https://www.coherencecolab.com/commons daily 0.75 2026-08-18 https://www.coherencecolab.com/commons/what-can-we-do-while-we-wait-for-policy monthly 0.5 2026-08-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a53a961a478c117afeae6f/9625977b-649d-49fc-aacb-6311f7ef3908/Untitled+design-39.png Coherence Commons - What can we do while we wait for policy to change? We tinker. - Make it stand out Photo by Todd Quackenbush on Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a53a961a478c117afeae6f/5eafd446-89e3-4e4e-990c-96db559136e8/Untitled+design-41.png Coherence Commons - What can we do while we wait for policy to change? We tinker. - Make it stand out Photo by Elissa Garcia on Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a53a961a478c117afeae6f/7e10193e-b465-4b5d-9b49-59d9b208f709/Untitled+design-40.png Coherence Commons - What can we do while we wait for policy to change? We tinker. - Make it stand out Photo by Patrick Perkins on Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a53a961a478c117afeae6f/70717cd6-7152-4036-b890-65701b965b89/viktor-forgacs-LNwIJHUtED4-unsplash+-+Edited.jpg Coherence Commons - What can we do while we wait for policy to change? We tinker. - Make it stand out Photo by Viktor Forgacs on Unsplash https://www.coherencecolab.com/commons/looking-back-to-look-forwards-part-two monthly 0.5 2026-08-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a53a961a478c117afeae6f/093e1b9a-886e-4d39-b5fa-f0fcb17c4986/florian-yvinec-c5uabv8HvmQ-unsplash.jpg Coherence Commons - Looking back to look forwards, part two: What can we learn from an American schooling experiment from 1969? - Make it stand out Much of schooling is shaped by things we can’t see. Photo by Florian Yvinec on Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a53a961a478c117afeae6f/5eede57e-4815-4fc8-9792-2c05aea05484/Adams_high_Journal_1964.jpg Coherence Commons - Looking back to look forwards, part two: What can we learn from an American schooling experiment from 1969? John Adams High School in Portland Oregon was a brand new school, part of the ‘Model Schools Project’ creating the schools of tomorrow. Retrieved from: https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/adams_high_school/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a53a961a478c117afeae6f/1785728707805-128SI5MC4L2PX7E4VDQ0/unsplash-image-u0zTce7KNlY.jpg Coherence Commons - Looking back to look forwards, part two: What can we learn from an American schooling experiment from 1969? - Make it stand out We are biologically primed from an early age to learn the rules of language and grammar. Photo by Stephen Andrews on Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a53a961a478c117afeae6f/1a651beb-52d5-4480-b55d-c6a4755d807b/feliphe-schiarolli-hes6nUC1MVc-unsplash.jpg Coherence Commons - Looking back to look forwards, part two: What can we learn from an American schooling experiment from 1969? - Make it stand out How schooling looks and works is shaped by an invisible system of rules that authors David Tyack and Larry Cuban call ‘the grammar of schooling’. Photo by Feliphe Schiarolli on Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a53a961a478c117afeae6f/69d56350-019c-473a-81ab-c5162c3d9a5d/robert-clark-bw8iOoOzjc0-unsplash.jpg Coherence Commons - Looking back to look forwards, part two: What can we learn from an American schooling experiment from 1969? - Make it stand out Institutional isomorphism, a concept written about by Paul DiMaggio and Walter Powell, explain why so many organisations - and schools - end up looking like each other. Photo by Robert Clark on Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a53a961a478c117afeae6f/b1459bbc-97af-48b8-867f-43ed0eeb5b70/jason-leung-SHFXk7XRZDE-unsplash.jpg Coherence Commons - Looking back to look forwards, part two: What can we learn from an American schooling experiment from 1969? - Make it stand out A change in the system that threatens the rules of the invisible system mobilises defenders to maintain the status quo. Photo by Jason Leung on Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a53a961a478c117afeae6f/dc827016-8568-4c71-a21c-974d6a46811a/ahmad-odeh-JhqhGfX_Wd8-unsplash.jpg