Some thoughts on inclusion

I’ve been thinking about how easily inclusion slips from being a principle into being a tone.When that happens, it starts to sound kind, but it stops being equal. In many policy and practice settings, inclusion is now spoken about primarily in the language of care. People are to be looked after, supported, kept safe. These … Read more

The Disappearing Word: Conscience in Modern Leadership

There was a time when conscience appeared naturally in the language of public life. Leaders invoked it without irony. It was understood as part of the moral architecture of leadership — not a private quirk, but a public expectation. Today the word sounds almost archaic, as though it belongs in sermons or memoirs rather than … Read more