The Questions That Underpin Every Successful Plan Eugene Ionesco once said 'it is not the answer that enlightens but the question.' In framing strategy there are some fundamental questions t [...]

Ten Traps in Schools’ Strategic Planning Having endured all the trauma and additional work that Covid-19 has imposed on the education sector, many schools are now reviewing their cu [...]

Every leader’s Post COVID-19 Daily Checklist At a time like this it’s very easy for the urgent to take precedence over the important. A recent survey of Principals conducted by Insigh [...]

Best of Insights for Principals Blogs Recently Insight Plus produced a series of 8 blogs containing 50 insights into leading schools in a post COVID-19 environment. This blog now [...]

Improve Long-Term Financial Stability Part 2 (Insights for Principals Series) I recently received an email from Dr Peter Miller, Principal of The Geelong College. In it he said, "The next three months will be important [...]

Improve long-term financial stability Part 1 (Insights for Principals Series) In every strategic plan Insight Plus has ever produced for a school, the issue of prudential management and long term financial security has [...]

Cut Costs Strategically (Insights for Principal’s Series) Taiichi Ohno, considered to be the father of the Toyota Production System, once said, ‘Costs do not exist to be calculated. Costs exist to [...]

Best of Business Basics Blogs Below you will find the link to the final blog of our Business Basics Series. Certainly a degree of optimism has crept into business thinkin [...]

Seek to be more Agile (Insights for Principals Series) In all organisations, 'responsibility', 'flexibility' and 'simplicity' will be the hallmarks of future success. Schools have been forced to [...]

Capitalise on New Opportunities Part 2 (Insights for Principals Series) The danger in times like these is that Principals decide to 'batten the hatches'. Their focus will be on short-term fixes, tightened control [...]