Designing Schools

What does authentic change look like? According to Brant Menswar, it looks like Pittsburgh, the “City of Bridges.” Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is home to over 400 bridges that play a huge role in the city’s transportation system, connecting a series of valleys, hillsides, and river plains, and connecting city residents to each other. In the same way, authentic change looks to connect values, building bridges from what matters most to us to what matters most to others. In this episode, Brant explains this concept further in-depth. We also talk about the history of the term “winging it,” and the number one shared value amongst humans.

To complement the summer series I’ve created a free guide for you to master how to develop the clarity and confidence to showcase your strengths, skills, and ideas in an online portfolio. You can download it here.

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Brian’s mantra “Press the damn button!” is a call to action for everyone who is doing great things in the world. Yes, social media can be overwhelming, but it can also be a tool to let your audience in and give them access to you, your story, and the amazing things you’re doing! Brian tells us to stop waiting for the right time. “Perfection is a fairytale and control is an illusion… the time is now!” In this follow-up episode, Brian shares the story behind this powerful concept.

To complement the summer series I’ve created a free guide for you to master how to develop the clarity and confidence to showcase your strengths, skills, and ideas in an online portfolio. You can download it here.

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According to his website, Brian Fanzo is a digital futurist keynote speaker who translates the trends of tomorrow to inspire change today. He created his own luck by being active in school, sports, fraternities, and talking to people. He loves bringing people together to question and explore everything. And if you take anything away from this episode, it should be to remain curious about the world we live in.

To complement the summer series I’ve created a free guide for you to master how to develop the clarity and confidence to showcase your strengths, skills, and ideas in an online portfolio. You can download it here.

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I’m sure you knew that prehistoric humans used rocks to carve and paint pictures on stone to communicate, right? Well, did you know that humans living today still use rocks (yes chalk is a sedimentary rock) to educate? I’m not ashamed to say, our education system could definitely use a tune-up. So in this episode, my guest Erik Brynjolfsson and I talk about experimentation in education and seeing how students learn the best. We also talk about nurturing our empathy, teamwork, and other human skills instead of pushing the monotonous intelligence that machines can do.

To complement the summer series I’ve created a free guide for you to master how to develop the clarity and confidence to showcase your strengths, skills, and ideas in an online portfolio. You can download it here.

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Artificial intelligence (AI), simply put, is the simulation of intelligence in machines, and in the year 2021, AI is everywhere, from social media monitoring to self-driving cars. It is one of the most powerful tools we can use today. So how do you use it? In this episode, my guest Erik Brynjolfsson and I talk about AI’s role in this second machine age and our responsibility to use technology in the best way to benefit everyone.

To complement the summer series I’ve created a free guide for you to master how to develop the clarity and confidence to showcase your strengths, skills, and ideas in an online portfolio. You can download it here.

Listen to the full episode here. 

In this follow-up episode, I talk about how to get over the fear of failure, and it starts with your mindset. We’re so used to immediate feedback. We turn in an assignment, we get a grade. We turn on the tv and watch a show. But crafting something different takes time. That’s why patience is so important. Never underestimate who’s watching and listening. 

To complement the summer series I’ve created a free guide for you to master how to develop the clarity and confidence to showcase your strengths, skills, and ideas in an online portfolio. You can download it here.

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We hear this all the time… “the fear of failure holds us back,” or “don’t be afraid to fail,” but it’s usually coming from people who can afford to fail, right? So instead I want to focus on how we can give people strategies for success. And what that comes down to is doing small things, taking small steps. Sometimes failure is a part of the process. So in this episode, I share three ways you can create a safe space to fail, to succeed!

To complement the summer series I’ve created a free guide for you to master how to develop the clarity and confidence to showcase your strengths, skills, and ideas in an online portfolio. You can download it here.

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This summer instead of new episodes I’m sharing highlights from previous guests. Their insights and ideas will challenge your thinking and help you explore new opportunities and overcome challenges you may be experiencing. You have the power to design your life, to pursue your passion and there is a world of people who will serve as mentors, advocates, and bridges to opportunities. But first, you have to put yourself out there and showcase your story, skills and strengths.

In this episode we discuss:

• Why language matters and the difference between designing change and managing change
• The difference between designing change in corporate vs education environments
• Why designing change extends beyond the IT department
• The importance of creating shared definitions within your organization
• The value of creating shared purpose and why humans want to be part of something bigger than themselves

In This Episode We Discuss:

• How Jen discovered her passion for social entrepreneurship and how she turned her passion into a thriving business model
• How Jen developed and nurtures her creative confidence
• The role of self-awareness in developing the clarity to define and set goals
• Three questions to develop and nurture your self-awarness
• The difference between entrepreneurship and an entrepreneurial mindset
• The evolution of learning and how we can personalize our experiences