138: Responding to External Trends with David Woodgate, CEO, ISBA

In this episode David Woodgate, an industry expert and CEO of ISBA (Independent Schools’ Bursars Association), joins me to give unique perspectives on how the independent school sector is faring. External factors such as inflation, VAT threats, staff recruitment, AI and climate change are among the trends that school leaders are focusing on at the moment.  David offers advice on becoming more effective at responding to these external trends, including early identification of trends and the importance of taking action. Adopting an agile strategy is essential now we are mid-way through 2023 and looking forward to what could be an uncertain couple of years. Thanks for listening. Episode linksIndependent Schools' Bursars Association (ISBA): http://www.theisba.org.ukThank you so much for listening to The Independent School Podcast. I would be grateful if you could spare a couple of minutes to send me some feedback here. This helps me make the podcast as helpful as possible to listeners. Thank you!