The Innovator’s Mindset Podcast
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Sunday Oct 24, 2021
Sunday Oct 24, 2021
Because of a Teacher is now available! Get your copy here! https://www.amazon.com/dp/194833433X?ref=exp_gcouros_dp_vv_d
This episode starts off with a conversation about being problem finders and problem solvers. Stacey Wood shares what she is doing in her high school entrepreneurship class and how that connects with the book, The Innovator’s Mindset. Wood goes into detail about what her students are doing in her class’ Idea Center and how they work to be social entrepreneurs and create new products that resolve existing problems. Couros also goes into detail about how to use his 5 Questions to Ask Students at the Start of the Year resource. This closing question is one that Couros is consistently asked, especially by high school teachers: Couros asks Wood, as a high school teacher, when you have students who come into your classroom and are conditioned to have that mentality of “just give me the test,” how do we un-condition our students from that mentality? Wood shares some great advice in response to this question that has helped her as she works to create opportunities for students to show their learning.
Links:
Ewan McIntosh TEDx Talk - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUnhyyw8_kY
The Innovator’s Mindset (book on Amazon) - https://www.amazon.com/Innovators-Mindset-Empower-Learning-Creativity-ebook/dp/B016YTBZKO
5 Questions to Ask Your Students To Start the School Year - https://georgecouros.ca/blog/archives/7552
A.J. Juliani: Genuis Hour - https://www.ajjuliani.com/blog/ka8eye5pf5bhwp3-lc7ch-nd29c-ddt7y-5gf79-2bcyt-67hl2-xtpcb-5b8a5-3se4f-9h2mp-ml247-9wb4n-8b6jk-lkcha-aydfe-ra44k-awyx8-tkpxx-pklrj-kkw58-bhc7h-wcdcz-f6dbr-929sl
Quotes:
"I try to give teachers an opportunity to express what they are feeling...but I also try to get them to express something positive."
"I try to remind them of the influence they have...teachers need to be reminded that, even in 2021, their role is huge."
"What kind of impact do you want to have?"
"The same risk-taking that we encourage for kids, we have to m
Please share your thoughts with us on Twitter or Instagram at #InnovatorsMindset.
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George Couros on Twitter: https://twitter.com/gcouros
George Couros on Instagram: https://instagram.com/gcouros
George Couros on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/georgecourosauthor/
George Couros on LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/george-couros-a5146519
For the full audio podcast: https://linktr.ee/gcouros
The Innovator's Mindset:https://www.amazon.com/Innovators-Mindset-Empower-Learning-Creativity/dp/0986155497/ref=zg_bs_69830_7?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=ARY8KZTA242NVFMHF9X0
Innovate Inside the Box: https://www.amazon.com/Innovate-Inside-Box-Empowering-Innovators/dp/1948334127/ref=zg_bs_69830_12?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=75E0ZS6R2J330FAM9Y0A
Music from Bensound - http://bensound.com/odel as adults - and that does not mean trying it just once." - GC
Thursday Oct 21, 2021
Thursday Oct 21, 2021
Because of a Teacher is now available! Get your copy here! https://www.amazon.com/dp/194833433X?ref=exp_gcouros_dp_vv_d
Joshua Stamper starts off this podcast with a brief description of his new book, Aspire to Lead, which builds up to a conversation about the leaders that have supported Stamper throughout his time in education. Couros and Stamper discuss the following questions in this episode of Three Questions on Educators that Inspire:
Who is a teacher that has inspired you and why?
Who is an administrator that has inspired you and why?
What advice would you give your first-year teacher-self?
Links:
Aspire to Lead (book by Joshua Stamper) - https://www.amazon.com/Aspire-Lead-Joshua-Stamper/dp/1953852386
Quotes:
"Don't be afraid to ask questions...because if you don't know something, the expectation is still there for you to get that thing done." -JS
"You have to build a space where people feel that when you push them that you also have their back." -GC
"I learn from this because I am looking to learn." -GC
Please share your thoughts with us on Twitter or Instagram at #InnovatorsMindset.
