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Digital Strategy & AI

The Blacksmith’s Wooden Knife: On Building a Tool I could Believe In

The people who spend their lives building things for others often neglect their own tools. School leaders advise reflection while running on empty. Consultants talk about clarity while surrounded by…

José Picardo14 April, 2026

Digital Strategy & AI

Listening to the Pessimists: The AI Adoption Strategy Most Schools Get Wrong

Most schools approach AI adoption as a problem of enthusiasm: how to build momentum, drive uptake, and overcome resistance. But scepticism is not always obstruction. Sometimes the most valuable voices…

José Picardo18 March, 2026

Digital Strategy & AI

What Schools Get Wrong About Digital Strategy And How To Put It Right

Most schools still treat technology and teaching as two separate workstreams. That is where digital strategy starts to come apart. When it is led by purpose, technology becomes part of…

José Picardo6 November, 2025

Teaching & Learning

Rethinking Pedagogy First?

Pedagogy first has become a comforting slogan and an easy straw man. Both readings miss the point. The argument is not that technology has no role; it is that the…

José Picardo30 September, 2025

Digital Strategy & AI

AI in schools: Between Hope and Hype – A Practical Strategy

Most school AI strategies sit somewhere between excited adoption and total ban. Neither is a strategy. The defensible middle ground is evidence-led, supports equity, and keeps learning at the centre…

José Picardo18 August, 2025

Digital Strategy & AI

From Exercise Book to Operating System: Rethinking Teaching and Learning Strategy in the Age of AI

Schools have spent two decades layering technology onto the exercise book. AI invites a different question: what if the exercise book was never the right operating system in the first…

José Picardo16 May, 2025