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Vikas Pota speaks to the world’s leading lights in education and inspirational figures whose stories deserve to be told. Top school principals, CEOs, journalists, authors, academics and government ministers reveal the greatest lessons they’ve learned from their fascinating lives as Vikas asks the most important question when it comes to transforming education: how do we drive high performance?

  1. Why India's education system is both admired and misunderstood

    -1 ZI

    Why India's education system is both admired and misunderstood

    India has over 1.4 billion people, a quarter of a billion children in school, a record number of teachers, and a system that, by its own admission, has not cracked what actually happens inside the classroom once the children sit down. The people who understand that gap most clearly are the ones who have spent their careers building inside it. Shreyasi Singh, Founding Managing Partner of Jetri, built one of India's most talked-about education companies, sold it in six years, and now advises the philanthropists deciding what Indian education should look like next. She believes the problems are fixable. But first, India has to stop looking away. In her own words, India should be far more unsettled by this than it currently is. India has produced some of the world's greatest minds. It has also left hundreds of millions of children behind. Shreyasi Singh has spent her career trying to understand how both things are true at the same time.

    42 min
  2. What running 100+ schools taught me about culture

    23 APR.

    What running 100+ schools taught me about culture

    He was once told his entire class ranked in the bottom 10th percentile of their age group. He calls it one of the strangest things a school ever did to a child. He now runs 100+ schools. And that experience sits behind every decision he has made about what education should and should not do to a young person. In this episode of the #EdVancePodcast, Ng Yi Xian, Group CEO of EtonHouse International Education Group, gets direct about what the sector consistently gets wrong on culture, AI and affordable education. The discussion unpacks why financial buyers keep failing in education when operators succeed, why most ed tech has spent years building solutions for problems schools do not actually have, and why the schools winning in Asia right now are the ones that chose curiosity over efficiency when it was still an unpopular position to take. Download, subscribe and share the EdVance Podcast for conversations with the world's most influential education leaders.

    40 min
  3. What the IB gets right that most schools get wrong

    9 APR.

    What the IB gets right that most schools get wrong

    Efficiency is often the enemy of real education. In an age of instant answers and AI shortcuts, we are tempted to prioritise the "output" over the "process." But intellectual growth requires friction; if we let robots do the heavy lifting in our classrooms, we aren’t innovating - we are simply making our students, and our systems, weaker. In this episode, Olli-Pekka Heinonen, Director General of the International Baccalaureate (IB), challenges the "top-down" approach to school reform. The discussion unpacks why classroom change cannot be imposed from above, why culture matters more than charisma, and why the most successful leaders in 2026 are those brave enough to "swim against the tide." This is a sharp, blunt conversation on what AI can do, what it must never be allowed to do, and why the future of education depends on building systems that are actually worthy of the teachers within them. Download, subscribe, and share the EdVance Podcast for conversations with the world's most influential education leaders.

    46 min
  4. Why your best students switch off

    26 MAR.

    Why your best students switch off

    What if the design of your school is the very thing holding it back? Most schools are not running a bad design. They are running an inherited one, built for factories and mass production, not for learners. And most leaders have never once stopped to question it. In this episode of the EdVance Podcast, Jeff Wetzler, Co-founder of Transcend and Head of Transcend Labs, joins host Vikas Pota to challenge the model that has been quietly running classrooms around the world for over a century. Jeff shares the six shifts every school must make to stay relevant in a rapidly changing world, explains what learner-centred leaders consistently do that others do not, and makes the case that until school design moves from the background to the foreground, performance will always have a ceiling. He also shares the one question every principal should ask their staff this week, and why the honest answer will be uncomfortable for most leaders. And somewhere in this conversation, a veteran educator makes an admission that is difficult to ignore. After decades in the field, they had never once truly sat down with a child and listened. What they finally heard changed how they lead. What are your students telling you that you are not hearing? Download and subscribe to the EdVance Podcast for conversations with education leaders from around the world.

    32 min
  5. The high performance cheat code

    12 MAR.

    The high performance cheat code

    In Mexico, only one in ten children who start school will ever make it to university. At this school network, it is eight out of ten. So what are they doing differently? In this episode of the EdVance Podcast, Yael Karakowsky, CEO of SER Network of Schools in Mexico, shares the thinking behind those results, the three principles her schools refuse to compromise on, and the one leadership lesson that took her completely by surprise. She also tells a story from early in her career that stopped us in our tracks. One whispered sentence in a room full of men nearly ended everything before it began. What happened next changed the course of her leadership. This is an honest, grounded conversation about what it takes to build schools that genuinely change lives. If you work in education or care about it, this one is for you. Subscribe to the EdVance Podcast for conversations with education leaders from around the world.

    37 min
  6. Disrupting the elite school standard

    26 FEB.

    Disrupting the elite school standard

    What does it really mean to build a high-performing school in a nation transforming at speed? In this episode of the #EdVance Podcast, Dr Steffen Sommer, Director General of Misk Schools in Saudi Arabia, explores how leadership evolution, cultural alignment and strategic precision shape exceptional institutions. Dr Steffen shares lessons from leading schools across Europe and the Middle East, explaining why modern leadership must move from control to inclusion, why schools cannot succeed without aligning to national vision, and why high performance begins with leaving nothing to chance. He also challenges the global overemphasis on exam results, argues that happiness and wellbeing are performance strategies, and explains why opportunity and innovation must be deliberately designed if students are to thrive in a world shaped by AI and rapid change. #EdVancePodcast #EdVance #T4Education #HighPerformance ›#EducationPodcast

    36 min
  7. How to outperform the world’s elite schools

    12 FEB.

    How to outperform the world’s elite schools

    What does it take for schools to achieve elite outcomes while serving disadvantaged communities? In this episode of the #EdVance Podcast, Alex Crossman, Executive Head Teacher, London Academy of Excellence, discusses how belief, culture and clarity shape high performance. Alex shares lessons from leading one of England’s highest-performing schools, explaining why clarity of purpose matters, how leaders balance ambition with care, and what schools often misunderstand about pressure and excellence. He also reflects on what enables young people to thrive at the highest levels, why belief and agency matter as much as attainment, and how schools balance rigour with wellbeing, character and fairness.

    32 min
  8. The culture behind outstanding schools

    29 IAN.

    The culture behind outstanding schools

    What does it take to build high-performance schools in one of the world’s most competitive education systems, and why does culture matter so much? In this episode of the EdVance Podcast, Simon O’Connor, Headmaster of Harrow International School Dubai, reflects on more than a decade of school leadership in the UAE and what sustains strong performance over time. Simon explains why school culture, defined through shared values and daily behaviours, underpins consistency, quality and trust. He shares how high expectations, staff wellbeing and leadership responsibility shape schools that remain strong even in transient, international communities. The conversation examines leadership in Dubai’s private school system, the role of inspection and accountability, and how schools can prepare students for an uncertain future without compromising their focus on fundamentals.

    29 min
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Vikas Pota speaks to the world’s leading lights in education and inspirational figures whose stories deserve to be told. Top school principals, CEOs, journalists, authors, academics and government ministers reveal the greatest lessons they’ve learned from their fascinating lives as Vikas asks the most important question when it comes to transforming education: how do we drive high performance?

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  • Creator
    Vikas Pota
  • Perioadă activă
    2025 - 2026
  • Episoade
    30
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  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2026 Vikas Pota
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