How do we be more on purpose, and less on point and create learning with rigour but not rigidity? How do we elevate voice, choice and initiative knowing that as we do so we create more freedom and more responsibility? In this third episode of our 10-part special series on Learner Agency we discuss agency as if it were a philosophy, a product, and a practice. This is the third lesson for agency shared by global education expert Charlie LeadBeater in conversation with educators from three differen...
Feb 17, 2022•42 min•Season 5Ep. 3
How do we be more on purpose, and less on point and create learning with rigour but not rigidity? How do we elevate voice, choice and initiative knowing that as we do so we create more freedom and more responsibility? In this second episode of our 10-part special series on Learner Agency we discuss capabilities and agency. This is the second lesson for agency shared by global education expert Charlie LeadBeater in conversation with educators from three different schools across South Australia. I...
Feb 10, 2022•1 hr•Season 5Ep. 2
How do we be more on purpose, and less on point and create learning with rigour but not rigidity? How do we elevate voice, choice and initiative knowing that as we do so we create more freedom and more responsibility? In this first episode of our 10-part special series on Learner Agency we discuss Learning On Purpose. This is the first lesson for agency shared by global education expert Charlie LeadBeater in conversation with three educators from different schools across South Australia. In our ...
Feb 03, 2022•46 min•Season 5Ep. 1
The final part of our 4 part series with the Agile Leaders of Learning Innovation Network contributors. This episode features Ed Vainker, CEO of Reach Foundation. It is hosted by Susan Douglas, Senior Advisor at the British Council & CEO at Eden Academy Trust. https://www.reach.org.au This episode is a special partnership and sponsored by Qatar Foundation’s WISE ALL IN program. https://www.wise-qatar.org/all-in/...
Jan 31, 2022•27 min•Season 4Ep. 4
This is the third part of a 4 part series with the Agile Leaders of Learning Innovation Network contributors. This episode features Karima Kadaoui, co-founder and Executive President of Tamkeen Community Foundation for Human Development in Morrocco. It is hosted by Robyn Whittaker and Louka Parry. This episode is a special partnership and sponsored by Qatar Foundation’s WISE ALL IN program. https://www.wise-qatar.org/all-in/...
Jan 31, 2022•34 min•Season 4Ep. 3
This is the second of a 4 part series with the Agile Leaders of Learning Innovation Network contributors. This episode features Gregg Behr, executive director at The Grable Foundation and co-chair of the Remake Learning council. It is hosted by Robyn Whittaker and Dominic Regester. This episode is a special partnership and sponsored by Qatar Foundation’s WISE IN program. https://www.wise-qatar.org/all-in/
Jan 27, 2022•32 min•Season 4Ep. 2
This is episode 1 of a special 4 part series with the Agile Leaders of Learning network contributors: Valerie Hannon & Tony Mackay. This episode is a special partnership and is sponsored by Qatar Foundation’s WISE program. https://www.wise-qatar.org/all-in/ the learningfuture.com
Jan 25, 2022•44 min•Season 4Ep. 1
Louka Parry shares thoughts on the 19 conversations recorded for Season 3 of TLF’s podcast during 2021, and introduces what’s in store for Season 4 including some exciting collaborations! thelearningfuture.com
Jan 24, 2022•17 min•Season 3Ep. 20
How fast do our skills lose their value in our rapidly evolving economies? Whose responsibility is it to ensure upskilling is accurately targeted and where should it take place? Dr Ben Hamer is one of Australia's leading work futurists. He is the Future of Work Lead at PwC Australia and spent time seconded to the World Economic Forum heading up critical projects on the future of work, skills, and education. He is also a Board Member for the Australian HR Institute, recently appointed as the youn...
Dec 23, 2021•37 min•Season 3Ep. 19
How pervasive are mental health problems in our schools and how can we define and measure it? What are some practical mindfulness and wellbeing techniques we can use in the classroom, and further in the community? Addie Wootten is a Clinical psychologist and CEO of Smiling Mind. She has worked most of her career in clinical practice and research across a range of major hospitals in Melbourne, primarily focussing on supporting people with cancer. Throughout her clinical career she has seen first ...
Dec 16, 2021•40 min•Season 3Ep. 18
Can we strategically bounce forward instead of bouncing back? Could a detailed and perceptive experience of remote learning help mark-out intentional particular goals for learning? Joanna Moe is Assistant Director of Professional Learning K-12 at Qatar Foundation, Education Development Institute (EDI). Originally from Aotearoa, New Zealand, Joanna currently leads a team of pre-K-grade 12 learning designers at the Education Development Institute (EDI) in Qatar. She has worked in a variety of educ...
