Lead. Learn. Change.
Think about the greatest experiences you’ve ever had. What, or who, made them so memorable?
What did you lead, learn, or change, and why did it matter?
Significant moments in one’s life and career don’t have to be few and far between.
Reflect. Observe. Influence.
Viewing our accomplishments, our pivots, and our possibilities through a different lens can truly unleash your potential as a leader, a learner, or an agent of change. You have influence. You get to choose how much.
If you want to make a real impact, and help others do likewise, then join us as we examine learning, leadership, and change from the perspective of those who truly make a difference, from those who have leveraged their journey in a way that matters.
Lead. Learn. Change.
- Update frequency
- every 19 days
- Average duration
- 31 minutes
- Episodes
- 58
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Daniel Rivera - You + AI = Magic
3:25 – AI has the potential to reshape every industry, job, and life
4:30 – the shift from narrow, programmatic control to individual user control
7:00 – a democratized internet with language comprehen…
Great Teachers Matter Greatly
1:50 – Felicia Mayfield - the noble field of education
2:45 – George Wurtzel - blindness is not the loss of your knowledge and skill
5:20 – Cassidy Magill Evans - a great teacher...
6:45 – Anjelika Ria…
Cassidy Magill Evans - New Heart, New Start
SHOW NOTES
2:25 – heart transplant at age 29, no previous cardiac issues
3:00 – post-partum cardiomyopathy
3:30 – placed on a Life Vest and a low ejection fraction
4:30 – a 49-day stay in the hospital
5:…
What Great Teachers Do
Show Notes:
00:15 - Teacher Appreciation Day 2024
00:25 - eight encore excerpts from seven guests
1:15 - Julia Roland - college student, art student, artist (segment 1 of 2)
3:00 - Lana Camiel - pharma…
Mike Shannon - Grit, Excellence, Leadership . . . Purpose
4:20 – workplace of the future
5:00 – rapid changes in technology and society
5:45 – leaders are made, not born
5:55 – the Leadership Foundry
7:00 – building resilience, self-awareness, agency, and perso…
Kristin Hatcher - Tell Your Story
Show Notes
3:10 – the value of questions
3:20 – the portability of questions
3:40 – questions bring people together (questions can lead to community)
4:10 – ask yourself, “What’s one question I want to c…
Christy Todd - You Want to Be an Influencer?
SHOW NOTES
2:30 – teachers are bridge builders
2:55 – a passion for building connections and helping others realize their potential
3:40 – overwhelming appreciation for men and women in the U.S. militar…
Rick Zeisig - I Had to Lose My Voice to Find My Voice
SHOW NOTES
0:55 - Contextual introduction for this episode’s unique features
3:20 – Sample DJ clips
4:15 – Guest introduction
5:05 – Cancer, voice change, a long stint behind the high school football st…
Seth Godin - Teaching, Generosity, and Significance
2:50 – words (including jackalope) and an older book
4:30 – everyone “owns their own channel” now
4:50 – you don’t have to wait for permission
5:30 – teaching experience
5:45 – difference between learnin…
Selections from the book: pages 77-87
Be ready to go
Traffic Lights and Bumper Stickers
A glance in the rearview mirror is not the best compass.
The Sankofa Bird
Reflections and Call to Action
Filters
PAGE Break – Members Matter
Tylan Bailey - Custodian to Teacher: Meet Your Blessing Halfway
SHOW NOTES:
3:00 – deciding to be a teacher when in middle school
4:10 – as a teenage dad, deciding to be a good father
6:00 – your support system is your true family
6:40 – fairness, love, respect – Hig…
Selections from the book: pages 56-76
SHOW NOTES:
NOTE: Episode 47 will be followed by a guest episode, Tylan Bailey, who made a career move from school custodian to . . . teacher. You won’t want to miss it.
Thereafter, guest, book, guest,…
Selections from the book: pages 42-55
SHOW NOTES:
Set your direction
Which Gear?
Improvement isn’t instantaneous, but movement toward it is manifested in individual moments
Begin with those you serve
Who’s on First?
PAGE Break – CCRPI
Don’t dw…
Selections from the book: pages 19-41
Another installment of readings from Lead. Learn. Change., the book, pages 19 to 41.
Book Selection installments and Guest episode pattern
Acknowledgement correction
Foreword or Forward?
This is my favo…
Amy Gropper - Why I Teach
SHOW NOTES
2:30 – second-career educator and an effective, thoughtful, and creative teacher
3:30 – every never you utter in life becomes your roadmap
3:45 – I will never be a teacher. I hate school
4:00 …
Megan King - Learning is THE World Language
5:05 – the meaning of engagement, with an emphasis on relationships
6:30 – engagement, challenge, reflection, and learning
7:35 – initial awareness of the concept of working on the work
8:25 – theory, p…
Robbie Swale - Twelve Minutes to Make a Difference
SHOW NOTES
3:40 – learning contains all of human potential
4:20 – learning can occur at any age
4:50 – little fulfillment correlates with little learning
5:05 – Carol Dweck - growth mindset vs. fixed mi…
Selections from the book: pages 1 to 18
SHOW NOTES
Dedication page
Table of Contents samples
Preface
Acknowledgments
One (quote)
One (Dr. Magill)
Music for Lead. Learn. Change. is Sweet Adrenaline by Delicate Beats
Podcast cover art is a view f…
Terri Tomoff - Keeping the Faith. Focus. Fight.
SHOW NOTES
4:35 – 35th wedding anniversary
5:25 – key qualities to a strong and meaningful relationship
6:00 – team approach
6:45 – facing unexpected fears, head on, one day at a time
7:25 – discovering i…
The Next 1096 Days
May 31, 2019 - Episode 1
May 31, 2022- Episode 39
Changes
Constants
Learning
Public school students
Public school teachers
What can and will you do?
The unknown inside the known
Make a difference
Grad number…