14 OCT 2023 · This is the 4th episode in a special series exploring the re-imagining of education. In this episode - Part 2 of 2 - Tomas Björkman and I continue to talk about: - Oxygen and money as a metaphor for what we collectively believe we can re-invent. - Collective agency and collective sense-making. - The value and limitation of rational scientific worldviews. - What skills, knowledge and capacities does education need to foster to meet global and environmental challenges and societal shifts? - How Inner Development Goals are important in our meeting the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. And many other topics. Guest Bio: After many years in business as an entrepreneur and investment banker, Tomas Björkman is now a social entrepreneur and the founder of Ekskäret Foundation in Stockholm. He is also the co-founder of the research institute Perspectiva in London, of the Co-creation Loft and the media platform Emerge in Berlin, the 29k.org digital personal development platform and the Inner Development Goals (IDGs) framework. He is a member of the Club of Rome and a fellow of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Science. He is the author of three books: The Market Myth (2016) , The Nordic Secret (together with Lene Rachel Andersen, 2017) and The World We Create (2019). Tomas divides his time between London, Stockholm and Berlin. Tomas’ books: The Market Myth (2016) The Nordic Secret (together with Lene Rachel Andersen, 2017) The World We Create (2019) Via his website: https://www.tomas-bjorkman.com/#books Further links to guest resources: Tomas' website https://www.tomas-bjorkman.com K9 Co-living https://www.k9coliving.com/ Perspectiva Institute https://systems-souls-society.com/ Co-creation loft http://cocreationloft.com/ Digital initiatives 29k.org/AWARE https://29k.org/ 'Emerge': http://www.whatisemerging.com/ The Inner Development Goals. https://www.innerdevelopmentgoals.org/ Additional resources mentioned: Rebel Wisdom YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/c/RebelWisdom How to use personal, inner development to build strong democracies | Tomas Björkman | TEDxBerlin https://youtu.be/b4dFsHgd1rQ

7 OCT 2023 · This is the 4th episode in a special series exploring the re-imagining of education. In this episode - Part 1 of 2 - Tomas Björkman and I talk about: - Importance of lifelong learning and inner growth and maturation in organisations, management and in society. - Nurturing environments that can facilitate effective and healthy corporate cultures. - The connection between inner and outer personal development and individual and collective growth and capacity. - Healthy democracy and societal change. - Oxygen and money as a metaphor for what we collectively believe we can re-invent. - Collective agency and collective sense-making. - The value and limitation of rational scientific worldviews. - What skills, knowledge and capacities does education need to foster to meet global and environmental challenges and societal shifts? - How Inner Development Goals are important in our meeting the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. And many other topics. Guest Bio: After many years in business as an entrepreneur and investment banker, Tomas Björkman is now a social entrepreneur and the founder of Ekskäret Foundation in Stockholm. He is also the co-founder of the research institute Perspectiva in London, of the Co-creation Loft and the media platform Emerge in Berlin, the 29k.org digital personal development platform and the Inner Development Goals (IDGs) framework. He is a member of the Club of Rome and a fellow of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Science. He is the author of three books: The Market Myth (2016) , The Nordic Secret (together with Lene Rachel Andersen, 2017) and The World We Create (2019). Tomas divides his time between London, Stockholm and Berlin. Tomas’ books: The Market Myth (2016) The Nordic Secret (together with Lene Rachel Andersen, 2017) The World We Create (2019) Via his website: https://www.tomas-bjorkman.com/#books Further links to guest resources: Tomas' website https://www.tomas-bjorkman.com K9 Co-living https://www.k9coliving.com/ Perspectiva Institute https://systems-souls-society.com/ Co-creation loft http://cocreationloft.com/ Digital initiatives 29k.org/AWARE https://29k.org/ 'Emerge': http://www.whatisemerging.com/ The Inner Development Goals. https://www.innerdevelopmentgoals.org/ Additional resources mentioned: Rebel Wisdom YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/c/RebelWisdom How to use personal, inner development to build strong democracies | Tomas Björkman | TEDxBerlin https://youtu.be/b4dFsHgd1rQ

