Principled Narrative

This article provides an overview of the "Carpe Vitam: Leadership for Learning" project, accounting for its provenance and purposes, before focusing on the principles for practice that constitute an important part of the project s legacy. These principles framed the dialogic process that was a dominant feature of the project and are presented, explained and illustrated in the article. The account concludes with a brief discussion about the use of principles and illustrative vignettes as resources for further development.