All Episodes
The Smart Thinking Podcast — 101 episodes
Episode 377: Engagement and Strengths - A Conversation with Emily Lorenz and Tim Hodges (Leadership)
Episode 376: A Needed Conversation (Leadership)
Episode 375: The Danger of Assumptions in Your Culture: The WHAT Principle
Episode 374: Normalize Positivity (Leadership & Process)
Episode 373: Books for Break (Leadership)
Episode 372: Lead Like A Meteorologist – Change Management (Leadership & Process)
Episode 371: Coach Yourself and Others!!! (Leadership & Best Practices)
Episode 371: Coach Yourself and the Others! (Leadership & Best Practices))
Episode 370: A Conversation with a Conversation Expert: Craig Weber (Leadership & Tactics)
Episode 369: Reflect and Project (Reflection & Leadership)
Episode 368: The Trust Gap: Why Are Your Students/Teams Holding Back? (Leadership Strategy)
Episode 367: Questions from Parents (Strategy and Reflection)
Episode 366: Technology & Learning Don't Mix Very Well: A Conversation with Neuroscientist/Author Jared Horvath
Episode 365: Positive Reinforcement: The Cure All (Tactics & Leadership)
Episode 364: Truly Resolved: Tactics for a New Year and Well-Being (Tactics)
Episode 363: Remembering the purpose of kindergarten. (Leadership & Strategies)
Episode 362: The Gift of Well-being! Using the SCARF model. (Leadership & Tactic)
Episode 361: Parent’s Pay Attention (Leadership and Strategy)
Episode 360: Life on the Upbeat: A Conversation with Dr. Matthew Arau (Leadership)
Episode 359: Dedication to Gratitude (Process and leadership
Episode 358: The Future Begins With Z: A Conversation with Author Dr. Tim Elmore
Episode 357: C2S: From Complaint to Solution (Leadership & Mindset)
Episode 356: Let’s Get Engaged (Leadership & Process)
Episode 355: Readers are Leaders: Books for Fall 2025
Episode 354: Beyond the Label: A Conversation with Author and Leader Rainey Briggs
Episode 353: Organizational Minefields (Leadership and Tool)
Episode 352: Positivity is a Habit - A Conversation with Author Aaron Sadoff
Episode 351: See It To Believe It! (Process)
Episode 350: Reflect Like A Leader (Reflection, Process and Surprise!)
Episode 349: The Story In Your Head: A conversation with Bob Vajgrt: Architect, Pilot & Author
Episode 348: There Is No Scorecard in Leadership (Leadership & Process)
Episode: 347 Prepare The Start Like A Hiker (Leadership and Process)
Episode 346: Vacation: Take Me Away. (Reflection, Books, and Mindset)
Episode 345: Pause and Applause (Reflection and Engagement Tactic)
Episode 344: Learning Begins In Summer! (Leadership, Parent Strategies and Reflection)
Episode 343: A Conversation with Urs Koenig (Author: Radical Humility)
Episode 342: End With Predictability (Leadership & Process)
Episode 341: A Graduate's Gift: Empathy and Predictability
Episode 340: Recognition Month (Leadership & Process)
Episode 339: Genius, AI, and Challenging 4kr’s: A Conversation with Neuroscientist Jared Horvath (Reflection)
Episode 338: We Need To Talk: Online Gambling (Leadership and Reflection)
Episode 337: Optimism Needs Energy (Reflection & Leadership)
Episode 336: Books to Grow Your Leadership and Life (Learning)
Episode 335: Please Stay (Tool and Leadership)
Episode 334: Unspoken Expectations (Process & Leadership)
Episode 333: We Need To Talk To Our Kids About Uncomfortable Stuff: Sextortion (Process & Worry)
Episode 332: HR in the 20's (Reflection & Process)
Episode 331: Colleagues to the RESCUE (Leadership & Process)
Episode 330: Using a Tabletop to Plan
Episode 329: I Was Inspired To Write A Book: A Discussion with Ted (author) and Allison (Illustrator).