Dec 02, 2021•32 min•Season 3Ep. 17
Would some students benefit better from teachers that guide and assist? What experience are there in having positive success with headstrong “at-risk” students? Sizolwenkosi Fuyana (Sizol) is a businesswoman, podcaster, youth advocate and law student. After overcoming her own adversities and mental health issues, small business owner Sizol now devotes her life to supporting disadvantaged young people who are at risk of entering the justice system. Sizol is the founder and Director of Fuyana Supp...
Nov 25, 2021•40 min•Season 3Ep. 16
To what extent do we each view the world through rose-coloured glasses? How much of our ecosystems have a 'darker' side that we might benefit from accepting and powerfully protest in place? In this episode; Tyson Yunkaporta offers a valuable indigenous inspired perspective on education, including the more concerning problems faced by communities around the world. His unique perspective gives insight into areas and problems that are often hidden in plain sight, and his awareness of the causes and...
Nov 11, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Season 3Ep. 15
How much of our education is still entrenched in a factory-style model? How do we step back and take what we've learned 150 years of understanding about humanity in challenging our assumptions and values? Ulcca Joshi Hansen is a mother, educator, researcher and advocate whose two-and-a-half decade career has spanned classrooms, non-profit leadership, philanthropy and consulting. She is driven by a vision of education that attends to and supports the development of young people’s humanity and cre...
Nov 04, 2021•45 min•Season 3Ep. 14
Do our younger generations have faith in the current quality of representative democracies? Are there changes that we can take advantage on to re-power our social systems, what really matters? In this episode; David Price shares vast insight about the concerns and specific examples of the ingenuity of our future leaders and innovators. David Price, OBE, is an expert in organisational learning for a complex future. He writes, talks, trains and advises, around the world, on some of the biggest cha...
Oct 28, 2021•54 min•Season 3Ep. 13
What if you got paid to learn for the rest of your life? In this bonus episode Louka Parry shares The Future City podcast episode featuring co-host Eyal Halamish and guest Jackson Smith. On this episode of the Future City Podcast we speak with storyteller, learner, and technology architect Jacksón Smith. Jacksón is Co-Founder and the CTO of the Learning Economy Foundation, a U.S. based non-profit organization with a global mission to prepare citizens to be future-skilled, address inequity with s...
Oct 14, 2021•24 min•Season 3Ep. 12
What is the moral purpose of education now and is it shifting? How useful are the foundations teachers provide young people? Dr. Jean Clinton is renowned internationally as an advocate for children’s issues. She is a Clinical Professor in Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences at McMaster University and her special interest lies in brain development, and the crucial role relationships and connectedness play. Jean champions the development of a national, comprehensive child well-b...
Oct 07, 2021•40 min•Season 3Ep. 11
What obstacles does new thinking face in systems that are rarely malleable to change? How can we position adaptation in education to be set for success and adoption? Annie Kidder says there is hope in the work of equity in education, and changing how we educate young people is something to keep us going, it’s a job that is hopeful. Annie is a passionate education advocate, a systems thinker, and the Executive Director of People for Education, a Canadian non-profit. The organisation is building n...
Sep 30, 2021•39 min•Season 3Ep. 10
Is there a social contract that teachers work by, and if so what is it and what would we ask to be changed? What is it that really stays with students and makes them remember you and your lessons? In this episode of The Learning Future Podcast, Melodie Potts shares how she believes we can make teaching memorable. She says the role of a teacher will likely always be an augmenter of the delivery of content and information, but there is more we can do to ignite passion in the content and provide a ...
Sep 23, 2021•36 min•Season 3Ep. 9
What will our broader understanding of education, collaboration, and our ability to fuse and synthesise information look like in 10 years, and how might it affect our decisions? How might education futher the purpose of knowing who we are and what we do? David shares his unique perspective about what it is to be educated, that it is knowing a place in a community. Education is in part sharing knowledge, but it is also the enablement of the ability to pursue contributions towards common good. Dav...
Sep 16, 2021•36 min•Season 3Ep. 8
Hear part 2 of this episode podcast at Coconut Thinking! https://coconut-thinking.captivate.fm/episode/we-are-human-beings-not-humans-doings-ft-louka-parry How comfortable are you with not knowing, how often do you change your mind? How do cultures of personalised learning arise? What happens when the boundaries of disciplines dissolve, replaced with meaningful projects that can have an impact on themselves, others, and the world? Benjamin is the co-founder of Coconut Thinking, whose ambition is...