More at georgecouros.ca
George Couros on Twitter: https://twitter.com/gcouros
George Couros on Instagram: https://instagram.com/gcouros
George Couros on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/georgecourosauthor/
George Couros on LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/george-couros-a5146519
For the full audio podcast: https://linktr.ee/gcouros
The Innovator's Mindset:https://www.amazon.com/Innovators-Mindset-Empower-Learning-Creativity/dp/0986155497/ref=zg_bs_69830_7?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=ARY8KZTA242NVFMHF9X0
Innovate Inside the Box: https://www.amazon.com/Innovate-Inside-Box-Empowering-Innovators/dp/1948334127/ref=zg_bs_69830_12?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=75E0ZS6R2J330FAM9Y0A
Music from Bensound - http://bensound.com/
Monday Oct 18, 2021
Monday Oct 18, 2021
In the third episode of #MindsetMonday, George Couros talks about how he has built habits so that he no longer has to negotiate with himself. This episode reflects on a time when Couros would teach spin class in the morning before he went to school and fulfilled his responsibilities as a school principal. Couros reminds us that when there is accountability to other people, we do not have a choice, we have to fulfill our responsibilities, but it is also important to do things where we are accountable to ourselves. This episode gives listeners and viewers a strategy to make habits even when something is difficult.
Questions (PIP):
How can we develop habits so we no longer have to negotiate with ourselves?
How can we give ourselves the same grace that we give others while keeping ourselves accountable?
What are you going to keep yourself accountable for? Whom will you be accountable to?
What are some things that you are doing right now that you do not negotiate? Who are you doing those things for?
Sunday Oct 17, 2021
Sunday Oct 17, 2021
"Because of a Teacher" is now available! Get your copy here! https://www.amazon.com/dp/194833433X?ref=exp_gcouros_dp_vv_d
George Couros starts this podcast off with a story about his first call to his mom after he got his first principalship. This story leads into the conversation with Dr. Shaun Carey, the superintendent of Enumclaw School District. The two talk about the vision of a school principal and district leader and how we can still be ourselves in that role. Dr. Carey’s fun-loving personality shows through in this episode as he and Couros have an energetic and informative conversation! Couros asks a crucial question in this episode: how do you make tough decisions even when you know you will get pushback? Hear Dr. Carey’s response to this, how he builds relationships with staff at Enumclaw School District, and how he will measure the district’s success during this time, all these answers and more in this episode of The Innovator’s Mindset Podcast: Thriving in a New Role - A Convo with Dr. Shaun Carey!
Links:
Dr. Shaun V. Carey Twitter - https://twitter.com/shaunvcarey?lang=en
Dr. Shaun V. Carey LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/shaun-carey-857a8692
Please share your thoughts with us on Twitter or Instagram at #InnovatorsMindset.
More at georgecouros.ca
George Couros on Twitter: https://twitter.com/gcouros
George Couros on Instagram: https://instagram.com/gcouros
George Couros on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/georgecourosauthor/
George Couros on LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/george-couros-a5146519
For the full audio podcast: https://linktr.ee/gcouros
Because of a Teacher - https://www.amazon.com/dp/194833433X?ref=exp_gcouros_dp_vv_d
The Innovator's Mindset: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0986155497?ref=exp_gcouros_dp_vv_d
Innovate Inside the Box: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1948334127?ref=exp_gcouros_dp_vv_d
Music from Bensound - http://bensound.com/
Thursday Oct 14, 2021
Thursday Oct 14, 2021
Because of a Teacher is now available! Dr. Matthew Joseph shares his experiences about journaling after a college professor gave him the option to document his freshman year. Dr. Joseph continues to share about a superintendent who invested in him as a person. In the closing question, Dr. Joseph shares some powerful advice. This entire episode is guided by these three questions and ends with some powerful advice:
Who is a teacher that has inspired you and why?
Who is an administrator that has inspired you and why?
What advice would you give your first-year teacher-self?
Links:
Dr. Matthew Joseph Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/matthew_x_joseph/?hl=en
Dr. Matthew Joseph Twitter - https://twitter.com/matthewxjoseph?lang=en
Power Of Connections: Connecting Educators, Cultivating Professional Learning Networks, & Redefining Educator Collaboration - https://www.amazon.com/Power-Connections-Cultivating-Professional-Collaboration/dp/1777534968
Dr. Matthew Joseph shares his experiences about journaling after a college professor gave him the option to document his freshman year. Dr. Joseph continues to share about a superintendent who invested in him as a person. In the closing question, Dr. Joseph shares some powerful advice. This entire episode is guided by these three questions and ends with some powerful advice:
Who is a teacher that has inspired you and why?
Who is an administrator that has inspired you and why?
What advice would you give your first-year teacher-self?
Links:
Dr. Matthew Joseph Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/matthew_x_joseph/?hl=en
Dr. Matthew Joseph Twitter - https://twitter.com/matthewxjoseph?lang=en
Power Of Connections: Connecting Educators, Cultivating Professional Learning Networks, & Redefining Educator Collaboration - https://www.amazon.com/Power-Connections-Cultivating-Professional-Collaboration/dp/1777534968
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Please share your thoughts with us on Twitter or Instagram at #InnovatorsMindset.
