From One School to Many: How Seeds of Knowledge Took Root Across Borders
(Seeds of Knowledge: The Seeds Story Series — Article 4)
When the first seeds of Seeds of Knowledge were planted, there was no grand plan to “scale” or “expand.” In truth, it began as a personal reflection, an evolving conversation about how education might grow, how schools could better serve learners in a changing world, and how leadership in education could become more human, inclusive, and future-ready.
At first, I simply began to write, short reflections, articles, and thoughts shared through LinkedIn. The response was encouraging: educators began commenting, messaging, and sharing. Conversations unfolded, not through formal workshops, but through organic exchanges on social media, through chats with fellow school leaders, and through the wider community that LinkedIn makes possible.
And then something beautiful happened: the ideas began to travel.
Stories like that of Gulistan School reminded me that the core values behind Seeds of Knowledge, curiosity, compassion, adaptability, inclusion, spoke across contexts. They resonated in schools of many shapes and sizes. a public school in the UAE striving to build a deeper sense of belonging, a private school in Europe exploring new models of leadership, a teacher in Pakistan seeking to nurture creativity in the face of limited resources.
No two schools were the same, but the underlying questions were shared:
How do we prepare learners for an uncertain future?
How do we build schools where every child feels they belong?
How do we lead in ways that are grounded, courageous, and human?
This is how Seeds of Knowledge began to take root, not through programmes or top-down structures, but through conversations. It was the educators themselves, those who engaged with a post, reached out in a message, or shared their own reflections, who helped these seeds grow.
And this is, I believe, the heart of why it continues to spread. Seeds of Knowledge is not a system. It is a set of ideas, metaphors, and values, designed to spark reflection and inspire local creativity, not replace it.
It respects the wisdom already present in each school community. It offers questions, not prescriptions. It invites dialogue, not directives.
From one school to many, across countries, across networks of educators on LinkedIn and beyond, the conversation grows. Each new voice enriches it. Each shared story adds to the garden of possibilities.
And always, I hold this truth close:
