Brandon Stover On Life

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Despite the transformation of our world in every context, education has not updated it's models to address the needs our current world. Education has failed to fulfill it's purpose in helping each student thrive individually and helping to better humanity as a collective. 

But how do we solve the education crisis? In this episode we uncovered the outdated practices and systems keeping education from fulfilling its purpose and the building blocks that can be used to develop new models of education that will properly prepare students for solving our worlds most pressing problems. 

EXPERTS FEATURED

• Zoe Weil, Co-founder and President of the Institute for Humane Education, author of The World Becomes What We Teach
• Carla Marschall & Elizabeth Crawford, co-authors of Worldwise Learning
• Raya Bidshahri, Founder and CEO of the School of Humanity
• Victoria Ransom, Founder and CEO of Prisma
• Vriti Saraf, Founder and CEO of K20 Educators

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• The traditional framework of schooling has multiple elements that are contributing to the scope of the problem: curriculum, isolated disciplines, focus on external motivators, division by age groups, and restrictive boundaries of formal institutions.
• If the education crisis is not addressed, our society faces large consequences such as an $8.5 trillion dollar skills gap by 2030.
• The education lies at the root of all other systems including but not limited to the economic system, the political system, the energy system, the transportation system, the legal system and the healthcare system
• If we want to solve the education crisis, we must address other systems outside of education that influence it including all stakeholders, higher education, and money and resource allocation.
• The building blocks for solutions include: connecting curriculum to real challenges, connecting curriculum to personal interests, developing the entire student, taking an interdisciplinary approach, online-learning, cultivating student relationships, engage learners in application of knowledge, and using competency based assessment.

Full show notes, transcripts, and resources can be found here: evolvethe.world/research/education

TIMESTAMPS

(00:00) - Introduction

(03:16) - What is the purpose of education?

(05:54) - What is the root problem of the education crisis?

(07:58) - How this problem personally effects students

(09:25) - Scope of the problem: What are we learning?

(12:34) - Scope of the problem: Why are we learning this?

(15:27) - Scope of the problem: How are we learning?

(19:10) - Scope of the problem: Where is learning happening?

(19:35)  - What's at stake if we don't solve the education crisis?

(26:07) - What other stakeholders and influences like higher education or resource allocation, should we consider?

(33:54) - How does education regulation present an obstacle to solving this problem?

(40:11) - Summary of the problem

(42:06) - What traditional education does well

(44:06) - Solution 1: Institute for Humane Education and Creating Solutionaries

(54:19) - Solution 2: Worldwise Learning

(1:05:16) - Solution 3: School of Humanity

(1:13:47) - Solution 4: Prisma

(1:20:50) - Other Solutions briefly mentioned

(1:22:42) - Summary of the solutions

(1:25:07) - Closing wisdom from our experts

Celine Halioua is the CEO and Founder of Loyal, a biotech startup developing drugs to extend dog lifespan. BUT with a twist! If this life-extension research and drug development works for canines, her theory is that it could lead to breakthroughs for the rest of us humans for age related diseases! Previously, she held various roles at The Longevity Fund, an early stage venture capital fund investing in companies developing therapeutics to treat aging. Celine has a technical background in neuroscience and gene therapy. She holds a B.Sc. in neuroscience from the University of Texas at Austin and was a D.Phil. student at Oxford University. She worked in the laboratories of Dr. Evan Snyder at the Sanford-Burnham-Prebys Medical Discovery Institute on novel enteric neuron disease therapeutics, and of Dr. Richard Morrisett and Dr. Keith Stevenson at The University of Texas at Austin on the development of novel silver-nanocluster neuronal tracers for applications in neuropharmacology.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN IN THIS EPISODE

• Why cracking the code on a dog's can fix human age related diseases
• What's wrong with the longevity field
• How to go from academia to startups
• The real mental and emotional challenges of being a founder
• How to think about sacrifice, personal responsibility, and your own mortality
• and much more...

