💭 Henry Ford once said that his highest-paid employee was the one who spent most of his time just thinking — not assembling cars or managing teams, but generating ideas. Those ideas, according to Ford, were what truly moved the company forward.
That story came to mind as I reflected on something that affects every teacher: planning time.
In many schools, planning time is often reduced to getting things done — paperwork, assessments, prep.
But what if we saw it differently?
What if we treated planning time as creative space, where teachers reflect, collaborate, design, and innovate?
🧠 Like Ford’s thinker, teachers also need silence, time, and mental space to build something truly valuable:
• stronger units
• more authentic inquiry
• meaningful learning experiences
• real growth for students and the school as a whole
Planning isn’t just about what needs to be completed.
It’s also about what could be imagined — if we gave teachers the time to think, dream, and create.