Not another education talk shop.
Lead 25 brings school owners, principals & successors into real conversations about leadership, strategy & people.
2 August 2025
8:30am-6:30pm
@
Premfield International School, Kota Damansara
Objective
Lead 25: Purpose by Design is a closed-door summit for school owners, principals, and their successors to address pressing school leadership challenges, strengthen peer networks, and design purposeful, future-ready institutions.
At its heart, this summit helps school leaders:
Solve real operational and cultural challenges with insight from peers
Clarify their school’s purpose and use it as a tool to attract and retain the right staff and families
Identify shared development needs and shape the Edutropism Academy to support staff growth across schools
Build leadership capacity at all levels, from individuals to leadership teams
Equip owners to refocus their teams on long-term direction, values, and succession
It’s not about theory. It’s about doing the deep work that makes your school stronger, sharper, and more attractive—inside and out.
To ensure meaningful dialogue and focused outcomes, participation is limited to:
The School Owner or Board Representative
The Principal
A Designated Successor or Senior Leader
Maximum 3 delegates per school.
Paul Lau,
Jessica Ching
Tjerk van der Molen
Lead 25: Purpose by Design
Venue: Premfield International School
Date: 2 August 2025
Price: RM380 per participant
Closed-door summit for school owners, principals, and successors
8:30 AM — Registration & Welcome Coffee
9:00 AM — Opening Keynote: Purpose by Design
9:30 AM — Roundtable Discussions & Q&A
10:30 AM — Morning Break
10:45 AM — Strategic Briefing: A Shared Vision for Sector Collaboration
11:00 AM — Edutropism Academy Preview: Towards a Shared CPD Framework
11:15 AM — Discussion Round 2: Surfacing Collective Needs
12:00 PM — Challenge Briefing: Leadership Lab Case Study Carousel
12:30 PM — Networking Lunch
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM
Principal Track: Leadership Lab – Challenge Planning & Peer Review
Owner Track: Strategic Facilitation – Values, Vision & Succession
2:30 PM — Leadership Lab Round 1: Peer-to-Peer Feedback
3:00 PM — Leadership Lab Round 2: Iteration & Challenge
3:30 PM — Leadership Lab Round 3: Final Refinement & Insights
4:00 PM — Tea Break
4:30 PM – 5:30 PM — Closing Session: Key Takeaways & Collective Next Steps for Edutropism 2026
5:30- 6:30 PM - School tour and golf simulator
7:00- 10:00 PM - Networking dinner
A Closed-Door Summit for School Owners, Principals, and Successors
🗓 2 August 2025 | 📍 Premfield International School
Schools are full of systems that no longer serve their purpose.
We keep timetables that don’t reflect how students learn.
We design classrooms for control, not curiosity.
We run calendars, curriculums, and meetings the way we always have—because that’s the way it’s done.
But no one stops to ask: Does the form still serve the function?
Lead 25: Purpose by Design is a call to school leaders who are ready to stop copying models and start building intentionally.
Not just what looks good on paper. Not what worked five years ago.
But what works now—for your students, your staff, and your community.
At the heart of this summit is one truth:
When the form no longer serves the function, it’s time to redesign.
And that redesign must start with purpose.
This summit brings together school owners, principals, and successors to:
Tackle real leadership challenges in collaborative case labs
Pressure-test solutions in front of peers who’ve walked the same ground
Shape a shared approach to meaningful staff development through the Edutropism Academy
Reflect on values, vision, and succession with fellow owners
It’s not a showcase. It’s not theory.
It’s the hard work of aligning what we say with what we do.
Because if your school’s structure doesn’t carry your purpose, you’ll lose your people—staff, students, even yourself.
Gen Z isn’t your future—they’re already shaping your culture.
And if your systems weren’t built with them in mind, it’s time to rebuild.
Lead 25 is where that work begins.
No fluff. No filler. Just leaders, design, and purpose—done right