Game Changers

The Game Changers podcast celebrates those true pioneers in education who are building schools for tomorrow. In this fourth conversation of Series Ten, we talk with Dr Richard Owens. Richard has over 25 years of global experience in teaching, senior leadership, and innovation roles. Richard is currently the Director of the Woodleigh Institute. The Institute is an innovation lab dedicated to understanding and enhancing transformative approaches to learning, leadership, and collaboration for the benefit of Woodleigh School and the wider education community. In this role, he heads strategic planning at Woodleigh School and provides leadership for the Institute’s projects, partnerships, programs, and consultancy services. Through the Institute, he convenes the annual ReimaginED Conference – a participatory, cross-sector gathering that aims to develop our collective capacity to address complex challenges in education.

Our series sponsor is a School for tomorrow. To find out more, visit www.aschoolfortomorrow.com/thriving

The Game Changers podcast is produced by Oliver Cummins for Orbital Productions, supported by a School for tomorrow (aschoolfortomorrow.com), and powered by CIRCLE. The podcast is hosted on SoundCloud and distributed through Spotify, Google Play, and Apple Podcasts. Please subscribe and tell your friends you like what you are hearing. You can contact us at [email protected], on Twitter and Instagram via @GameChangersPC, and you can also connect with Philip SA Cummins and Adriano Di Prato via LinkedIn and Twitter. Let’s go!

What does the future of schooling look like and how are we going to get there? In this tenth special series of Game Changers, Phil Cummins joins in conversation with Lorna Beegan to look at what it means to be future-ready, future-fit on the ground in a school community. Lorna Beegan is an “ideas” woman and a genuine leader who spearheads multiple progressive and innovative educational initiatives and validates and supports initiatives of others, allowing them to shine. Under Beegan’s leadership, the physical headquarters for research and technology, which will house Genazzano’s Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences, will be opened this year. Beegan also recently launched her brainchild, the GEN-i-US Profile, a transformative future-skills program for year-10 students which features an exciting “choose-your-own-adventure” style skills and micro-credentialed portfolio.

Our series sponsor is a School for tomorrow. To find out more, visit www.aschoolfortomorrow.com/thriving

The Game Changers podcast is produced by Oliver Cummins for Orbital Productions, supported by a School for tomorrow (aschoolfortomorrow.com), and powered by CIRCLE. The podcast is hosted on SoundCloud and distributed through Spotify, Google Play, and Apple Podcasts. Please subscribe and tell your friends you like what you are hearing. You can contact us at [email protected], on Twitter and Instagram via @GameChangersPC, and you can also connect with Philip SA Cummins and Adriano Di Prato via LinkedIn and Twitter. Let’s go!

The Game Changers podcast celebrates those true pioneers in education who are building schools for tomorrow. In this third conversation of Series Ten, we talk with Margaret O'Brien. Margaret is the Cofounder and CEO of Young Change Agents. Alongside her team, she has worked to bring social enterprise education to thousands of youth across Australia since 2016. Under her leadership, Young Change Agents has launched Australia's first high school incubator, YINC, trained hundreds of Australian teachers in the delivery of design-thinking based entrepreneurship programs and designed and delivered major programs to a diverse range of students including youth in juvenile justice, indigenous youth, and youth with disabilities.

Our series sponsor is a School for tomorrow. To find out more, visit www.aschoolfortomorrow.com/thriving

The Game Changers podcast is produced by Oliver Cummins for Orbital Productions, supported by a School for tomorrow (aschoolfortomorrow.com), and powered by CIRCLE. The podcast is hosted on SoundCloud and distributed through Spotify, Google Play, and Apple Podcasts. Please subscribe and tell your friends you like what you are hearing. You can contact us at [email protected], on Twitter and Instagram via @GameChangersPC, and you can also connect with Philip SA Cummins and Adriano Di Prato via LinkedIn and Twitter. Let’s go!