2 JUL 2023 · This is the 3rd episode in a special series exploring the re-imagining of education. In this episode Prof. Michael Anderson and I talk about: - The pivotal moment that led Michael become involved in transformative education - What transformation of education means in the context of our conversation - The 4C Transformative Learning Framework - The need for concerted, committed, long-term energy at all levels of education to bring about a transformation - Local examples working on the transformation of education - The cost of the status quo - Education as a midwife to the renewal of democracy in each generation - How AI and other technologies are exerting transformational pressures on status quo. And many other topics. Michael’s books and how he communicated during our conversation strike a unique balance between a wealth of knowledge grounded in decades of experience with an urgent, inspired energy to help move education in the right direction. Guest Bio: Michael is Professor of Creativity and Arts Education in the Sydney School of Education and Social Work at The University of Sydney and Co-Director of the https://www.sydney.edu.au/arts/our-research/centres-institutes-and-groups/create-centre.html. He is an internationally recognised educational leader in school transformation processes. He has taught, researched and published in education and transformation for over 20 years, including 17 books and 55 book chapters and journal articles. His international research and practice focuses on how the 4Cs can be integrated using coherent frameworks to support leaders as they work towards transformation in their contexts. Michael's most recent work emerging from his research and partnerships with schools includehttps://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/transforming-education-9781350130067/ (co-authored with Miranda Jefferson) and https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/transforming-schools-9781474232609. Further links to guest resources: https://flowidealism.medium.com/https://www.sydney.edu.au/arts/about/our-people/academic-staff/michael-anderson.html profile https://www.4ctransformativelearning.org/ Michael's books: Transforming Education: Reimagining Learning, Pedagogy and Curriculum https://www.bloomsbury.com/au/author/miranda-jefferson/, https://www.bloomsbury.com/au/author/michael-anderson/ https://www.bloomsbury.com/au/transforming-education-9781350130067/ Transforming Schools: Creativity, Critical Reflection, Communication, CollaborationMiranda Jefferson (Author), Michael Anderson (Author) https://www.bloomsbury.com/au/transforming-schools-9781474232609/ Additional resources mentioned: John Deweyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dewey The Good Ancestor: How to Think Long Term in a Short-Term World - Roman Krznarichttps://www.amazon.com.au/Good-Ancestor-Think-Short-Term-World/dp/0753554518/ref=sr_1_1?crid=D2ZR5QGB7YUU&keywords=the+good+ancestor+how+to+think+long+term+in+a+short-term+world&qid=1684282622&sprefix=the+good+ance%2Caps%2C425&sr=8-1

14 MAY 2023 · This is the 2nd episode in a special series exploring the re-imagining of education. In this episode Susan and I talk about: - Susan’s book, Minding Bodies. - Immersive place-based sensory learning. - Neuroscience behind embodied integrated and experiential learning. - Susan’s 6 Principles of embodied Cognition. - How advanced mobility relates to the complexity of our brains and learning. - How poverty and bandwidth recovery are important for learning and decision-making. - The importance of spaces in communicating belonging and supporting learning. - How re-imagining education is important for our collective capacity to address wicked global problems. If you are a parent, teacher, student, work in government or just care about a thriving fulfilling sustainable future for our world you'll get heaps from this episode. Guest Bio: Susan Hrach is an educational researcher and personal coach with expertise in body/mind awareness. Susan is currently serving as Fulbright Canada Distinguished Research Chair in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario. Since 2012, she has been Director of the Faculty Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning at Columbus State University. Susan is committed to inclusive education through immersive, sensory experiences of linguistic and cultural diversity. She has been recognized by the University System of Georgia with a Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Award. As an undergraduate, Susan spent a year studying at the Universität Innsbruck, Austria, which shaped her lifelong interests in world literature, translation studies, and global education. Further links to guest resources: https://flowidealism.medium.com/Susan's website https://www.susanhrach.com/home Book: Minding Bodies: How Physical Space, Sensation, and Movement Affect Learning (Teaching and Learning in Higher Education) https://www.amazon.com/Minding-Bodies-Physical-Sensation-Education/dp/1949199991/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3MFB25G7IFR0W&keywords=minding+bodies&qid=1684042548&sprefix=minding+%2Caps%2C973&sr=8-1 Additional resources mentioned: Antonio Damasio https://dornsife.usc.edu/profile/antonio-damasio/ John Ratey – Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain https://www.amazon.com.au/Spark-Revolutionary-Science-Exercise-Brain/dp/0316113514 Sarah Kuhn – Thinking with things https://www.thinkingwiththings.com/about Guy Claxton– Intelligence in the Flesh: Why Your Mind Needs Your Body Much More Than It Thinks https://www.amazon.com/Intelligence-Flesh-Your-Needs-Thinks/dp/0300208820 Alexandra Horowitz – On Looking: A Walker's Guide to the Art of Observation https://alexandrahorowitz.net/books James Gibson – Wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_J._Gibson Vybarr Cregan-Reid – Primate Change: How the world we made is remaking us https://www.amazon.com/Primate-Change-world-made-remaking/dp/1788400224 Cia Verschelden – Bandwidth Recovery: Helping Students Reclaim Cognitive Resources Lost to Poverty, Racism, and Social Marginalization. https://bandwidthrecovery.org

