Michael Stevenson is a Senior Advisor and Consultant at the OECD. He is leading a major initiative with the world's best education systems on education for human flourishing. He is also orchestrating a Talent and Innovation Ecosystem in Doncaster, where he was brought up. The work has potential to support levelling up across the north of England. Michael founded and co-chairs the Global Education Leaders Partnership, currently focusing on learning ecosystems in the Global South. He has led education at Cisco Systems and the BBC.