Nick Burnett
@nickburnett.bsky.social
Nick is curious, a learner, an author, creator of high-quality learning experiences and executive coach.
Nick Burnett Consulting - Helping (coaching/advising) others achieve their dreams.
Creator of Becoming HumAIn and Myriad of Leadership Conversations.
Nick Burnett Consulting - Helping (coaching/advising) others achieve their dreams.
Creator of Becoming HumAIn and Myriad of Leadership Conversations.
5 ways AI can help save school leaders time and effort
5 ways AI can help save school leaders time and effort
A school leader in Vietnam outlines the ways he’s using artificial intelligence tools to streamline his workload
www.tes.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:47 AM
5 ways AI can help save school leaders time and effort
How we’re getting disadvantaged boys more engaged in school www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
How we’re getting disadvantaged boys more engaged in school
A new programme targeted at boys who are eligible for free school meals has resulted in improved attendance and behaviour at 17 United Learning schools. Ellen Peirson-Hagger hears what it involves
www.tes.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:47 AM
How we’re getting disadvantaged boys more engaged in school www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
Really sobering but important read and agree with the author that we need to be developimg professional self-care approaches as opposed to thinking personal self-care will be enough.
Personal self-care strategies not enough to combat teacher burnout: educator
Personal self-care strategies not enough to combat teacher burnout: educator
Personal self-care strategies not enough to combat teacher burnout: educator
Before Sue Webb’s burnout reached it’s final and most debilitating stage, the teacher found herself cycling through the same insidious pattern as the school year unfolded.
educationhq.com
September 10, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Really sobering but important read and agree with the author that we need to be developimg professional self-care approaches as opposed to thinking personal self-care will be enough.
Personal self-care strategies not enough to combat teacher burnout: educator
Personal self-care strategies not enough to combat teacher burnout: educator
I’m delighted to share that I’m taking up the role of Director of Learning Strategy & Content Innovation at PRICE Training.
This role aligns with what matters most to me: designing learning that transforms practice, shaping strategies that reduce risk and restraint, and developing content. #UKEd
This role aligns with what matters most to me: designing learning that transforms practice, shaping strategies that reduce risk and restraint, and developing content. #UKEd
September 3, 2025 at 10:35 AM
I’m delighted to share that I’m taking up the role of Director of Learning Strategy & Content Innovation at PRICE Training.
This role aligns with what matters most to me: designing learning that transforms practice, shaping strategies that reduce risk and restraint, and developing content. #UKEd
This role aligns with what matters most to me: designing learning that transforms practice, shaping strategies that reduce risk and restraint, and developing content. #UKEd
Thought this myth had been overturned years ago! The s@@t sandwich!
Research shows the 'compliment sandwich' is no longer effective
Research shows the 'compliment sandwich' is no longer effective
Research shows the 'compliment sandwich' is no longer effective
Few tasks are more dreaded than delivering negative feedback.
phys.org
August 30, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Thought this myth had been overturned years ago! The s@@t sandwich!
Research shows the 'compliment sandwich' is no longer effective
Research shows the 'compliment sandwich' is no longer effective
Lots of work needs to be done in this space if we are not to end up in a dire situation in the next few years.
In a lonely world, widespread AI chatbots and ‘companions’ pose unique psychological risks
In a lonely world, widespread AI chatbots and ‘companions’ pose unique psychological risks
In a lonely world, widespread AI chatbots and ‘companions’ pose unique psychological risks
It’s no surprise these lifelike AI companions are attractive to lonely people. But for some, these relationships are harmful and even dangerous.
theconversation.com
August 30, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Lots of work needs to be done in this space if we are not to end up in a dire situation in the next few years.
In a lonely world, widespread AI chatbots and ‘companions’ pose unique psychological risks
In a lonely world, widespread AI chatbots and ‘companions’ pose unique psychological risks
Building leaders ready for anything: 4 critical change leadership capabilities
Building leaders ready for anything: 4 critical change leadership capabilities
Many capabilities contribute to effective change leadership, but four stand out as vitally important at a macro level.
bigthink.com
August 29, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Building leaders ready for anything: 4 critical change leadership capabilities
Pity I can't make this as sounds like some really practical advice for leaders and systems.
Major conference to tackle education's biggest challenges
Major conference to tackle education's biggest challenges
Major conference to tackle education's biggest challenges
The conference brings together leading experts from Australia and overseas to share evidence-based strategies and practical solutions
www.theeducatoronline.com
August 8, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Pity I can't make this as sounds like some really practical advice for leaders and systems.
Major conference to tackle education's biggest challenges
Major conference to tackle education's biggest challenges
Really powerful evidence of the importance of SEL - hopefully being read by the right people.