Coherence Commons - Looking back to look forwards, part two: What can we learn from an American schooling experiment from 1969? - Make it stand out Donella Meadows likens systems change to a dance that requires us to lean in, listen to the beat, expose our mental models, stay humble and embrace complexity. Photo by Ahmad Odeh on Unsplash https://www.coherencecolab.com/commons/make-haste-slowly monthly 0.5 2026-07-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a53a961a478c117afeae6f/1784547752036-6J5OM6WDEJFY15TGP858/unsplash-image-CDUR1aiMuYo.jpg Coherence Commons - Make haste slowly: What does it take to reimagine schooling? - Make it stand out Image by Unsplash. https://www.coherencecolab.com/commons/most-school-challenges-are-adaptive-most-of-our-solutions-are-technical monthly 0.5 2026-04-27 https://www.coherencecolab.com/commons/coherence-in-an-era-of-uncertainty monthly 0.5 2026-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a53a961a478c117afeae6f/46d2cc4a-6c48-4244-bb16-fc0b7d02fb4b/Untitled+design-7.png Coherence Commons - Coherence in an era of uncertainty. - Make it stand out Photo by Kyle Glenn on Unsplash. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a53a961a478c117afeae6f/8d5d4302-dbc1-46dd-a655-9c9946f0edfa/jon-tyson-PXB7yEM5LVs-unsplash.jpg Coherence Commons - Coherence in an era of uncertainty. - Make it stand out Photo by Jon Tyson on Unsplash. https://www.coherencecolab.com/commons/how-school-system-design-shapes-autonomy-care-and-joy monthly 0.5 2026-02-03 https://www.coherencecolab.com/commons/the-quiet-cost-of-january-optimism monthly 0.5 2026-02-22 https://www.coherencecolab.com/commons/whatsthepoint monthly 0.5 2025-11-17 https://www.coherencecolab.com/commons/category/Design monthly 0.5 https://www.coherencecolab.com/commons/category/Futures monthly 0.5 https://www.coherencecolab.com/commons/category/Coherence monthly 0.5 https://www.coherencecolab.com/commons/category/Systems monthly 0.5 https://www.coherencecolab.com/commons/tag/education monthly 0.5 https://www.coherencecolab.com/commons/tag/coherence monthly 0.5 https://www.coherencecolab.com/commons/tag/systems monthly 0.5 https://www.coherencecolab.com/commons/tag/future monthly 0.5 https://www.coherencecolab.com/commons/tag/design monthly 0.5 https://www.coherencecolab.com/commons/tag/schooling monthly 0.5 https://www.coherencecolab.com/home daily 1.0 2026-08-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a53a961a478c117afeae6f/27579a49-2c01-4e75-8435-bec4e1bf7bfc/A5+Flyer+Marian+Wright+Coherence+Co-Lab+%281920+x+1080+px%29.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a53a961a478c117afeae6f/6698cdf6-b0b2-4216-856b-ad043b72d766/Photograph+of+the+top+of+an+iceberg+above+the+waterline%2C+photographed+in+soft+natural+light.+Only+the+visible+portion+above+water+is+shown+%E2%80%94+a+small+jagged+peak+rising+from+a+calm+sea%2C+with+the+horizon+line+behind.+Muted+blue-green+and+pale+grey%E2%80%A6.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a53a961a478c117afeae6f/2a5061ae-17f2-4fb3-87b4-a5afbca948ba/Editorial+photograph+of+two+empty+chairs+pulled+up+to+a+small+round+table+in+a+quiet+corner+of+an+Australian+secondary+school+staffroom.+Late+afternoon+light+streams+through+a+window.+On+the+table_+two+ceramic+mugs+of+tea+%28one+slightly+steaming%29%2C+an+.jpg https://www.coherencecolab.com/howwework daily 0.75 2026-06-24 https://www.coherencecolab.com/contact daily 0.75 2026-03-06 https://www.coherencecolab.com/booking-form daily 0.75 2025-11-14 https://www.coherencecolab.com/offering daily 0.75 2026-07-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1618511387030-5LI1E5QMVTQ2RY9S00A4/20140228_Trade+151_0046+1.jpg Offering https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1618511467879-K5J9BYNACHJVDV3BNSFU/Aro+Ha_0387+1.jpg Offering https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1618511743693-J3A8OYH6X8C7RXNU5K0J/20140301_Trade+151_0124+1.jpg Offering https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a53a961a478c117afeae6f/6698cdf6-b0b2-4216-856b-ad043b72d766/Photograph+of+the+top+of+an+iceberg+above+the+waterline%2C+photographed+in+soft+natural+light.