1 MAR 2023 · In this episode Michael and I talk about: - Practical examples of what it looks like to facilitate Socratic practices in a classroom and online. - Key topics raised in Michael’s books. - How parents and teachers as well as students are impacted by the educational system. - How a meaningful education could support healthy culture and human thriving Amongst many other topics! If you are a parent, teacher, student, work in government or just care about a thriving fulfilling sustainable future for our world you'll get heaps from this episode. Guest Bio: Michael Strong is the founder of The Socratic Experience, a virtual school for children ages 8 - 19. He is one of the most experienced designers of innovative school programs in the United States. His projects include a public school program in which minority female students gained four years’ worth of critical thinking gains in four months (on the Watson-Glaser). He later went into Montessori secondary school program design at The Judson Montessori School (San Antonio), The Emerson School, and Hacienda School. He created The Winston Academy, where middle school students passed AP exams, making it the most academically advanced school in the country at the time. Another of Michael’s projects, Moreno Valley High School, a Paideia charter high school, was ranked the 36th-best U.S. public high school by Newsweek. More recently he co-founded KoSchool in Austin, Texas, which combined his high-performance approach to AP coursework and SAT score gains with a focus on entrepreneurial and creative projects. KoSchool, in turn, became the original model for The Academy of Thought and Industry, the high school model for the largest Montessori network in the United States. Students from Michael’s schools have been admitted to Harvard, Stanford, Georgetown, Smith, Bard, Bennington, McGill, UT-Austin, University of Colorado, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Parsons School of Design, Quest, St. John’s and many dozens of other post-secondary institutions. He is the author of ‘The Habit of Thought: From Socratic Seminars to Socratic Practice’:https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/0944337392/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1 and lead author of ‘Be the Solution: How Entrepreneurs and Conscious Capitalists Can Solve All the World’s Problems’: https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B00245A4NW/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0 Further links to guest resources: https://flowidealism.medium.com/ https://kor01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fin%2Fmichaelstrong1&data=05%7C01%7C%7Cd28b25f73e144396d51c08db0f9a7293%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638120929223598132%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=VO3dvWFFx3rHsyoISCscy%2FLTRu4SsyrTjui0zFDEGbA%3D&reserved=0 https://kor01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fflowidealism&data=05%7C01%7C%7Cd28b25f73e144396d51c08db0f9a7293%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638120929223754608%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=CdP5HHPFE70TIc8zU3d9MV%2BxQIfDtmvdpdI%2BYsrWRIA%3D&reserved=0 https://kor01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fmichael.strong.144&data=05%7C01%7C%7Cd28b25f73e144396d51c08db0f9a7293%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638120929223754608%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Zn70wR9kpbUuPMcd8XmZJLzgmb%2FZUHw4fZ4pu4bbyD0%3D&reserved=0 https://kor01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fc%2Fsocraticmichaelstrong&data=05%7C01%7C%7Cd28b25f73e144396d51c08db0f9a7293%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638120929223754608%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=85QgOOfdsaVVP614JqYLWQ70G8CDVtJJ6OOWXq9qkZI%3D&reserved=0 Additional resources mentioned: Sir Ken Robinson (website & books): https://www.sirkenrobinson.com/store/ Education in a Time Between Worlds: Essays on the Future of Schools, Technology, and Society - By Zachary Stein https://www.amazon.com.au/Education-Time-Between-Worlds-Technology/dp/0986282677/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=education+in+a+time+between&qid=1677580756&sr=8-5 Ken Wilber & Integral Life: https://integrallife.com/ Books by Ken Wilber: https://www.amazon.com.au/Ken-Wilber/e/B000APH4W2/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1

14 JAN 2023 · In this episode Chiara and I talk about: Her field of microbiology Dance and self-expression Asking questions Science communication Challenging ourselves with new knowledge Epistemic humility The transition from being a student to a teacher

10 AUG 2021 · In this episode Laura and I talk about: Her loves of writing Career and leadership coaching What makes for clear and meaningful communication The importance (and challenge!) of feedback for growth Website: www.lauracascales.com E-mail: laura@lauracascales.com

7 MAR 2021 · In this episode Nathaniel and I talk about: Life changing experiences The visible and invisible Sports as the accepted introduction to peak experiences and flow states Importance of integrating peak experiences How we can better manage our complex lives Finding simplicity and ease by inhabiting a more integrated self

16 OCT 2020 · In this episode I talk about the second type of conversation that has the potential to hugely impact our own wellbeing and that of our culture at large. That is how we approach conversations and interactions with other people. In person or online. Particularly with those who have different views from us. Resources: My public Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/beingbecomingcoaching

1 OCT 2020 · In this episode I explore conversation from a new angle and why it’s good to realise the trail you’ve been walking has run out. For those who are curious as to some of the content that has inspired me of late, here are a few resources. Fair warning: some of it goes quite in depth. But it’s worth it. Resources: Sam Harris and Stephen Fry - Mindfulness and Egocentrism https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ri9UjXQI054 Navigating reality: It’s all about perspective | Daniel Schmachtenberger https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNcyc_sEtpU Perspectives Podcast: Daniel Schmachtenderer - Existential Risks and the Future of our Civilization Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0XKgMPTR4Rht5Qml4PCuuU?si=dgWgzliXRZi6ro9u9XzyVA Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hV9PJhhqw5w