Kiran Bir Sethi

Ahmedabad, India

Founder, Riverside School, (Ahmedabad, India); Founder, Design for Change (in 63 countries); Ashoka Fellow (since 2009); Founder, aProCH‘ (making cities children-friendly)

(5) Big Ideas from the Episode: 

• how a mother’s dream to create something for her children grew into something genuinely global in scope and impact
• why joy matters so much when it comes to schools that matter – to their kids, to their families, and their community
• why you should challenge an over-designed curriculum (“it can get so heavy”) by offering lighter frameworks that even the youngest child can take advantage of 
• the ‘one thing’ that a school leader could do next to uncover incredible opportunities for her / his school
• while students now have access to limitless content, what they truly need is more time to pause, reflect, and notice