Full show notes, transcripts, and resources can be found here: evolvethe.world/episodes/68

TIMESTAMPS

(00:00) - Podcast Recommendation - #impact with Regina Larko

(00:43) - Introduction

(02:17) - Celine's Mission For Better Medicine and Healthcare

(04:40) - Why dog longevity to fix human illness

(07:11) - Why Celine cares so much about longevity

(09:39) - What's wrong with the longevity field

(11:57) - What does longevity actually look like

(14:04) - What is Loyal for dogs and what is it creating

(18:33)  - How Celine wants to inspire other biotech founders

(20:25) - How to manage senior talent as a young founder

(21:59) - How to go from academia to startups

(26:25) - The first step for creating a biotech company

(28:00) - Mental models, self awareness, and emotional challenges as a found

(34:12) - Sacrifice and personal responsibility

(35:32) - Are we all delaying our own mortality

(36:35) - Call to Action

(37:24) - How to push the world to Evolve

Claire Schmidt is the CEO and Founder of AllVoices: A technology platform that enables employees to anonymously report bias, discrimination or sexual harassment to their company's leadership. By equipping companies with transparent data, leadership teams can actively work to improve their culture and move towards a more equal and just workplace. Prior to founding AllVoices, Claire served as Vice President of Technology and Innovation at Fox, the Senior Director of Giving at Thrive Market, as well as the Director of Programs at Thorn.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN IN THIS EPISODE

• How company culture has been changed by MeToo, BLM, COVID, and remote work
• Why anonymous reporting helps create a psychologically safe and decent workplace
• How to have a compassionate conversation without having to agree with the other side or even like them
• The skills you need to start a career in social impact
• How to quickly became an expert in any domain & surround yourself with mentors
• Why you should raise more money for your startup in your pre-seed than you think
• and much more...

Full show notes, transcripts, and resources can be found here: evolvethe.world/episodes/67

TIMESTAMPS

(00:00) - Podcast Recommendation - Startups for Good with Miles Laster

(00:43) - Introduction

(02:09) - Claire's Mission

(02:23) - What Problems inside the Workplace?

(05:05) - Why do Whistleblower Hotlines and Culture Surveys Not Address the Issue?

(07:19) - How has MeToo, COVID, and BLM Changed Company Culture?

(08:46) - What is the State of The Workplace in 2021?

(11:23) - What About Remote Work?

(12:24)  - What is a Psychologically Safe and Decent Workplace?

(13:56) - What is AllVoices and How Does It Help?

(20:16) - Why Anonymity is Important

(25:05) - A Unique Benefit Available to Any Employee in Any Company

(29:41) - How Effective is AllVoices?

(32:24) - How Claire Builds Culture in AllVoices as CEO

(36:34) - What Work Still Needs Done in This Space?

(38:40) - How Claire Started Her Social Impact Career & The Skills She Learned

(42:47) - How to Quickly Became An Expert In Any Domain

(44:24) - How to Surround Yourself with Expert Mentors

(47:06) - Why Claire Quit Her Successful Career to Start AllVoices

(49:25) - How Claire Made Life Changing Decisions in the Beginning of AllVoices

(52:32) - Why You Should Raise More Money Than You Think in Your Pre-Seed

(56:03) - Why You Must Separate Your Identity From Your Startup

(58:04) - The Future of Company Culture

(1:00:51) - Call to Action

(1:02:29) - How To Push The World To Evolve

Rodney Campbell & Keith Richardson are Co-Founders of More In Common and creators of the More In Common Podcast, a social experiment to prove that we have more in common than that which divides us and prove its beneficial to have conversation with people of disparate points of view. On their podcast they explore a variety of tough and controversial topics such as  race, politics, mental health, child abuse, parenting, and many others with guests ranging from Kristen Bell to Jason Primrose.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN IN THIS EPISODE

• Why we currently have so much disconnection and divide among people in our society
• Why conversation is one of the foundational skills that underlies all other problems
• How to have a compassionate conversation without having to agree with the other side or even like them
• The power of podcasting to effect others
• How to talk about controversial topics
• and much more...

