I don't know about you, but I find that sometimes there's an alignment between the things I'm thinking about at work and themes that emerge from what you might loosely call ‘cultural activity'. Thinking which was neatly packaged as a work-related issue is illuminated and challenged by hearing a different, often deeply personal perspective from elsewhere. That's happened to me in the last couple of weeks.
In London we've been giving serious thought to the complex issue of promoting greater diversity in the workforce and in particular in positions of leadership. Despite good intentions and years of talking about this issue we still aren't seeing enough people in leadership positions which reflect the profile of either the communities we serve or our workforce. There is something which is still preventing talented Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) colleagues progressing in representative numbers to senior leadership roles in children's services and schools. That's not to say that there aren't exceptional individuals who have, it's just that after talking about this issue for at least the past 30 years, they are still the exceptions.
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