+Only+the+visible+portion+above+water+is+shown+%E2%80%94+a+small+jagged+peak+rising+from+a+calm+sea%2C+with+the+horizon+line+behind.+Muted+blue-green+and+pale+grey%E2%80%A6.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a53a961a478c117afeae6f/a4866c33-8179-40d1-b44a-b2cc663bb731/A+top-down+photograph+of+a+timber+table+in+a+school+staffroom+or+professional+learning+space%2C+with+multiple+sets+of+hands+visible+around+the+edges+of+the+frame.+The+hands+belong+to+teachers+in+conversation+%E2%80%94+one+is+writing+in+a+notebook%2C+another%E2%80%A6.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a53a961a478c117afeae6f/d4b3c630-b53b-444f-be08-2cc45ceedaf8/A+photograph+of+two+or+three+people+standing+in+front+of+a+large+whiteboard+or+wall+in+a+school+meeting+room%2C+photographed+from+a+slight+side+angle.+The+wall+has+handwritten+notes%2C+arrows+connecting+ideas%2C+and+a+few+sticky+notes+clustered+together.+O.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a53a961a478c117afeae6f/29408a5e-5018-4492-ac66-e41ed8acd0c7/Unity+College+6.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a53a961a478c117afeae6f/a09d5406-9923-4ebc-9583-a64641ed5528/Unity+College+9.jpg https://www.coherencecolab.com/about daily 0.75 2026-08-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a53a961a478c117afeae6f/c61bd601-7df7-4b69-a615-8d1d4785adf5/Untitled+design-23.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a53a961a478c117afeae6f/fc83321f-ffb2-4be3-8e48-89be35cdd164/1.jpg https://www.coherencecolab.com/perspective daily 0.75 2026-05-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a53a961a478c117afeae6f/6698cdf6-b0b2-4216-856b-ad043b72d766/Photograph+of+the+top+of+an+iceberg+above+the+waterline%2C+photographed+in+soft+natural+light.+Only+the+visible+portion+above+water+is+shown+%E2%80%94+a+small+jagged+peak+rising+from+a+calm+sea%2C+with+the+horizon+line+behind.+Muted+blue-green+and+pale+grey%E2%80%A6.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a53a961a478c117afeae6f/7029a212-6621-4979-987c-2398c45d4b82/Serene+underwater+view+of+an+iceberg%2C+photographed+in+soft+natural+light.+The+waterline+cuts+horizontally+across+the+middle+of+the+frame%2C+with+a+small+visible+section+above+and+a+large+submerged+mass+below.+Muted+blue-green+and+pale+grey+tones%2C+with+.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a53a961a478c117afeae6f/0819d7de-d9af-4966-9574-0c7fef652cd1/Top-down+photograph+of+a+person%27s+hands+writing+in+a+notebook+on+a+wooden+desk.+The+notebook+page+shows+a+hand-drawn+iceberg+diagram+with+three+sections+%E2%80%94+surface%2C+structure%2C+and+what%27s+underneath+%E2%80%94+drawn+in+pen.+A+pen+rests+in+the+writing+han%E2%80%A6.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a53a961a478c117afeae6f/78311282-81ac-4417-8cd2-891987702ea8/A+group+of+three+or+four+teachers+%E2%80%94+a+mix+of+men+and+women%2C+varied+ages%2C+including+a+Black+or+Asian+teacher+%E2%80%94+standing+at+a+wall+covered+in+sticky+notes+in+a+school+staffroom.+Photographed+from+a+slight+side+angle.+The+wall+has+clusters+of+pos%E2%80%A6.jpg https://www.coherencecolab.com/speaking daily 0.75 2026-08-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a53a961a478c117afeae6f/64dfe056-7a8a-4eda-b297-4fbdad98141f/IMG_7516_edited+-+Edited.jpg https://www.coherencecolab.com/in-practice daily 0.75 2026-05-05 https://www.coherencecolab.com/in-practice/unisq monthly 0.5 2026-03-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a53a961a478c117afeae6f/1763597303713-M04I7H38JB6RKQFI9NO4/UniSQ%2BSystem%2BMap%2Bv1.png In Practice - 01 UniSQ Systems mapping looks messy, but clarity comes through wading through the complexity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a53a961a478c117afeae6f/2d44fa6a-0547-4fe0-a090-d8ca1135e60f/Mapping+the+Ideal+State.png In Practice - 01 UniSQ Creating your desired future isn't just about identifying ideal behaviours and events, it's also about identifying the paradigm shifts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a53a961a478c117afeae6f/21d3f086-022a-432b-bea1-666567b480c4/SYSTEM+MAP++UNISQ-2.png In Practice - 01 UniSQ The final systems map shows stakeholder relationships, influences, leverage points. https://www.coherencecolab.com/in-practice/02-ccps monthly 0.5 2026-03-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a53a961a478c117afeae6f/06c9f82e-e224-4d3b-815c-fd48548cbbf6/FD01EC06-08F3-4F58-8A6F-BF394D44C16D.JPG In Practice - 02 CCPS Principal Leon van Kiekerk opens the session with a vision of the future at CCPS. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a53a961a478c117afeae6f/9ffdc901-8e6d-43e7-a0b5-2a195bb5189e/E6877A10-F197-429B-B01D-71065F8C0DC0.JPG In Practice - 02 CCPS Educators discuss the emerging future and signals of change in their community. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a53a961a478c117afeae6f/2188d130-57da-4606-ba30-c4442678631e/DEDBB9CA-33D0-47A6-8813-A86194F70761.JPG In Practice - 02 CCPS Educators show each other the work from a fun activity - Draw Toast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a53a961a478c117afeae6f/88d92dd2-3ec8-4c1d-b797-b8e99b37d7ba/46CC5F13-1CB7-4280-9FE3-7B8B1A1FA9C6.JPG In Practice - 02 CCPS Educator visualises her own curriculum creation process. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a53a961a478c117afeae6f/627f12e0-4fcb-456d-b3df-2343e78ff062/FCCB7A38-2586-4CD3-A10D-408400F67E03.JPG In Practice - 02 CCPS Educator draws 'curriculum'. https://www.coherencecolab.com/in-practice/05-unity-college monthly 0.5 2026-05-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a53a961a478c117afeae6f/a09d5406-9923-4ebc-9583-a64641ed5528/Unity+College+9.jpg In Practice - 05 Unity College https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a53a961a478c117afeae6f/af1cf1ae-ecf6-4556-be88-0c606c58f99a/Unity+College+6.jpg In Practice - 05 Unity College https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a53a961a478c117afeae6f/342162fa-1edc-496f-872f-e8acfcc2c784/Unity+College+5.jpg In Practice - 05 Unity College https://www.coherencecolab.com/in-practice/03-keynote monthly 0.5 2026-03-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a53a961a478c117afeae6f/fa252653-df8f-47bd-8385-4fff4958f5ac/IMG_7522_edited.jpg In Practice - 03 Adolescent Success Symposium https://www.coherencecolab.com/in-practice/04-elevate-middle-years-success-series monthly 0.5 2026-03-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a53a961a478c117afeae6f/bf57f83b-7f29-4d96-8885-f34af8a888f3/1.png In Practice - 04 Elevate Middle Years Success Series https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a53a961a478c117afeae6f/63ec0c73-c30d-474e-8b2e-32cb42dfaa9c/2.png In Practice - 04 Elevate Middle Years Success Series https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a53a961a478c117afeae6f/fc267d1f-8c49-4a35-9ad9-210ea5197c82/3.png In Practice - 04 Elevate Middle Years Success Series https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a53a961a478c117afeae6f/3b5619ff-b8ab-441f-ac3f-077e29ba58c2/4.png In Practice - 04 Elevate Middle Years Success Series https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a53a961a478c117afeae6f/b4d31ae0-9987-4d5a-a7e8-ab7ad17f2314/5.png In Practice - 04 Elevate Middle Years Success Series https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a53a961a478c117afeae6f/ca06b34c-7795-4171-9dad-5fee32ccd9a5/6.png In Practice - 04 Elevate Middle Years Success Series https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a53a961a478c117afeae6f/68c9d6dc-c025-4845-966b-710e53b96d50/7.png In Practice - 04 Elevate Middle Years Success Series https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a53a961a478c117afeae6f/1c2b58e0-0b1d-4b8c-87ec-b4f1a22082a7/8.png In Practice - 04 Elevate Middle Years Success Series https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a53a961a478c117afeae6f/d9c838b5-5fba-4cfe-b8fb-a3fde669a6f9/9.png In Practice - 04 Elevate Middle Years Success Series https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a53a961a478c117afeae6f/1be2f755-43c3-43df-bf55-dea60448c2a0/10.png In Practice - 04 Elevate Middle Years Success Series https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a53a961a478c117afeae6f/a76a47f2-c0c1-4fcf-895d-b3553a23b599/11.png In Practice - 04 Elevate Middle Years Success Series