Dear Stardust

Candice Prosser is an experienced broadcast journalist and presented with ABC News South Australia. She is passionate about storytelling and has spent many years covering the significant and impactful news that shapes lives. In this episode, Candice shares her letter to stardust, and we talk about the voices that we use to speak to ourselves and others, and the impact that little lives have on our...

At the 2025 ACEL National Conference I was set a big challenge. Wrap up the three days of conversations and learning. Sounds easy, but there was a catch. I only had 20 slides, and 20 seconds per slide. A total of 6 minutes and 40 seconds. Here's my presentation - if you usually listen on apple, head over to YouTube to see the video.

Dear Stardust was presented live, at the 2025 Australian Council for Educational Leaders National Conference. To launch Dear Stardust, I read my letter to the audience in Sydney, Australia, and have stitched together the amazing threads that I have received so far.

Do you ever feel judged by your tribe? Adam Kuss, an exceptional leader in a variety of contexts, takes us inside his view on the tribes that have shaped him, and looks towards a future in 2040 with a new tribe that brings out the very best in all young people. Adam works in leadership development as a special advisor and a pedagogical leadership consultant. He is currently completing his PhD at t...

In what ways is our future shaped by the hands of our past? In this letter to Stardust, Anita Zocchi, an exceptional Principal, educator, and learner, shares how the hands of her parents and their experiences in Australia, have shaped how she guides the development of generations of young people. Anita is the Principal of University Senior College, and she shares her belief that everyone has the c...

What does it mean to chip a mark? A character? Professor Phil Cummins, Hooke Family Professor of Practice in Educational Leadership at the University of Sydney. Phil presents "Traces" his contribution to Dear Stardust, and leaves gorgeous marks on us with his letter and his work. In his letter and our gorgeous conversation, we talk history, future, marks, character, and fine silk scarves...