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Evolution Stories
Evolution Stories is a biweekly podcast that delves deep into the heart and soul of change leadership and school transformation.
Evolution Stories
Latest Episodes
Temporary Failure: What a Collapsed School Move Taught Her About Trusting Students with Dr. Marta Medved Krajnovic
Dr. Marta Medved Krajnovic came to her first headship convinced that anything was possible. As a board member of Stockholm International School, she pushed to relocate the school after two decades of failed attempts, only to watch the plan coll...
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The Stars You Hire: Talent, Courage, and the Long Game of School Change with John Gulla
John Gulla spent 14 years as head of The Blake School and came away with one answer when asked what he was most proud of: not the buildings, not the campaign, but the talent he attracted and retained. It was an instinct from his first divisiona...
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Hope as Infrastructure: Leading Through Crisis and Co-created Change with Dr. Nada Collins
Before a school can pursue transformation, it has to secure its foundation. Dr. Nada Collins calls it Maslow's hierarchy for institutions: until the buses run on time and people feel safe, change leadership doesn't have a floor to stand on. Tha...
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Your Mind Is Not Your Friend: Personal Transformation and the Leader Who Listens with Dr. Rand Harrington
Rand Harrington did not arrive at school leadership through a conventional path. He earned a PhD in physics, taught Tibetan monks in Dharamsala, and walked from Mexico to Canada at 18. Each experience cracked something open. By the time he took...
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The Third Path: Discernment, Resistance, and Getting Your Whole School to Move with Ellen Devine
When generative AI hit schools, most reached for policies. Choate Rosemary Hall tried that too, and it wasn't working. Ellen Devine, Director of Studies and Chair of Choate's AI Steering Committee, describes the moment a single piece of advice ...
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