Investing in the social and emotional skills of our children critical: new research — EducationHQ
Investing in the social and emotional skills of our children critical: new research — EducationHQ
Investing in the social and emotional skills of our children critical: new research
Australia’s narrow definition of success at the end of secondary schooling has the potential to cost the nation’s economy $22 billion in the long run, new research suggests.
educationhq.com
July 30, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Really powerful evidence of the importance of SEL - hopefully being read by the right people.
Investing in the social and emotional skills of our children critical: new research — EducationHQ
Investing in the social and emotional skills of our children critical: new research — EducationHQ
Some really important points in this article.
Principals push for urgent reforms to save schools | The Educator K/12
Principals push for urgent reforms to save schools | The Educator K/12
Principals push for urgent reforms to save schools
School leaders warn the system is at breaking point as they push for urgent changes to support schools and staff
www.theeducatoronline.com
July 30, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Some really important points in this article.
Principals push for urgent reforms to save schools | The Educator K/12
Principals push for urgent reforms to save schools | The Educator K/12
Some really concerning findings here with an urgent need for action if the mental health fallout from social media usage is not going to become much worse.
What happens when AI chatbots replace real human connection | Brookings
What happens when AI chatbots replace real human connection | Brookings
What happens when AI chatbots replace real human connection | Brookings
Isabelle Hau and Rebecca Winthrop outline the importance of human relationships and social connections to children's development.
www.brookings.edu
July 22, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Some really concerning findings here with an urgent need for action if the mental health fallout from social media usage is not going to become much worse.
What happens when AI chatbots replace real human connection | Brookings
What happens when AI chatbots replace real human connection | Brookings
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I had some fun speaking at #sxswlondon this week. Video for FIVE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT AI should be coming soon!
June 5, 2025 at 9:37 AM
I had some fun speaking at #sxswlondon this week. Video for FIVE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT AI should be coming soon!
Some interesting thoughts here👇
The 6 superpowers of generalists: Leadership gold dust - Big Think
The 6 superpowers of generalists: Leadership gold dust - Big Think
The 6 superpowers of generalists: Leadership gold dust
From Apple to Airbnb to OpenAI the generalist mindset has been an invaluable source of advantage — and we can all learn from these successes.
bigthink.com
July 18, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Some interesting thoughts here👇
The 6 superpowers of generalists: Leadership gold dust - Big Think
The 6 superpowers of generalists: Leadership gold dust - Big Think
Important research into 'belonging' being so important for early career teachers and I'd suggest 'mattering' would be even more powerful.
Casual chats and strong collegial relationships: what’s keeping early career teachers in schools — EducationHQ
Casual chats and strong collegial relationships: what’s keeping early career teachers in schools — EducationHQ
Casual chats and strong collegial relationships: what’s keeping early career teachers in schools
Strong collegial relationships, including those with school leadership, are more critical for early career teachers than bonds they form with students, a sweeping study into teacher belonging has…
educationhq.com
July 16, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Important research into 'belonging' being so important for early career teachers and I'd suggest 'mattering' would be even more powerful.
Casual chats and strong collegial relationships: what’s keeping early career teachers in schools — EducationHQ
Casual chats and strong collegial relationships: what’s keeping early career teachers in schools — EducationHQ
Very sad to read and interesting to read that this is against a drop in violent crime in general society.
Rise in assaults and abuse against teachers | Tes
Rise in assaults and abuse against teachers | Tes
‘Reprehensible’ rise in assaults and abuse against teachers
Suspensions and permanent exclusions as a result of physical assaults on adults have increased sharply, DfE data shows
www.tes.com
July 15, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Very sad to read and interesting to read that this is against a drop in violent crime in general society.
Rise in assaults and abuse against teachers | Tes
Rise in assaults and abuse against teachers | Tes
We need to seriously explore different ways of being in education so young people feel like they 'matter' and what they are provided with is meaningful.
‘You feel more like a prison guard’: students’ apathy for learning is crushing country teachers — EducationHQ
‘You feel more like a prison guard’: students’ apathy for learning is crushing country teachers — EducationHQ
‘You feel more like a prison guard’: students’ apathy for learning is crushing country teachers
A pervasive cultural apathy towards education has resulted in a generation of school students that do not care about learning – and for teachers in regional areas the scene is particularly…
educationhq.com
July 11, 2025 at 10:31 PM
We need to seriously explore different ways of being in education so young people feel like they 'matter' and what they are provided with is meaningful.
‘You feel more like a prison guard’: students’ apathy for learning is crushing country teachers — EducationHQ
‘You feel more like a prison guard’: students’ apathy for learning is crushing country teachers — EducationHQ
No easy answers but somethhas to change if we're not to increase the school to prison pipeline numbers.
Suspensions and exclusions reach record highs in 2023-24 | Tes
Suspensions and exclusions reach record highs in 2023-24 | Tes
Suspensions and exclusions reach ‘shocking’ record highs in 2023-24
State school suspensions near 1 million and set a new peak as exclusions cross 10,000 threshold
www.tes.com
July 11, 2025 at 7:47 AM
No easy answers but somethhas to change if we're not to increase the school to prison pipeline numbers.
