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Feb 16, 20235 min readFood, Festivals and Fancy DressIt was recently the Lunar New Year and schools all over Asia, maybe all over the world, prepared for the celebration. In many schools,...
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Jun 24, 20223 min readWomen in Leadership: Where are all the female applicants? Three things have happened recently that have got me thinking about women in leadership, in particular, women in leadership in...
Jun 17, 20223 min readRelationships MatterI must say that the best moment of this academic year was the two weeks me and my family spent in quarantine on arrival in Bangkok. We...
Feb 15, 20222 min readYour Name: all fields required. Cultural differences in naming conventions. * REQUIRED FIELD My husband only has one given name. No family name, just one name. This is quite common in Indonesia. It does, however,...
Nov 16, 20214 min readCop26 Blah Blah Blah Published in TIEonline Nov 21 "From Greenwash to Global Green Intercultural Competency." The 2021 United Nations Climate Change...
Aug 25, 20211 min readLeadership Recruitment in a PandemicMy reflections on my recent recruitment process, published in International School Leader Magazine, August 2021. http://ow.ly/QrTP50FWjEM
Jul 28, 20212 min readHe's Your Husband?Several years ago I was given a lovely book called Stanley Paste. It is a children’s picture book by Aaron Blabey that challenges a...