The Game Changers podcast celebrates those true pioneers in education who are building schools for tomorrow. In this second conversation of Series Ten, we talk with Ben Hamer. Ben is one of Australia's leading work futurists, having studied at the Institute for the Future and is the author of 'The Kickass Career: How to succeed in the future of work, now.' He is also an Adjunct Fellow at Swinburne University's Centre for the New Workforce, has worked at the World Economic Forum and been a Visiting Scholar at Yale. In 2021, Ben was appointed to the Board of the Australian HR Institute as the youngest Non-Executive Director in the history of the organisation. Ben has authored a number of major pieces of work, has taught both undergraduate and postgraduate courses at leading Australian universities, is the host of the PwC Future of Work podcast and regularly features across Australian media providing expert commentary on the Future of Work.

Our series sponsor is a School for tomorrow. To find out more, visit www.aschoolfortomorrow.com/thriving

The Game Changers podcast is produced by Oliver Cummins for Orbital Productions, supported by a School for tomorrow (aschoolfortomorrow.com), and powered by CIRCLE. The podcast is hosted on SoundCloud and distributed through Spotify, Google Play, and Apple Podcasts. Please subscribe and tell your friends you like what you are hearing. You can contact us at [email protected], on Twitter and Instagram via @GameChangersPC, and you can also connect with Philip SA Cummins and Adriano Di Prato via LinkedIn and Twitter. Let’s go!

The Game Changers podcast celebrates those true pioneers in education who are building schools for tomorrow. In this first conversation of Series Ten, we talk with Ronni Kahn AO. Ronni is a social entrepreneur and founder and CEO of food rescue charity OzHarvest. Ronni is a passionate advocate and activist renowned for disrupting the food waste landscape in Australia. She appears regularly in national media, serves in an advisory capacity to government and is a sought after keynote speaker. Her mission to fight food waste and feed hungry people is supported by some of the world’s finest chefs. Ronni is an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) and was named Australian Local Hero of the Year. Her journey is the subject of a feature film,  Food Fighter and her memoir, A Repurposed Life, has recently been published to great acclaim.

Our series sponsor is a School for tomorrow. To find out more, visit www.aschoolfortomorrow.com/thriving

The Game Changers podcast is produced by Oliver Cummins for Orbital Productions, supported by a School for tomorrow (aschoolfortomorrow.com), and powered by CIRCLE. The podcast is hosted on SoundCloud and distributed through Spotify, Google Play, and Apple Podcasts. Please subscribe and tell your friends you like what you are hearing. You can contact us at [email protected], on Twitter and Instagram via @GameChangersPC, and you can also connect with Philip SA Cummins and Adriano Di Prato via LinkedIn and Twitter. Let’s go!

The Game Changers podcast celebrates those true pioneers in education who are building schools for tomorrow. In this prologue episode of the tenth series of the Game Changers podcast, your hosts, Associate Professor of Education and Enterprise Philip Cummins and prominent educational Thought Leader Adriano Di Prato, explore the series theme 'Future-Ready, Future-Fit'.

Our series sponsor is a School for tomorrow. To find out more, visit www.aschoolfortomorrow.com/thriving

The Game Changers podcast is produced by Oliver Cummins for Orbital Productions, supported by a School for tomorrow (aschoolfortomorrow.com), and powered by CIRCLE. The podcast is hosted on SoundCloud and distributed through Spotify, Google Play, and Apple Podcasts. Please subscribe and tell your friends you like what you are hearing. You can contact us at [email protected], on Twitter and Instagram via @GameChangersPC, and you can also connect with Phil and Adriano via LinkedIn and Twitter. Let’s go!

The Game Changers podcast celebrates those true pioneers in education who are building schools for tomorrow. In this epilogue episode of the ninth series of the Game Changers podcast, your hosts, Associate Professor of Education and Enterprise Philip Cummins and prominent educational Thought Leader Adriano Di Prato, draw together their discoveries from their conversations with the Game Changers and share what they have learned about this series' theme: 'The Science of Learning'.

Our series sponsor is a School for tomorrow. To find out more, visit www.aschoolfortomorrow.com/strategic-educational-development-program

The Game Changers podcast is produced by Oliver Cummins for Orbital Productions, supported by a School for tomorrow (aSchoolfortomorrow.com), and powered by CIRCLE. The podcast is hosted on SoundCloud and distributed through Spotify, Google Play, and Apple Podcasts. Please subscribe and tell your friends you like what you are hearing. You can contact us at [email protected], on Twitter and Instagram via @GameChangersPC, and you can also connect with Philip SA Cummins and Adriano Di Prato via LinkedIn and Twitter. Let’s go!