More at georgecouros.ca
George Couros on Twitter: https://twitter.com/gcouros
George Couros on Instagram: https://instagram.com/gcouros
George Couros on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/georgecourosauthor/
George Couros on LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/george-couros-a5146519
For the full audio podcast: https://linktr.ee/gcouros
The Innovator's Mindset:https://www.amazon.com/Innovators-Mindset-Empower-Learning-Creativity/dp/0986155497/ref=zg_bs_69830_7?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=ARY8KZTA242NVFMHF9X0
Innovate Inside the Box: https://www.amazon.com/Innovate-Inside-Box-Empowering-Innovators/dp/1948334127/ref=zg_bs_69830_12?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=75E0ZS6R2J330FAM9Y0A
Music from Bensound - http://bensound.com/
Monday Oct 11, 2021
Monday Oct 11, 2021
This week’s #MindsetMonday talks about setting measurable goals that we can see over time and how we separate those goals into big, medium, and small goals to reach that bigger goal. Couros shares a story from Will Smith where he talks about building a brick wall little by little - the lesson learned from building a wall by laying brick after brick is that when we look at the bigger goal, we do not always see the smaller goals that had to be achieved in order to make that bigger goal possible. Couros talks about his compelling reason for losing weight and how he set a tangible goal in this episode of #MindsetMonday.
Links:
Will Smith: Brick Wall Story -https://youtu.be/wIsgyIq_kFs?t=128
How I Lost 80 Pounds! - The #InnovatorsMindset Podcast S2 EP 16 - https://youtu.be/5R-E1ILoY-M
Questions (PIP):
What smaller goals will help you reach your bigger goals?
How can we create accountability in our goals?
What are the small things you are doing that will help you achieve that bigger goal?
What is the big goal you want to achieve? How can you measure it? How can you break that goal into smaller goals?
Sunday Oct 10, 2021
Sunday Oct 10, 2021
“Is innovation in education the responsibility of the administrators or the school as a whole?” This opening question guides this solo episode of The Innovator’s Mindset Podcast with George Couros:
A self-reflection episode where Couros reviews some of the ideas shared and more in the blog post, “4 Ways to Lead and Create a ‘Culture of Innovation’ ” considers some powerful ideas about what innovation is and what it isn’t. Couros reflects on an example when technology was not an example of something innovative in education because it limited learning. Hear how Couros discusses innovation in education and goes in-depth on the following points:
We need to be accountable to each other, not just administrators.
We have to promote and model challenging conversations.
We need to constantly look at our own environments, with fresh eyes.
Focus on being a “school” teacher, not simply a “classroom teacher”.
Links:
4 Ways to Lead and Create a “Culture of Innovation” From Any Position (Blog Post) - https://georgecouros.ca/blog/archives/6855
10 Easy Ways to Create an Awesome #SchoolCulture This Year - https://georgecouros.ca/blog/archives/8365
The Innovator’s Mindset - https://www.amazon.com/Innovators-Mindset-Empower-Learning-Creativity-ebook/dp/B016YTBZKO
Innovate Inside the Box - https://www.amazon.com/Innovate-Inside-Box-Empowering-Innovators-ebook/dp/B07WG9P1DX/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=innovate+inside+the+box&qid=1627166423&s=digital-text&sr=1-1
Quotes:
"How do we not only hold each other accountable but really help one another?"
"...recognize the strengths of the person across the hallway..."
"When you go into your classroom, when you go into school, picture yourself being there for the first time."
"Frame our messages around what we can do..."
Please share your thoughts with us on Twitter or Instagram at #InnovatorsMindset.
More at georgecouros.ca
George Couros on Twitter: https://twitter.com/gcouros
George Couros on Instagram: https://instagram.com/gcouros
George Couros on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/georgecourosauthor/
George Couros on LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/george-couros-a5146519
For the full audio podcast: https://linktr.ee/gcouros
The Innovator's Mindset:https://www.amazon.com/Innovators-Mindset-Empower-Learning-Creativity/dp/0986155497/ref=zg_bs_69830_7?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=ARY8KZTA242NVFMHF9X0
Innovate Inside the Box: https://www.amazon.com/Innovate-Inside-Box-Empowering-Innovators/dp/1948334127/ref=zg_bs_69830_12?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=75E0ZS6R2J330FAM9Y0A
Music from Bensound - http://bensound.com/
Thursday Oct 07, 2021
Thursday Oct 07, 2021
"Because of a Teacher" is now Available! Get your copy here! https://www.amazon.com/dp/194833433X?ref=exp_gcouros_dp_vv_d
Meghan Lawson and George Couros have a lively conversation that starts off with some advice about using blog post topics to start a book. The conversation gets incredibly vulnerable when Lawson shares a story about her first-grade teacher. As an added bonus, hear a little about the chapter that Lawson wrote in Because of a Teacher (bit.do/BOAT)! All this and more as Lawson and Couros discuss the following questions on this episode of Three Questions on Educators that Inspire:
Who is a teacher that has inspired you and why?
