UK where the beginnings of a transforming planet were in evidence against the backdrop of grey skies, mass conflict avoidance, my birthplace and the closest thing I'll ever get to home.

1. I witnessed the sheer power of loads of people able to articulate and argue pretty much anything from any point of view. And boy can they do it well. But accessorised with a hefty side order of sarcasm there is a price to play for all those beautiful words and all that effortless communication and that is the truth. what's right. a collaborative discussion that might lead to a direction that works. To truly transform right now we need to stand up for what we really believe. NOT what we think someone else wants us to believe, what sounds good, or what we can argue really well. but what what we truly think is the best way forward for us AND everyone.

2. I realised why transforming our education system is SO important. The home of the industrial revolution is also the home of rote learning, one size fits all classrooms, knowledge regurgitation, widespread curriculum setting and an undeniable obsession with test performance over anything even vaguely akin to knowing who you are and what you might be here to accomplish. The rather strange array of talents and skills that comes together in a human being to create a perfect multi-dimensional person is squashed in pre-school to be replaced by a barrage of standard tests, well structured essays and clever teachers to guide you through them. Hundreds of thousands of pounds spent on creating well mannered and articulate test takers who can argue anything from any point of view and are very good at doing what they are told. Perfect for the old world but hardly valuable for the creative, entrepreneurial and just plain elative tasks of the new.

3. Of course having done what one has been told for so long why stop at 18 or 22. Having given up responsibility so long ago it is then not surprising that responsibility is no where to be seen when lives are no longer easy, things need changing and the power of a society and its most valuable resource (its people) is suddenly in demand. There is NO incentive in British society to change oneself, go through that messy process of going within, be who you are, take a chance or take responsibility for one's life or anyone else's. There is NO incentive to do this. And for many who despite all this are somehow driven to try - a huge number of obstacles will lie in their path - and the proverbial status quo will eventually suck them in and their chutzpah too. And they know it. So they don't bother. This is called learned helplessness. Its contagious. In the UK its an epidemic.


Its time for big change in the UK. And the inspiration, motivation, creativity and compassion to see it successfully through. for everyone.