What are the needs of children today? And how can we support their needs moving into tomorrow? In this ninth special series of Game Changers, Phil Cummins joins in conversation with Helen Connolly to break down how to best serve the young people of our world. Helen is the inaugural Commissioner for Children and Young People for South Australia, appointed in April 2017. In this role, Helen advocates at a systemic level for the rights and interests of all South Australian children and young people, directly engaging with them to seek their views on how to promote and protect their rights and interests and support their participation in decision making.

Our series sponsor is a School for tomorrow. To find out more, visit www.aschoolfortomorrow.com/circle-global-school-research-program

The Game Changers podcast is produced by Oliver Cummins for Orbital Productions, supported by a School for tomorrow.(aschoolfortomorrow.com), and powered by CIRCLE – The Centre for Innovation, Research, Creativity and Leadership in Education. The podcast is hosted on SoundCloud and distributed through Spotify, Google Play, and Apple Podcasts. Please subscribe and tell your friends you like what you are hearing. You can contact us at [email protected], on Twitter and Instagram via @GameChangersPC, and you can also connect with Philip SA Cummins and Adriano Di Prato via LinkedIn. Let's go!

The Game Changers podcast celebrates those true pioneers in education who are building schools for tomorrow. In this penultimate conversation of Series Nine, we talk with Glenn Whitman. Glenn is a History teacher at St. Andrew’s where he is also the Executive Director for the Center for Transformative Teaching and Learning. He is the co-author of Neuroteach: Brain Science and the Future of Education and co-designer of Neuroteach Global. Glenn loves the challenge and opportunity to help students, teachers, schools, and districts translate the most promising research and strategies in how the brain learns to their practice or programs. He is driven to meet the CTTL's vision--A world where every teacher understands how every student's brain learns--through the CTTL's Bridge and contributions to Edutopia and EdSurge in addition to presentations and workshops at public, private, and international school conferences world-wide. When not thinking about the student and adult learning brain, Glenn can be found working on his own brain by listening to Bruce Springsteen or playing a round of golf.

Our series sponsor is a School for tomorrow. To find out more, visit https://www.aschoolfortomorrow.com/strategic-educational-development-program

The Game Changers podcast is produced by Oliver Cummins for Orbital Productions, supported by a School for tomorrow (aSchoolfortomorrow.com), and powered by CIRCLE. The podcast is hosted on SoundCloud and distributed through Spotify, Google Play, and Apple Podcasts. Please subscribe and tell your friends you like what you are hearing. You can contact us at [email protected], on Twitter and Instagram via @GameChangersPC, and you can also connect with Philip SA Cummins and Adriano Di Prato via LinkedIn and Twitter. Let’s go!

What are the needs of children today? And how can we support their needs moving into tomorrow? In this ninth special series of Game Changers, Phil Cummins joins in conversation with Helen Connolly to break down how to best serve the young people of our world. Helen is the inaugural Commissioner for Children and Young People for South Australia, appointed in April 2017. In this role, Helen advocates at a systemic level for the rights and interests of all South Australian children and young people, directly engaging with them to seek their views on how to promote and protect their rights and interests and support their participation in decision making.

Our series sponsor is a School for tomorrow. To find out more, visit www.aschoolfortomorrow.com/circle-global-school-research-program

The Game Changers podcast is produced by Oliver Cummins for Orbital Productions, supported by a School for tomorrow.(aschoolfortomorrow.com), and powered by CIRCLE – The Centre for Innovation, Research, Creativity and Leadership in Education. The podcast is hosted on SoundCloud and distributed through Spotify, Google Play, and Apple Podcasts. Please subscribe and tell your friends you like what you are hearing. You can contact us at [email protected], on Twitter and Instagram via @GameChangersPC, and you can also connect with Philip SA Cummins and Adriano Di Prato via LinkedIn. Let's go!