Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadWelcome to the first episode of what I plan to be a short weekly podcast where I hope to pique your interest to explore resources that push your thinking about how we as leaders can shape the future of learning in our organizations. What’s prompted this podcast? A couple […]
Archives for February 2017
How are you fostering learner passions?
Another podcast I really enjoy spending time with is the Freakonomic Radio podcast. In a recent encore episode, How to Get More Grit in Your Life, host Stephen Dubner interviewed psychologist and grit expert, Angela Duckworth. Here is the excerpt on passion I found particularly interesting: DUCKWORTH: I define grit as passion and perseverance for especially […]
What if we had more moonshot thinking in education?
One of my favorite podcasts to listen to is Exponential Wisdom, hosted by Peter Diamandis and Dan Sullivan. In Episode 31, the hosts discuss moonshot thinking and strategies to get started. This got me thinking… What if moonshot thinking was a leadership competency? What would education be like if we had leaders at the federal, state, district, […]
Do the most effective leaders lead with stories before facts and data?
I enjoy listening to podcasts and often discover nuggets of information that I connect to my practice as a school leader. Recently I was listening to an episode of The Growth Show where Doug Landis, Chief Storyteller at Box was being interviewed. In the conversation he shared this which prompted me to think about the relationship […]