Sep 09, 2021•45 min•Season 3Ep. 7
Why is it that sometimes even the most rudimentary tasks seem hard? How can we convince ourselves and others to improve our teaching, will it take a revolution or something more practical, and what happens if we imagine “what would make this easy”? In this episode Louka speaks with Dr Karen Edge about school leadership and school improvement strategies. She is known for her ability to blend theory and evidence-based strategy with practical insights and humour. Dr Karen Edge is a researcher, lead...
Sep 02, 2021•52 min•Season 3Ep. 6
Hunter Johnson is the Founder & CEO of two purpose-driven organisations. Hunter leads The Man Cave , an emotional intelligence charity that has impacted the lives of 20,000 young men across Australia. Hunter is also the CEO of STUFF™ , a men's personal care brand that champions healthy masculinity. He also works as an Advisor to The Queen’s Commonwealth Trust (QCT), a charity supporting young people throughout the Commonwealth alongside Prince Harry. Hunter's work has led him to speak around...
Aug 19, 2021•33 min•Season 3Ep. 5
Today we don't have a guest, we have a whole team, one that believes educational expertise lies in a collective rather than an individual. We have 6 amazing humans from the Educational Experiences Team from the School of Cybernetics at Australian National University! Their mission is to take cybernetics to the world, through creating and delivering innovative, research-informed educational experiences for industry, government and our communities. Featuring Amy McLennan, Adrian Schmidt, Andrew Me...
Aug 12, 2021•50 min•Season 3Ep. 4
Why would a country cut 25 - 50% of its curriculum from schools? And what are the most powerful learning experiences to place in this new space of autonomy? Discover what Portugal is doing at a National level to build future skills through social emotional development programs from one of its chief architects of change. In this episode Louka speaks with Pedro Cunha, who served as Deputy Director-General for Education in Portugal across four governments (2010-2017), where he was responsible for s...
Aug 05, 2021•50 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Ross Hall is strategist with a fixation on transforming education into thriving learning ecosystems. He is currently co-lead of the Jacobs Foundation ’s Learning Societies Portfolio, jacobsfoundation.org, which creates trustful and dynamic communities using evidence based resource allocation. Based in Zurich, Switzerland. Ross Hall co-founded The Weaving Lab that aims to advance leadership practices that are prerequisites to creating and sustaining learning ecosystems, healthy interdependence, a...
Jul 29, 2021•36 min•Season 3Ep. 2
What routines and methods do you use to innovate? And how can you design for more creativity and experience idea flow? In this episode, Louka speaks with Perry Klebahn and Jeremy Utley who lead Stanford University's d.school Executive Education. We cover innovation, learning, leadership and the concept of Ideaflow: an experience built on discrete repeatable practices that can increase your creativity and a forthcoming book. Take a listen to hear how you can become more creative in the way you co...
Jul 22, 2021•45 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Rajika Bhandari is a scholar and practitioner in international higher education, Dr. Bhandari's work has spanned the nonprofit, private and higher education sectors across 22 countries. She is also a widely published author and speaker on issues of international education, the global competition for talent, skilled immigrants, and educational and cultural diplomacy. She is the founder of Rajika Bhandari Advisors, offering strategic guidance to nonprofits, multilateral organizations, and higher e...
Jul 15, 2021•36 min•Season 2Ep. 20
How might we better understand and embrace diversity so that it leads to greater intercultural communication and empathy? In a world of so much challenge and conflict through division, what is the role of education to create peace? In today's episode, Louka speaks with Peter Mousaferiadis, an internationally recognised thought leader of culture as a driver of peace and innovation. Before founding Cultural Infusion in 2002, Peter had an extensive career in the arts as a creative director, produce...
Jul 08, 2021•32 min•Season 2Ep. 19
In a world where childhood has migrated online, what must we know and teach our students and children to keep them safe and help them be successful in this digital world? In today's episode, Louka speaks with Nicholas Carlisle; a changemaker, lawyer and champion for social justice and children's well-being. He is CEO of the Power of Zero, a global campaign to reshape early learning for an increasingly connected world, by teaching young children the skills and values that they need. The campaign ...
Jul 01, 2021•32 min•Season 2Ep. 18
