Kevin Bartlett⁠ has held leadership positions in the UK, Tanzania, Namibia, Austria and Belgium, where he was the Director of the ⁠International School of Brussels⁠ from 2001-2015. Kevin currently leads the Learning Design Team at ⁠Escuela Internacional Sampedrana⁠ in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, where he is based.

Kevin is Founding Director of the ⁠Common Ground Collaborative (CGC)⁠, which he established with ⁠Gordon Eldridge⁠ in 2014. CGC is a nonprofit, global community of sense-makers, innovators, educators and partners who share a common goal to co-create a compelling alternative to traditional ‘curriculum’ designs: a coherent Learning Ecosystem that connects learning, leading, teaching and assessing into one simple, systemic approach. 

LearnLife's [RE]LEARN festival is coming up on November 9th - you can find out more and register here: https://relearnfestival.com/

⁠Christopher Pommerening⁠ is the Founder and Chief Empowerment Officer of ⁠Learnlife⁠. Christopher is an entrepreneur and learning visionary on a journey in which he has evolved from an ⁠internet entrepreneur and venture capitalist⁠, into a high impact entrepreneur on a mission to change education positively worldwide. Christopher has engaged a global team of more than 100 learning experts and thought leaders to build an open ecosystem for a new lifelong learning paradigm. His impact goal is to empower 100 million learners to experience the new paradigm for learning that is suited to the rapid and evolving changes in our world and societies by 2030.LearnLife's [RE]LEARN festival is coming up on November 9th - you can find out more and register here: https://relearnfestival.com/

⁠Christopher Pommerening⁠ is the Founder and Chief Empowerment Officer of ⁠Learnlife⁠. Christopher is an entrepreneur and learning visionary on a journey in which he has evolved from an ⁠internet entrepreneur and venture capitalist⁠, into a high impact entrepreneur on a mission to change education positively worldwide. Christopher has engaged a global team of more than 100 learning experts and thought leaders to build an open ecosystem for a new lifelong learning paradigm. His impact goal is to empower 100 million learners to experience the new paradigm for learning that is suited to the rapid and evolving changes in our world and societies by 2030.

Dr. Heidi Hayes Jacobs⁠ is an ⁠author⁠ and internationally recognized education leader known for her work in phenomena-based learning, learning structure design, ⁠curriculum mapping⁠ and integration and developing 21st century approaches to teaching and learning.

Heidi is the Founder and President of ⁠Curriculum21⁠, Curriculum Designers, Inc. and Executive Director of the Curriculum Mapping Institute. She works as an education consultant with schools and districts K–12 on issues and practices pertaining to: curriculum reform, instructional strategies and strategic planning.

Peter Mott served as NEASC Director of the Commission on International Education at ⁠New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC)⁠ from 2012 to 2017. During his time at NEASC, Peter challenged international schools with the notion of Transformative Accreditation through the development of the ⁠ACE Learning⁠ accreditation protocol.

Anne Fischer⁠ is a learning leader and innovator turned UX Designer. With two decades of experience in designing and leading for change and adaptability in schools in Germany, France, Switzerland, Dubai and US. Anne is an expert in Design Thinking and Agile methodologies. She is the Assistant Principal and Curriculum Coordinator at ⁠Phorms Campus Berlin Süd⁠.

Anne is also the co-founder of WomenEdDE with ⁠Angeline Aow⁠.

Anne earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of North Carolina, Charlotte and a Master in Science from the London School of Economics.

Leading projects around the world for clients in education and industry, ⁠Ewan McIntosh⁠ is the passionate and energising tour de force behind ⁠NoTosh⁠. 

As the name suggests, NoTosh is a jargon-free but game-changing ⁠strategic consultancy⁠ with a passion for learning and a conviction that innovation and creativity can change the way people think, the way they learn and the way they work

A highly regarded ⁠keynote⁠ speaker at events around the world, Ewan is also the author of ⁠How To Come Up With Great Ideas and Actually Make Them Happen⁠ and regularly writes about learning on his ⁠blog⁠ (and previously ⁠here⁠).

Paul Magnuson attributes his progressive views on education to over twenty years of experience working in summer camps. He's done with command and control models that tend to favor conformity and compliance over self-regulation, whether it be for students or teachers. Paul leads educational research at ⁠Leysin American School⁠ and is a frequent blogger for the international school organizations, ⁠The International Educator⁠ and ⁠ECIS⁠. Opportunities for workshops in innovative teaching and learning can be found at ⁠peakchallenges.ch⁠.

In our conversation, Paul draws on inspiration from ⁠eduScrum⁠, ⁠Agora schools⁠ and we talk about NEASC's ⁠ACE Learning⁠ accreditation protocol.

Greg Curtis is an author and independent education consultant.  He is currently based in Beijing and has spent much of his career working with international schools around the world in all-school capacities. Greg has been a technology director, a curriculum and professional learning director and a strategic planner for schools in Europe, North America, Australia and Asia.

Greg has been heavily invested in deep, systems-focused school improvement efforts for his entire career. With over 27 years of experience working from early years through high school programs, he has developed considerable experience in leading curriculum revitalization, 21st century learning, technology infusion, assessment shifts and change initiatives.

