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Professor C K Prahalad, who is an adviser to the Indian Government on global business strategy, coined the phrase "legacy thinking". The idea is that if we keep on doing the things that we did, we will keep on getting the same results.
The cultural shift has both professional and political buy-in, but a systemic problem needs to be addressed that I am pleased the minister mentioned in the latter part of his speech.The push of the curriculum review is in danger of being held back by the pull of a strong alliance of forces in the shape of quality assurance and assessment.
It is important to recognise that what the budget is delivering is not the same as what it is buying. We often hear the Executive boast about its additional spending and sometimes about additional staff.
We remember the turbo-devolution promised by Alec Douglas-Home and John Major's "taking stock". Most of us will never buy the false hope of a better future from those who are willing only to tinker with a failed model.
Many of us who have been involved in these issues for a long time know that much acquisitive crime is fuelled by the need to buy drugs. Many families, although not all, would like to offer support and be part of the regime that the prison is trying to develop.