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What Montessori can teach us about using AI well
Montessori understood that intelligence does not develop in isolation. It unfolds through interaction with an environment: physical, relational, emotional, and psychological. Modern neuropsychology now confirms what Montessori observed intuitively: learning depends on safety, agency, meaning, and embodied engagement. When these conditions are present, the brain integrates knowledge deeply. This insight becomes essential when we speak about AI and education today.

Louise Sommer
5 min read


Why AI Needs Psychological Containment. Not Just Ethical Guidelines
AI ethics focus on rules and regulation. This article argues that psychological containment - the human capacity to hold complexity, uncertainty, and power - is essential for responsible AI in education, leadership, and institutions.

Louise Sommer
3 min read


AI does not exist outside human psychology. It participates within it.
AI does not decide its values, but humans do! Let's make this clear: AI systems do not develop ethics on their own. They do not choose what they allow, what they refuse, or what they amplify. These decisions are made entirely by humans through leadership, governance frameworks, coding choices, safety structures, and economic incentives. AI does not have emotions, intentions, or values. BUT: What it does express reflects the values embedded by the humans and institutions behin

Louise Sommer
5 min read


The New Addiction? What AI Can Teach Us from Social Media’s Mistakes
Is AI creating a new kind of addiction? AI risks repeating social media’s mistakes by creating artificial connection instead of authentic relationships. This article explores how design choices shape addiction, why empathy and presence matter in education and leadership, and how universities and organisations can foster digital resilience, critical reflection, and human-centred learning in an AI-driven future.

Louise Sommer
4 min read


The Crisis Isn’t Artificial Intelligence. The Crisis Is Artificial Connection.
AI shows us what we’ve neglected: closeness, listening, and humanity itself. Let’s stop making AI the scapegoat for what is missing in us. We are not losing ourselves to artificial intelligence, but we are losing ourselves to artificial connection and most people don’t even notice it happening. We scroll, we click, we respond, we 'connect', yet we feel increasingly alone, unseen, and disconnected. This is not a technological crisis. This is a human crisis of connection and le

Louise Sommer
4 min read


Beyond Efficiency: Why We Must Not Outsource Our Thinking to AI
We are living in a time where 'efficiency' has become a modern virtue. Faster is better. Easier is smarter. Why think deeply when an AI can deliver an instant answer, a polished paragraph, or a ready-made idea? It feels harmless, even intelligent. A clever shortcut. But beneath this growing dependency lies a far more serious issue: If we stop thinking for ourselves, we stop leading ourselves. This is no longer a conversation about technology. It is a conversation about human

Louise Sommer
4 min read


AI as a Teaching Partner: How Creative Intelligence Can Lead the Way in Higher Education
AI is no longer a question of if in higher education, but how. The real challenge is using it to enhance human Creative Intelligence rather than replacing our voice with its echo. This blog explores how scholars can lead with AI as a teaching partner: shaping learning through creativity, ethics, and presence. The real power of AI is not in replacing the educator, but in amplifying the educator’s leadership.

Louise Sommer
3 min read


The Art of Teaching, Designing, and Thinking: A Cross-Disciplinary Lens on Creative Intelligence
In a world that increasingly demands innovation, adaptability, and clarity, we often forget that the most powerful solutions come from the ability to think across disciplines. Over the years, I’ve come to realise that my most meaningful work doesn’t live in a single domain. It lives in the spaces between where psychology meets art, where teaching becomes design, and where coaching becomes a shared language of empowered learning. This is what I call creative intelligence in mo

Louise Sommer
4 min read
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