I'm about to give my first speech of the new academic year, at a conference in sun-kissed Blackpool, England (forecast is wet, windy and cold - we're having an Indian summer here). I'll be discussing the way the knowledge has become commoditised, bought and sold globally, across the internet and the implications for our education system. I'll also be looking at the growth of Emotional Capital in businesses (think iPhone & Innocent smoothies) and how that is affecting lives. You couldn't pick a better example than Lauren Luke, school drop-out, teenage single-parent turned cosmetics guru, and entrepreneur. And all without the help of school, just the 'cloud'.

Should be interesting to see what connections people working in schools will make. It's being filmed and I hope to put extracts up here, along with slides.