TWG2’s contribution to the EDUsummIT 2025 overarching theme is inherent in the critical roles school leaders play in co-designing the future education ecosystem, in a complex landscape shaped by rapidly changing digital, social, and cultural environments. It highlights the critical role of school leadership in co-creating digital learning environments conducive to learning, within a network of stakeholders, including teachers, parents, policymakers, and researchers. It includes effective leadership practices for integrating digital technologies into teaching and learning, and leadership programs to support educators in this transition. School leaders need to know their roles, agency, and influence within the network to leverage distributed leadership, to empower staff, and to develop digital learning cultures. They need to have appropriate technical knowledge and confidence so as not to be swayed by sales tactics, trendy strategies, or pressured into actions. To thrive in the dynamic environment with rapidly evolving technologies like artificial intelligence, there is a need to create a competency framework, structures and mechanisms to engage and support school leaders in continuous professional learning.