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The extent to which we live
into that potential with AI

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is going to have everything to do

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with who is driving the change.

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And we believe that we need teachers

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who are deeply rooted in
a commitment to equity,

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who are working in some of the
most marginalized communities

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all over the world,

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who are committed to not only living

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into today's school mandates

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but really reshaping education

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towards holistic student development.

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We need them driving the change.

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Wendy, thanks so much for joining.

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So excited to get to have this
conversation with you today.

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One of the hallmarks of your organization

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is that it's been about local empowerment,

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local agency, really from the get-go.

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And I think now that is a rising theme

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as we look at global development,

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and would just be interested,

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what are some of your learnings over time

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that you have accumulated about
what works and what doesn't?

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I mean, first of all, our core mission

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is about taking a really
intentional approach to cultivating

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what we've come to call
collective leadership.

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Like, a lot of people
around a whole ecosystem

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who are exercising agency
towards a shared purpose

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with the networks and
relationships to work together

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and learn together in the pursuit

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of sustainable development, essentially.

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I think when we launched Teach for All

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to be responsive to all these
local social entrepreneurs

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all around the world
who were determined to

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bring this approach to
developing collective leadership

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to their countries, we
set it up as a network,

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and the idea was that it would
have both local ownership

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in the form of all these
independent local organizations

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that would be part of the network,

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but that they would also be
able to be globally informed

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through engaging in the network,

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that we'd have a global organization

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that would help everyone
learn from each other.

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And we've seen the power of that approach.

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I mean, I've become obsessed with networks

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as a path to scaling social innovation

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in a way that's both locally
led and globally informed.

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What is it that you
wish you would've known

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two decades earlier,

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and what would you hope
other organizations

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would be able to take from your experience

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as they maybe embark on more opportunities

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to empower local leaders
through peer learning?

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I guess lesson one was
that we need to orient

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our global learning efforts

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around questions rather than answers.

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I mean, I still remember
meeting a head of recruitment

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in one of these network partners
across our organizations,

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and they were telling me
how they were implementing

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this new approach that they learned

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from one of the other network partners.

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And I knew for a fact that
that other network partner

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had since evolved their approach.

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And at that juncture I realized,

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no more spreading of solutions.

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We need everyone obsessing
with the same questions,

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and developing, of course, their
own locally rooted answers.

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And what we can spend our energy doing

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is looking for what we've
come to call insights:

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principles that undergird
success across multiple contexts.

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So we can spend our energy
spreading these principles,

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but then, really, those local
folks need to be obsessing

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over these big questions
and finding their way,

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informed by those principles

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to the actual local
solutions that they need,

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and then continuously improving

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and continuously learning from there.

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One of the areas that all of us

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are getting the opportunity
to learn a lot about is AI.

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How do you see the role of
AI in your organization?

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And I mean that both from
an internal standpoint

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and then also how you
engage in your mission.

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First of all, the progress
we're making in leveraging AI

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across our network is hugely thanks

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to all the support we've gotten from BCG.

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We've created tools that
help with translation,

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which is hugely important for us working

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across so many different languages.

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We have a whole set of knowledge
around teacher development

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and are in the midst of creating a chatbot

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that enables any teacher
to put their dilemmas in

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and have answers that are rooted

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in the kind of philosophical approach

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that we take to teacher development.

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AI has so much potential in education

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to help make education more equitable,

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to help us transform education

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towards developing students holistically

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so that they're much more equipped

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to shape a better future for all of us.

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But the extent to which we live
into that potential with AI

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is going to have everything to do

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with who is driving the change.

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And we believe that we need teachers

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who are deeply rooted in
a commitment to equity,

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who are working in some of the
most marginalized communities

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all over the world,

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who are committed to not only living

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into today's school mandates

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but really reshaping education

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towards holistic student development.

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We need them driving the change.

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Well, and again, we're excited to be

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on the first part of
that journey with you,

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and we're looking forward to seeing

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what's next for you as well.

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Wendy, thanks so much for taking the time

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and all the best as you continue

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to have so much impact in the world.

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Thank you. Thanks for all
the support and partnership.

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