EdVance
EdVance
Podcast Description
Vikas Pota speaks to the world’s leading lights in education and inspirational figures whose stories deserve to be told. Top school principals, CEOs, journalists, authors, academics and government ministers reveal the greatest lessons they’ve learned from their fascinating lives as Vikas asks the most important question when it comes to transforming education: how do we drive high performance?
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Content Themes
The podcast focuses on themes such as educational strategy, leadership, and cultural transformation, with episodes exploring topics like high-performance frameworks and adaptation in education. For instance, the launch episode with Jean-Claude Brizard delves into the significance of strategic execution and agility in educational systems, aiming to inspire educators and leaders to implement transformative practices.

Vikas Pota speaks to the world’s leading lights in education and inspirational figures whose stories deserve to be told. Top school principals, CEOs, journalists, authors, academics and government ministers reveal the greatest lessons they’ve learned from their fascinating lives as Vikas asks the most important question when it comes to transforming education: how do we drive high performance?
You can have the best ideas, the best strategies and the best people and still fail to transform an education system. So what is the missing piece?
In this episode of the EdVance Podcast, Iwan Syahril, former Director General at Indonesia’s Ministry of Education and Senior Advisor at Teach For All, reflects on what it really takes to lead education reform at scale. Drawing on his experience leading change across a system serving more than 53 million students, Iwan shares what leaders need to understand about purpose, people and the human side of transformation.
He explores what makes a great school, how we can build a stronger teaching profession, why change cannot simply be mandated, and how leaders can empower people to become change agents. The conversation also examines innovation, technology and AI in education, and why technology matters most when it helps solve problems that actually matter.
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