In the first episode of the new season of the Tes International podcast, we chat with the director-general of the International Baccalaureate, Olli-Pekka Heinonen, about his plans to transform the organisation in a post-pandemic world.

He reveals how he is keen for the IB to embrace digital assessment and outlines how he is looking at potentially modifying the Diploma Programme based on an educational maxim of “head, heart and hands”.

He also outlines why he wants to broaden access to the IB to more schools worldwide and the challenges the pandemic has caused - and the opportunities it has created.

We also touch on his motivation for taking on such a challenging role and why the history of the IB and the innovation shown by his predecessors have been occupying a lot of his headspace since he started the job in May 2021.

Listen below or on your podcast platform of choice under “Tes International podcast”.