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Values-Led AI Strategy for School Leaders with Ben Whitaker
In this episode of Independently Speaking, host Helen Stanton-Tonner sits down with education consultant, speaker, and EduFuturists podcast host Ben Whitaker to confront one of the most pressing questions facing modern education: How do we thrive as humans in the age of artificial intelligence
Moving completely away from the "shiny penny" obsession with new apps and prompt engineering, Ben challenges school leaders to stop treating AI as an IT problem to be handled by a technical department. Instead, he reframes the AI revolution as a profound leadership and cultural challenge that requires deep, values-led thinking.
Ben introduces his philosophy of "agency with guardrails", a concept born from parenting that balances autonomy with structure, and outlines how schools can foster managed risk-taking through pilot projects, rather than rushing to write rigid policies that become obsolete within months.
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By Independent Schools AssociationIn this episode of Independently Speaking, host Helen Stanton-Tonner sits down with education consultant, speaker, and EduFuturists podcast host Ben Whitaker to confront one of the most pressing questions facing modern education: How do we thrive as humans in the age of artificial intelligence
Moving completely away from the "shiny penny" obsession with new apps and prompt engineering, Ben challenges school leaders to stop treating AI as an IT problem to be handled by a technical department. Instead, he reframes the AI revolution as a profound leadership and cultural challenge that requires deep, values-led thinking.
Ben introduces his philosophy of "agency with guardrails", a concept born from parenting that balances autonomy with structure, and outlines how schools can foster managed risk-taking through pilot projects, rather than rushing to write rigid policies that become obsolete within months.