Game Changers

How do you find your voice? How do you find your calling? And how do you know that you are doing so in a good and honest way? In this eighth special series of Game Changers, Phil Cummins joins in conversation with Jon Yeo and Blessing Akpan to get into the grit of character and learning. Jon is an Executive Coach who helps leaders articulate strategic messages in meaningful ways. He began his work in the mid-90's as a young engineer trying to convince his CEO of the significance of Y2K if it was ignored. While leading TEDxMelbourne, he asked the question, "what causes someone to pause, rewind or abandon a TED Talk?" Through his data and exploration of influence, he designed models based on 1st principles, laws of physics and biology and on the assumption that "Everything Should Be Made as Simple as Possible, But No Simpler."

The Game Changers podcast is produced by Oliver Cummins for Orbital Productions, supported by a School for tomorrow.(aSchoolfortomorrow.com), and powered by CIRCLE by CIRCLE – The Centre for Innovation, Research, Creativity and Leadership in Education (www.circle.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. Adriano loves his insta and tweets a lot; Phil posts videos to YouTube.

The Game Changers podcast celebrates those true pioneers in education who are building schools for tomorrow. In this fifth conversation of Series Eight of the Game Changers podcast, we talk with Louise Nobes, Founder of 42 Adelaide. 42 Australia is disrupting software engineering education. They're changing the game in a whole lot of ways. Their program is free, they don't have teachers, courses, or classes, and students control what they learn, when they learn, and how they learn. In this episode, Louise breaks down for us the 'why' of 42 and brings us along as she gets into the gritty details of how it all came about.

The Game Changers podcast is produced by Oliver Cummins for Orbital Productions, supported by a School for tomorrow (aSchoolfortomorrow.com), and powered by CIRCLE by CIRCLE – The Centre for Innovation, Research, Creativity and Leadership in Education (www.circle.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. Adriano loves his insta and tweets a lot; Phil posts videos to YouTube.

How do you find your voice? How do you find your calling? And how do you know that you are doing so in a good and honest way? In this eighth special series of Game Changers, Phil Cummins joins in conversation with Jon Yeo and Blessing Akpan to get into the grit of character and learning. Jon is an Executive Coach who helps leaders articulate strategic messages in meaningful ways. He began his work in the mid-90's as a young engineer trying to convince his CEO of the significance of Y2K if it was ignored. While leading TEDxMelbourne, he asked the question, "what causes someone to pause, rewind or abandon a TED Talk?" Through his data and exploration of influence, he designed models based on 1st principles, laws of physics and biology and on the assumption that "Everything Should Be Made as Simple as Possible, But No Simpler."

The Game Changers podcast is produced by Oliver Cummins for Orbital Productions, supported by a School for tomorrow.(aSchoolfortomorrow.com), and powered by CIRCLE by CIRCLE – The Centre for Innovation, Research, Creativity and Leadership in Education (www.circle.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. Adriano loves his insta and tweets a lot; Phil posts videos to YouTube.

The Game Changers podcast celebrates those true pioneers in education who are building schools for tomorrow. In this fourth conversation of Series Eight of the Game Changers podcast, we talk with Kirsten Ferdinands, Executive Principal of Brisbane South State Secondary College. Brisbane South State Secondary College is South East Queensland's newest secondary school, with a goal to bring a global outlook to integrated learning for their students. Their vision is to set the new standard for education. In this conversation, Kirsten speaks on that vision, how she came to the role (and the media attention she received along the way, and shares why she doesn't get overly strict with her calendars anymore.

The Game Changers podcast is produced by Oliver Cummins for Orbital Productions, supported by a School for tomorrow (aSchoolfortomorrow.com), and powered by CIRCLE by CIRCLE – The Centre for Innovation, Research, Creativity and Leadership in Education (www.circle.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. Adriano loves his insta and tweets a lot; Phil posts videos to YouTube.

How do you find your voice? How do you find your calling? And how do you know that you are doing so in a good and honest way? In this eighth special series of Game Changers, Phil Cummins joins in conversation with Jon Yeo and Blessing Akpan to get into the grit of character and learning. Jon is an Executive Coach who helps leaders articulate strategic messages in meaningful ways. He began his work in the mid-90's as a young engineer trying to convince his CEO of the significance of Y2K if it was ignored. While leading TEDxMelbourne, he asked the question, "what causes someone to pause, rewind or abandon a TED Talk?" Through his data and exploration of influence, he designed models based on 1st principles, laws of physics and biology and on the assumption that "Everything Should Be Made as Simple as Possible, But No Simpler."

