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Jonathan Levi: Better Decisions and Supercharged Learning
Jonathan Levi is a serial entrepreneur, published author, and keynote speaker born and raised in Silicon Valley. Since 2014, Jonathan leads SuperHuman Enterprises, which produces the SuperHuman Academy Podcast; the bestselling "Become a SuperLearner®” book; and offers...
Second-Order Thinking: Forget the Immediate to Focus on the Future
Estimated reading time: 5 minutes (+ videos)What is second-order thinking?Second-order thinking is our ability to think past the immediate consequences of a given decision. If we fail to consider second and third-order consequences, we are vulnerable and potentially...
Kim Marshall and Jenn David-Lang: Tough Conversations, Teacher Evaluations, and Trends to Pay Attention to
Today, my guests need no introduction … I am honored to host Kim Marshall (of “The Marshall Memo) and Jenn David-Lang (of the Main Idea) to discuss their new book, The Best of the Marshall Memo. Show Highlights The importance of finding gaps and filling them Being...
My December 2019 Results
Two months ago I started writing to update the BLBS tribe on my monthly results. You can read the October post here. You can read the November post here. I started this habit as a way to lead with transparency and show you how dashboards make a difference in decision...
Daniel Bauer: How to Have a Powerful 2020
Today’s podcast is a special episode where host, Daniel Bauer, shares a handful of tips to designing a powerful 2020. Leaders are also invited to join the “productivity sprint,” a special 3 month program connecting leaders to each other hoping to be more focused and...
10 Reasons You Should NOT Join a Mastermind
Since 2016, I’ve run a mastermind for school leaders. We’ve served over 100 leaders in our community from schools around the world. It’s hands down the best professional development for school administrators, but it’s not for everyone … Here are 10 (objective)...
Chris Legleiter: Including Parents into Powerful Professional Development
Chris Legleiter is a middle school principal with 23 years of experience in education, with 12 of those being an administrator. Chris has a lead learner focus on helping others to collectively grow and learn from each other. He serves his school community by building...
5 Things I Learned from Dan Pink
Since his book, Drive, I’ve really enjoyed Dan Pink’s work. 2019 was a fun year at BLBS. We read Pink’s When in my leadership community for school admin and I asked him to be on my podcast. Dan said “Yes” and you can listen to the full episode we created on this...
Jennifer Kushell: Dreaming Big and Exploring your Potential
Over the past two decades (since she was in college) Jennifer has sculpted groundbreaking campaigns around youth empowerment, employment and entrepreneurship, bringing educational, government and corporate stakeholders together to impact millions. Author of the New...