Full show notes, transcripts, and resources can be found here: evolvethe.world/episodes/66

TIMESTAMPS

(00:00) - Introduction

(01:02) - Rodney & Keith's Mission

(01:39) - Why Compassionate Conversation is a Metaskill?

(05:06) - How Evolution has Influenced Conversation

(09:54) - How Lack of Connection has Increased Loneliness and Depression

(15:29) - Self Awareness and Conversations

(19:11) - What is a Companionate Conversation and How Does It Feel?

(27:15)  - What it the M.O.R.E. Approach?

(31:48) - Why Did Rodney & Keith Start a Podcast to Demonstrate Compassionate Conversations?

(35:49) - How has the Podcast Changed Lives?

(39:53) - How To Help Others Open Up to Vulnerability

(42:36) - Rodney & Keith's First Discussions about Controversial Topics

(53:11) - Labels of Others and Us vs. Them

(59:04) - What They are Teaching Their Children About Human Connection

(1:03:20) - Call to Action

(1:05:04) - How To Push The World To Evolve

Andrea Malone is the Founder of Humble Teacher, a full-service online course platform centering liberation and anti-oppression work. Originally launching with only 5 courses, they quickly received over a hundred course signups within a month and have expanded their offerings to over a dozen courses addressing racism, diversity, equity, activism and more. Andrea’s passion for anti-oppression and liberation work emerged early on. Now she helps online instructors that share ways in which anyone can join in the journey to end systemic racism, bias, and white supremacy culture specifically in commerce and education.

Today she shares the two sides of dismantling oppression through anti-oppression and liberation, her journey from corporate America to becoming a founder, and how she used her unique skills that tackle a problem she deeply cared about and how you could too.  

Full show notes can be found here: evolvethe.world/episodes/65

Sidney Haitoff is the Founder and CEO of mishe, the Pay-As-You-Go Healthcare™ company that puts consumers in control of their care by connecting them directly with providers on the basis of transparent and affordable pricing; no insurance needed. Since launching in the fall of 2020, mishe has already welcomed more than 125 providers across seven specialties to the marketplace in just three months of active recruitment in San Diego. They are continuing to build out our provider network and plan to offer a full suite of essential medical services to their community and other major metropolitan areas across the country.

Today he shares his expertise in the medical industry, how he approached building a two sided marketplace, the secret tool he uses to overcome challenges being a founder, and how he is bringing healing back to healthcare through price transparency, equity, and access.

Full show notes can be found here: evolvethe.world/episodes/64

Jaison Morgan is the Founder and CEO of Carrot, a competition platform that puts many brilliant minds to work solving tough problems. As the market leader in the design, development, and operation of large-scale incentive programming, Carrot has over 10 years of experience and 100% success rate in allocating over 500 million dollars to teams developing solutions in wide variety of areas.

Jaison shares how he built Carrot, his unique skills as founder for over a decade, and his mission to create open, transparent, and fair processes of granting awards, prizes, fellowships, and other forms of incentive-based programs to people like us, the innovators solving the worlds greatest challenges.

Full show notes  can be found here: evolvethe.world/episodes/62

This episode is brought to you by Purpose Talks! Purpose Talks, created by the Business of Purpose and Hosted by Izzy Ahrbeck, sits down with business leaders to discuss the new business world where purpose talks over money. Each episode spotlights, not one, but multiple companies focused on one business element, jam-packed with insights and topics such as brand activism, giveback models, open hiring practices, transparent supply chains and more. They even host Q&A events with their guests like the upcoming event on July 20th featuring Lynn Johnson, Founder + CEO of Hella Social Impact, talking about Racial Justice. So if you enjoy the Evolve podcast, then give Purpose Talks a listen. 

Moe Abbas is Co-Founder and CEO of Acadium, an apprenticeship marketplace on a mission to accelerate economic mobility by making access to a new career accessible to anyone with an internet connection. Acadium started with the belief that anyone, anywhere, should be able to get the skills and experience they need to start their career without barriers like price, schedule, or location getting in their way.  