The Game Changers podcast is produced by Oliver Cummins for Orbital Productions, supported by a School for tomorrow.(aSchoolfortomorrow.com), and powered by CIRCLE by CIRCLE – The Centre for Innovation, Research, Creativity and Leadership in Education (www.circle.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. Adriano loves his insta and tweets a lot; Phil posts videos to YouTube.

The Game Changers podcast celebrates those true pioneers in education who are building schools for tomorrow. In this third conversation of Series Eight of the Game Changers podcast, we talk with Andy Hargreaves. Andy is Director of Chenine (Change, Engagement and Innovation in Education) at the University of Ottawa in Canada, and Emeritus Professor at Boston College, USA. He is the former President of the International Congress of School Effectiveness and Improvement, former Adviser in Education to the Premier of Ontario and current adviser to the First Minister of Scotland. He has published more than 30 books and has 8 Outstanding Writing Awards. He has been honoured in Canada, the US and UK for services to public education and educational research and is ranked by US Education Week among the scholars with most influence on US education policy debate.

The Game Changers podcast is produced by Oliver Cummins for Orbital Productions, supported by a School for tomorrow (aSchoolfortomorrow.com), and powered by CIRCLE by CIRCLE – The Centre for Innovation, Research, Creativity and Leadership in Education (www.circle.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. Adriano loves his insta and tweets a lot; Phil posts videos to YouTube.

The Game Changers podcast celebrates those true pioneers in education who are building schools for tomorrow. In this second conversation of Series Eight of the Game Changers podcast, we talk with Hayley McQuire. Hayley is a proud Darumbal and South Sea Islander woman from Rockhampton Central Queensland and a passionate advocate for Indigenous social justice and First Nations lead education. Her roots are in Indigenous community media, vocational training and Indigenous Affairs policy. She was selected and served for four years on the Youth Advocacy Group for the UN Secretary General’s Global Education First Initiative to support young people around the world to advocate for their rights to education. She worked with national education coalitions to advocate for education rights and policy in Vanuatu, Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea. In 2015, Hayley facilitated the first national meeting to establish the National Indigenous Youth Education Coalition, where she currently acts as National Coordinator and Director. She is also the current Co-Chair of Learning Creates Australia, a growing alliance of people and organisations committed to education change in Australia

The Game Changers podcast is produced by Oliver Cummins for Orbital Productions, supported by a School for tomorrow (aSchoolfortomorrow.com), and powered by CIRCLE by CIRCLE – The Centre for Innovation, Research, Creativity and Leadership in Education (www.circle.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. Adriano loves his insta and tweets a lot; Phil posts videos to YouTube.

The Game Changers podcast celebrates those true pioneers in education who are building schools for tomorrow. In this first conversation of Series Eight of the Game Changers podcast, we talk with Will Richardson, Co-Founder, Big Questions Institute. Will is an educator, speaker, and writer. A former English teacher, he is now committed to helping schools and the broader educational community answer the big questions that our time presents us.

The Game Changers podcast is produced by Oliver Cummins for Orbital Productions, supported by a School for tomorrow (aSchoolfortomorrow.com), and powered by CIRCLE by CIRCLE – The Centre for Innovation, Research, Creativity and Leadership in Education (www.circle.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. Adriano loves his insta and tweets a lot; Phil posts videos to YouTube.

The Game Changers podcast celebrates those true pioneers in education who are building schools for tomorrow. In this prologue episode of the eighth 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 our series theme, 'A Life of Purpose', and get a little personal along the way.

The Game Changers podcast is produced by Oliver Cummins for Orbital Productions and supported by CIRCLE – The Centre for Innovation, Research, Creativity and Leadership in Education: www.circle.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. Adriano loves his insta and tweets a lot; Phil posts videos to YouTube.

The Game Changers podcast celebrates those true pioneers in education who are building schools for tomorrow. In this epilogue episode of the seventh 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' provocation: 'Flourishing Future: Designing for a better normal'.

The Game Changers podcast is produced by Oliver Cummins for Orbital Productions and supported by CIRCLE – The Centre for Innovation, Research, Creativity and Leadership in Education: www.circle.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. Adriano loves his insta and tweets a lot; Phil posts videos to YouTube.