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
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 ...
The Price of Progress: What 17 Years at One School Teaches You with Mark Pingitore
What does it actually take to lead a school through a decade of transformation without losing the people along the way?In this episode of Evolution Stories, Christian Talbot sits down with Mark Pingetore, Head of School at the Ame...
The Change Leader's Real Resources: Inclusion, Attention, and Letting Go with Lauren Jones
Lauren Jones started as a special education teacher because she wanted to change outcomes for kids other people had written off. That conviction shaped everything, including her tenure as head of school at the International School of Kigali, wh...
Place and People: Designing for Flourishing and Collective Efficacy
What turns a school building into a place where students truly flourish?In this episode of Evolution Stories, Christian Talbot sits down with Dr. Brian Kelly, Head of School at Carol Morgan School in the Dominican Republic, to exp...
The Science of Motivation, Regret, and Leading Change with Dan Pink
What really motivates people to change?In this season finale episode of Evolution Stories, Christian Talbot sits down with bestselling author Dan Pink to unpack decades of research on motivation, leadership, timing, regret, and the futur...