More with less

The challenge
How can we make whatever we do in schools

• as simple as we can
• as functional as we can
• as cheap as we can
• as freely inter-connectable as we can

Rationale
We need simple ways of doing things: they need to

• be functional - simple, reliable, predictable
• be cheap - available, easy to do and easy to use in new ways and contexts
• be high performance actions returning substantial value
• be useful as building blocks, that is,

• they connect with other things that we do and 
• they connect people who share interests and responsibility

Quotes

• "Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler" - Einstein
• "You know you have achieved perfection in design, not when you have nothing more to add, but when you have nothing more to take away"  - de Sainy-Exupery

Reference:
George Whitesides: Toward a science of simplicity (TED Talks, Apr 2010)