Oluwatosin Olowoyeye-Taiwo is an activist and social entrepreneur campaigning for equity and access to education for at-risk children in Nigeria. She founded her organisation ⁠Street to School Initiative⁠ in 2009 to sponsor out-of-school children back to school. Through her educational sponsorship programs and school support scheme, Tosin has been able to support more than 20,000 vulnerable pupils into schools. In 2015, she established a tuition-free school in Alimosho, strictly for out-of-school children in Nigeria.

Charles Cassidy is the Director of the ⁠Evidence-Based Wisdom⁠ project. The site translates academic research regarding the science and psychology of wisdom into understandable and helpful resources for the wider public. Charles studied Physics at the University of Manchester in the UK. Following the development of educational research projects with The British Council across South America and Asia, Charles taught Mathematics and Science in London for 15 years. Since the start of the project, he has conducted interviews with many leaders in the field of wisdom research, compiled and translated many of the key papers from the field and created many public-facing resources, including video animations, info-graphics, articles and podcasts. He has also written about wisdom research for publications including ⁠Psychology Today⁠ and The ⁠Huffington Post⁠, as well as appearing on talk radio across the United States.

Steve Peha is the founder of ⁠Teaching That Makes Sense⁠, an education consultancy specializing in literacy, student engagement, and instructional innovation. He has written extensively on developing young people’s literacy and his book ‘⁠Be a Better Writer⁠’, written with his wife, Margot Carmichael Lester, was an Amazon #1 “Hot New Release” in teen writing. The book also won a Parents’ Choice Recommended Award, a 2016 Best Book Gold Medal Award in Young Adult Nonfiction. It has also received an award nomination from YALSA, the Young Adult Library Services Association, part of the American Library Association.

A versatilist and somewhat of a polymath, Carla started her career in the performing arts, before moving into the digital domain. Becoming captivated by the international education landscape and the role of technology for learning, her focus turned to learning with technologies in diverse contexts.

In this episode, Tim Logan is joined by Ulrike Suwwan (from ⁠Guide and Lead⁠) and ⁠Graham Brown-Martin⁠ to talk about the challenges and opportunities of rebuilding something different and more regenerative in our current situation. How can we lead our teams through a great depression, or enable a great transformation? 

Doreen Kessy⁠ is a Chief Business Officer at ⁠Ubongo⁠. At Ubongo, she is instrumental in the growth of the organization, innovating, and finding ways to continually deliver fun learning to over 17 million families in Africa. She has expertise in business development and leadership in the edtech and fun learning space. Doreen has an MBA and BSc in International Business and Economics from Liberty University and has worked at the International Justice Mission in Washington DC, Wells Fargo and Smile for Africa in Zimbabwe. She was named “Entrepreneur of the Year in Education” by ⁠Women In Africa⁠, is a ⁠Global Shaper⁠ at the World Economic Forum, and a 2018 ⁠Acumen Fellow⁠. Doreen loves to have fun, she acts the English voice of one of Ubongo Kids cartoon characters, Ngedere (a playful monkey).

Willy Wijnands is the creator and founder of ⁠eduScrum⁠ and co-founder of the worldwide initiative ⁠'Agile in Education'⁠. Willy taught Chemistry and Science at the Ashram College in Alphen aan de Rijn, Netherlands for forty years and is an ⁠Aikido⁠ and Tai Chi and Shiatsu teacher. He is the author of the ⁠eduScrum guide⁠ and co-author of ‘Scrum in Actie’ and contributor to ‘⁠Agile and Lean Concepts for Teaching and Learning⁠.’

Allison Zmuda⁠ is an author, education consultant with 19 years of expertise specializing in curriculum, assessment, and instruction and curator of ⁠learningpersonalized.com⁠ an online community for teacher-leaders, administrators and students.

Allison recently co-founded ⁠Habits Personalized⁠ with longtime friend and colleague, Bena Kallick, a merging of personalized learning with Habits of Mind.

Giles Hutchins⁠ is a pioneering practitioner and senior adviser at the forefront of the [r]evolution in organizational and leadership consciousness and developmental approaches that enhance personal, organizational and systemic agility and vitality. He is author and co-author of several leadership and organizational development papers, and the books ⁠The Nature of Business⁠ (2012), ⁠The Illusion of Separation⁠ (2014), ⁠Future Fit⁠ (2016), ⁠Regenerative Leadership⁠ (2019) and ⁠Leading by Nature: The Process of Becoming A Regenerative Leader (2022)⁠. Chair of ⁠The Future Fit Leadership Academy⁠ and Founder of ⁠Leadership Immersions⁠, co-founder of Biomimicry for Creative Innovation and Regenerators, he runs a 60 acre leadership centre at Springwood Farm, an area of outstanding natural beauty near London, UK.  Previously held corporate roles - Head of Practice for KPMG, and Global Head of Sustainability for Atos (150,000 employees, over 40 countries). You can connect with Leadership Immersions ⁠here⁠.

This podcast is an inquiry into the role that education needs to play in navigating the complex times we are all living in. Over the last four years, some of the world's most active entrepreneurs and eminent thinkers have chatted with Tim Logan about "what the world is asking of us" (Biesta, 2021).

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