Digical Education

Digical Education

Conversations with Innovative Educator-Leaders

Episodes

April 25, 2025 27 mins

Jaime Bissa is the Director of the Center for Learning and Innovative Pedagogy at Baptist Health Sciences University in Memphis and a founding member of the Human Intelligence Movement.

In this conversation we discuss AI, innovation, and pedagogy as we rethink together what learning could look like.

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I met Dr. Nina Shah on an MMRF trek through Iceland with myeloma patients, caregivers, doctors, and researchers. She shortly after became my doctor while I did an experimental CarT trial and through the process became a friend. She is currently Global Head of Multiple Myeloma Clinical Development and Strategy at Astrazeneca where she seeks better treatments and ultimately a cure for myeloma patients like me.

I hope you enjoy this c...

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The AI Show at ASU-GSV is next week, and I had the opportunity to talk with the co-founder, Fran Rosenberg, and the assistant VP of the AI Show Program, Michel Faliski, about the event's genesis and how to make the most of it.

Jacob Kantor, my friend and friend to everyone, joined in for this conversation!

Hope to see you in San Diego on April 5-7.

 

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As March Madness kicks off today, I thought I would post a podcast conversation with my friend Paul Putz. Paul is the author of "Spirit of the Game: American Christianity and Big Time Sports" and is the Director of the Faith and Sports Institute at Baylor University.

In this podcast, we talk about Paul's high school coach, leadership lessons from the book, and make some picks for both Final Fours.

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Alistair Bullen is an interior designer who is the founder of AB Culture, is a Heartstyles facilitator, and an Executive Coach. In this conversation we talk about Alistair's description of himself as a "cultural architect" and how creative played a role in his professional journey, but also how creativity impacts leadership.

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Caitlin Sienkiewicz is the founder of Condie Consulting, and our conversation is about her new book "Building Your Team in your 20s."

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Cale McLellan founded In-Houz Consulting, an entrepreneur, a former student, and a thought partner in using AI in learning.

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This is a conversation with Tim DeRoche of Available to All on his book "A Fine Line" and the impact of redlining on public schools and high-quality education for each student.

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Ben Bajarin is CEO of Creative Strategies and a Principal Analyst in the technology industry. He is also a great friend who got me started on AI, and he has been a thought partner in my usage of AI as an educator. Enjoy the ongoing conversation and what he sees as the next transformation for 2025!

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2024 was a slow year on the podcast because of my health, but I had the opportunity to meet some amazing people. In 2025, I hope to share some of those with you and the first is a conversation with the CEO and co-founder of Sora Schools, Garrett Smiley.

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Ryan Schachtner is co-founder of Success Beyond Gameday, and I think you'll enjoy the conversation on how they have innovated to help elite athletes think beyond their sport and playing careers.

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This was a longer conversation with my friend Mitch Weathers of Organized Binder about his work and book and general thoughts on our professional work.

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"Democratizing access to dreams and opportunity" is a line from the Gladeo website that caught my attention as I have gotten to know Michelle and her company, which seeks to help people prepare for the modern workforce and the future of work.

Michelle is co-founder and CEO of Gladeo, the Grand Prize winner of the US Department of Education Future Finder Challenge. Check out this short video on their work.

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In this conversation with Shaka Mitchell we talk about Education Policy and connect it with his blog and the Massai greeting, "How are the children?" As we see new policies created to empower parents and allow schools to become more distinctive we focus the conversation on the students and their opportunities and outcomes.

Shaka Mitchell is Senior Fellow at the American Federation for Children and Political Science Professor at Bel...

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Daniel Liebeskind is the founder and CEO of Topia, a platform-as-a-service technology for real time social interaction and spatial video chat inside customizable virtual worlds. From Wall Street to Silicon Valley, Daniel’s mission is to foster human connection through technology.

Check out his work with Topia!

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Will Percy is Executive Vice President at TeamOptix, and he shares in this conversation about how we need to rethink leadership and talent development in our profession and schools.

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I had the opportunity to speak with founders and friends, Alexandra Kazilo and Natalia Pereldik of FunExpected along with their Scientific Advisor, Leonid Rybnikov. FunExpected is a math-learning app for 3-6-year-olds that utilizes gameplay to build math understanding and confidence. Check it out!

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I love these conversations with Mitch Weathers of Organized Binder and the author of Executive Functions for Every Classroom.

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Stephen Carter is the Director of the CHCA Entrepreneurship and Sustainability program and the author of Teaching the Entrepreneurial Mindset.

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My friend Thomas Arnett joined me again on the podcast to talk about his new research report FAMILIES ON THE NEW FRONTIER: MAPPING AND MEETING THE GROWING DEMAND FOR UNCONVENTIONAL SCHOOLING. And we talk about New Value Networks, policymaking in Education, and his emerging wonderings about AI in our profession too!

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