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Edward Vitalis discusses his leadership approach shaped by experiences in Liberia and the importance of innovation in education.

Edward Vitalis, CEO of Invictus Education Trust, shares how auditing governance in war-torn Liberia taught him resilience and shaped his leadership approach. He explains why his finance background is a superpower for education CEOs, breaking down the modern leadership "pie chart" where governance, estates, risk and growth outweigh pedagogy. Edward argues schools should lead innovation like industry, describing AI hackathons where staff and pupils solve real problems, yielding funded app...

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Guest: Edward Vitalis

Topics covered

• leadership
• education
• resilience
• innovation
• governance
• AI

Keywords

• leadership
• education
• resilience
• governance
• AI hackathons
• finance
• innovation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Invictus Education Trust

Places: Liberia

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