Suspensions and exclusions reach record highs in 2023-24 | Tes
Suspensions and exclusions reach record highs in 2023-24 | Tes
Some interesting thinking in this post 🤔
Strange Attractors: When ADHD Minds Meet AI — Dragonfly Thinking
Strange Attractors: When ADHD Minds Meet AI — Dragonfly Thinking
Strange Attractors: When ADHD Minds Meet AI — Dragonfly Thinking
By Anthea Roberts
www.dragonflythinking.net
July 9, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Some interesting thinking in this post 🤔
Strange Attractors: When ADHD Minds Meet AI — Dragonfly Thinking
Strange Attractors: When ADHD Minds Meet AI — Dragonfly Thinking
Spot on, we need to find ways that encourage a sense of belonging and mattering so that students want to attend, not forced to attend.
Schools urged to prioritise safety and culture over attendance stats | The Educator K/12
Schools urged to prioritise safety and culture over attendance stats | The Educator K/12
Schools urged to prioritise safety and culture over attendance stats
Rather than blaming families for low attendance rates, schools should focus on making schools places where students want to be, new research shows
www.theeducatoronline.com
July 7, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Spot on, we need to find ways that encourage a sense of belonging and mattering so that students want to attend, not forced to attend.
Schools urged to prioritise safety and culture over attendance stats | The Educator K/12
Schools urged to prioritise safety and culture over attendance stats | The Educator K/12
Some worrying findings here but only the experience of 59 staff so hardly represent.
‘Us and them’: study reveals erosion of trust between teachers and school leaders — EducationHQ
‘Us and them’: study reveals erosion of trust between teachers and school leaders — EducationHQ
‘Us and them’: study reveals erosion of trust between teachers and school leaders
Teachers are feeling betrayed by their school leadership, reporting a breakdown in trust and a string of empty promises have left them feeling alienated and devalued, research has found.
educationhq.com
July 4, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Some worrying findings here but only the experience of 59 staff so hardly represent.
‘Us and them’: study reveals erosion of trust between teachers and school leaders — EducationHQ
‘Us and them’: study reveals erosion of trust between teachers and school leaders — EducationHQ
Really useful overview of the possibilities plasticity offers in relation to trauma.
"Trauma is carried in your DNA. But science reveals a more complicated story"
"Trauma is carried in your DNA. But science reveals a more complicated story"
Trauma is carried in your DNA. But science reveals a more complicated story
While trauma can ripple across generations, its effects aren’t hard-coded in our genes.
theconversation.com
July 1, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Really useful overview of the possibilities plasticity offers in relation to trauma.
"Trauma is carried in your DNA. But science reveals a more complicated story"
"Trauma is carried in your DNA. But science reveals a more complicated story"
The Devil's Advocate: What Happens When Dissent Becomes Digital — Dragonfly Thinking www.dragonflythinking.net/journal/the-...
The Devil's Advocate: What Happens When Dissent Becomes Digital — Dragonfly Thinking
By Anthea Roberts
www.dragonflythinking.net
June 24, 2025 at 10:31 PM
The Devil's Advocate: What Happens When Dissent Becomes Digital — Dragonfly Thinking www.dragonflythinking.net/journal/the-...
Becoming HumAIn buff.ly/dGHOwWl
Becoming HumAIn
A Path to Flourishing Together
becominghumain.com
June 24, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Becoming HumAIn buff.ly/dGHOwWl
Always important to consider the shadow side and opportunities of AI
Exploring the Dangers of AI in Mental Health Care | Stanford HAI
Exploring the Dangers of AI in Mental Health Care | Stanford HAI
Exploring the Dangers of AI in Mental Health Care | Stanford HAI
A new Stanford study reveals that AI therapy chatbots may not only lack effectiveness compared to human therapists but could also contribute to harmful stigma and dangerous responses.
hai.stanford.edu
June 20, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Always important to consider the shadow side and opportunities of AI
Exploring the Dangers of AI in Mental Health Care | Stanford HAI
Exploring the Dangers of AI in Mental Health Care | Stanford HAI
Fascinating article on AI and EI
AI Fakes It: Good Leaders Keep It Real • Six Seconds
AI Fakes It: Good Leaders Keep It Real • Six Seconds
AI Fakes It: Good Leaders Keep It Real
We tested top GenAI models' emotional intelligence—what we found reveals insights that every leader needs to know and will change the way you lead in an AI-powered world.
www.6seconds.org
June 18, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Fascinating article on AI and EI
AI Fakes It: Good Leaders Keep It Real • Six Seconds
AI Fakes It: Good Leaders Keep It Real • Six Seconds