Who is an administrator that has inspired you and why?
What advice would you give your first-year teacher-self?
Links:
Meghan Lawson Twitter - https://twitter.com/Meghan_Lawson?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
Meghan Lawson Blog - https://meghanlawson.com/
Meghan Lawson Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/meghanlawsonblog/?hl=en
Health, Habits, and Mindset Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/healthhabitsandmindset
We Learn by Doing (blog post) - https://meghanlawson.com/2021/09/18/we-learn-by-doing/
Because of a Teacher - https://www.amazon.com/dp/194833433X/ref=nodl_?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860
Please share your thoughts with us on Twitter or Instagram at #InnovatorsMindset.
More at georgecouros.ca
George Couros on Twitter: https://twitter.com/gcouros
George Couros on Instagram: https://instagram.com/gcouros
George Couros on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/georgecourosauthor/
George Couros on LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/george-couros-a5146519
For the full audio podcast: https://linktr.ee/gcouros
Because of a Teacher - https://www.amazon.com/dp/194833433X?ref=exp_gcouros_dp_vv_d
The Innovator's Mindset: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0986155497?ref=exp_gcouros_dp_vv_d
Innovate Inside the Box: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1948334127?ref=exp_gcouros_dp_vv_d
Music from Bensound - http://bensound.com/
Monday Oct 04, 2021
Monday Oct 04, 2021
In the first episode of #MindsetMonday, George Couros encourages listeners and viewers to ask themselves three thought-provoking questions:
What is your compelling reason?
If you want to change something, why? What is your reason for wanting to make that change?
What moments have made you change in your personal life?
Couros uses these three questions to guide this episode and shares his own answers to these questions. Couros also shares more about the new Facebook group, bit.do/healthy-habits which is a place where followers can grow together as a community.
Links:
Healthy Habits Facebook Group - http://bit.do/healthy-habits
Sunday Oct 03, 2021
Sunday Oct 03, 2021
The opening segment shares a thought about changing our statements from “breaks” to “connections and reflections.” This shift in thinking creates a time where learners build relationships and create content. This opening thought from George Couros summarizes this episode of The Innovator’s Mindset Podcast with Bryon Carpenter. This episode came because Carpenter created his own podcast episode, Fresh at Five, reflecting on a previous episode of The Innovator’s Mindset Podcast! Bryon talks about maintaining academic integrity, consuming learning and resources, building relationships and collaboration, and becoming creators of content in this episode of The Innovator’s Mindset Podcast!
Links:
Bryon Carpenter Twitter - https://twitter.com/BryonCar?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
Bryon Carpenter Website - http://www.bryoncarpenter.com/
Fresh Air at Five Podcast - https://anchor.fm/freshairatfive5
Fresh Air at Five Podcast on Twitter - https://twitter.com/FreshAirAtFive
Tweet from Bryon Carpenter - https://twitter.com/BryonCar/status/1413864025616572420
Innovator’s Mindset Podcast with Debbie Tannenbaum - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcQOMdMPyAQ
Quotes:
"EduTwitter is about community."
"...it was the connectedness of educators..."
Please share your thoughts with us on Twitter or Instagram at #InnovatorsMindset.
More at georgecouros.ca
George Couros on Twitter: https://twitter.com/gcouros
George Couros on Instagram: https://instagram.com/gcouros
George Couros on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/georgecourosauthor/
George Couros on LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/george-couros-a5146519
For the full audio podcast: https://linktr.ee/gcouros
The Innovator's Mindset:https://www.amazon.com/Innovators-Mindset-Empower-Learning-Creativity/dp/0986155497/ref=zg_bs_69830_7?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=ARY8KZTA242NVFMHF9X0
Innovate Inside the Box: https://www.amazon.com/Innovate-Inside-Box-Empowering-Innovators/dp/1948334127/ref=zg_bs_69830_12?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=75E0ZS6R2J330FAM9Y0A
Music from Bensound - http://bensound.com/