Acadium has raised $1M from top angel investors, and it has launched more careers in digital marketing than any other platform to date. The company has been featured in Forbes as one of the leading companies building the bridge to remote employment. And the best part, it is completely free for the students and apprentices.

Moe went from a poor, refugee family and selling chocolate bar at 10 years old to help support his family, to founding or co-founding over a dozen startups which over the last 10 years have employed thousands, in industries ranging from real estate, construction, web development, marketing and mobile applications. In his early 20's he was Co-Founder of Ottawa General Contractors which In 5 years, he led the group from doing deals in a Starbucks into Canada’s leading residential design build company with 20 million in sales and design centers across the country.

Full show notes and worksheets can be found here: evolvethe.world/episodes/62

What You Will Learn In This Episode:

• Why an apprenticeship is more effective at creating careers than traditional higher education
• How one Acadium apprentice switched careers and doubled her income in 3 months for free
• A scrappy funnel growth hack validate your marketplace idea
• Why supply and demand liquidity is important when building a two-sided marketplace
• How to determine a revenue model for your startup
• How to decide between horizontal and vertical growth in your business

Turi Munthe is the founder of Parlia, the encyclopedia of opinion. Turi is a media entrepreneur, venture partner, former journalist, author, and political analyst who is on a mission to empower civil discourse by mapping the entirety of the worlds opinions on one platform. So far, they have 5,000 members who have voted over 150,000 times 1500 opinions and 5,000 arguments all aimed at helping each other understand one another better on the issues most important to our time.

And who better to discover how the world thinks, than this founder who has dogged bullets in the middle east and attacks of his ideas in the board room. He began his career writing for magazines like The Economist, The Nation, & The TLS, published a Reader on Saddam Hussein, covered the 2nd Gulf War as a journalist, and eventually launched the Beirut Review of Books, a joint venture with the Lebanese Daily Star and The International Herald Tribune.

In 2007, he jumped into the tech game as cofounder of Demotix which was as a grassroots news wire, providing freelance reporters and photojournalists around the world with a platform to share their stories and images with the world’s media. Demotix won numerous awards for innovation in media both in the US and UK, and built a giant network of 75,000 photojournalists around the world before selling to Bill Gates’ Corbis Corporation in 2012.

Full show notes and worksheets can be found here: evolvethe.world/episodes/61

What You Will Learn In This Episode:

• Why business can be more effective at solving social issues at scale than non-profits
• Trade-offs social entrepreneurs have to make to purpose before profit
• How we humanize other's opinions and how they are not that different than yours
• Why your opinions are arbitrary and don't really belong to you
• The 3 ways to stop polarization
• How to build a self sustaining community of crowdsourced information like Wikipedia

Stephen Kosslyn is the founder of Active Learning Sciences & Foundry College. Stephen is a serial founder, psychologist, neuroscientist, and expert on the science of learning with over a 40 year career in transforming education. After having written or co-authored 15 books, publishing more than 300 papers, receiving numerous awards, and being a center director at Stanford and a dean at Harvard, this brilliant researcher jumped at the opportunity to put his ideas into practice by becoming the founding dean and chief academic officer of Minerva, a startup to reinvent American higher education.  

However this ambitious educator wanted to help more learners at an even larger scale. So he went on to become founder and chief academic officer of Foundry College, which was recently named a Top 100 Ed Tech company in North America. This online two-year college is designed to help working adults develop skills and knowledge that will not be automated in the foreseeable future.  

Within the midst of the 2020 global pandemic and the need for online education, he published a new book Active Learning Online: Five Principles that Make Online Courses Come Alive and started Active Learning Sciences, as he realized the best way to fulfill his mission in life is not to teach students directly, but to help others to use the science of learning to design new, cutting-edge educational programs and courses.

Full show notes and worksheets can be found here: evolvethe.world/episodes/60

What You Will Learn In This Episode:

• How to turn years of research into a startup
• How to scale successful solutions
• The 5 principles of active learning
• Opportunities for entrepreneurs in education