Episode 328: Midway Energy – BINGO (Process & Leadership)
Episode 327: Reading in the Context of Your Life - Five Books To Read
Episode 326: Resolution by Committee (Process & Leadership)
Episode 324: Overthinkers of the World Unite. A conversation with Meredith Arthur author of Get Out Of My Head (Tools & Reflections)
Episode 323: A Carol for Reflecting (Leadership & Process)
Episode 322: A Conversation about Recognition, Strengths, and Engagement with Dr. Emily Lorenz and Dr. Tim Hodges
Episode 321: Thank you For The Advice (Reflection and Tool)
Episode 320: I Found Us Some AMAZING AI! (Tool & Reflection)
Episode 319: Your team. Your choice. (Leadership & Tool)
Episode 318: What to do about a stubborn buffalo? (Leadership & Process)
Episode 317: There Is No Score: 0-0 Mindset (Leadership & Reflection)
Episode 316: Recess is a Right (Leadership & Policy)
Episode 315: Two Studies, Four Books and Two Records for Fall (Resources)
Episode 314: Empower the Parents (Process and Leadership)
Episode 313: Be a Sage with IMPACT (Process and Leadership)
Episode 312: Celebrate Failure (Process and Leadership)
Episode 311: Include All Ideas Using "And" (Process and Leadership Tools)
Episode 310: They're All Olympians (Process & Tool)
Episode 309: The Buffaloes That Charged To The Burning Van: WAHBL's (Tools and Reflections)
Episode 308: Reviewing Your Strategic Life Plan (Process Tool & Leadership)
Episode 307: Forces for Change (Tools)
Episode 306: Seven Books for Summer - A Great Summer of PD (Learning & Leadership)
Episode 305: Do you EnJOY? (Reflection and Process)
Episode 304: You Want Stronger Readers? (Leadership & Process)
Episode 303: Finish Strong (Leadership and Process)
Episode 302: A Conversation with Neuroscientist Dr. Jared Horvath: Emotions, Reading, Parenting, AI & More! (Reflection & Leadership)
Episode 301: Leadership AND Followership (Reflection)
Episode 300: Celebration of 300 “You Should Absorb The Nudge” (Reflection)
Episode 299: The Real Narrative: "Our Story" (Reflection & Tool)
Episode 298: Your Individual Advocacy Plan (IAP) (Leadership & Process)
Episode 297: “Stop Being Afraid of Being Afraid” A Conversation with Greg Harden (Leadership & Reflection)
Episode 296: Empathy Diminishes Fear: The Appendix Episode (Reflection and Leadership)
Episode 295: Conversations with Outcomes- An Discussion with Author Craig Weber
Episode 294: Six Books For Spring! (Learning & Growing)
Episode 293: Let's Talk About Strengths! A conversation with Tim Hodges (Reflection and Tools)
Episode 292: The Advantage of a Short Attention Span (Tool & Reflection)
Episode 291: Generational Diversity: A Conversation with Author Tim Elmore
Episode 290: Take a Walk: The Power of Organizational Field Trips (Process and Tool)
Episode 289: It’s Halftime! Let’s Create Some Energy for the School Year!!! (Process & Reflection)
Episode 288: 2024- The Year of Generosity (Reflection and Process)
Episode 287: Two Future Educators and Their Dad (Reflection)
Episode 286: Hope: Because It All Works Out (Reflection and Process)
Episode 285: Are you Coachable? (Leadership & Reflection)
Episode 284: The Neuroscience of Thanks (Reflection and Tool)
Episode 283: Managing “The Kids.” Reflections for Parents and Teachers (Tactics)
Episode 282: Take Note: The power of the note! (Reflection and Tactics)
Episode 281: What is your brand and are you a great teammate? (Reflection and Tactics)
Episode 280: Unspoken Expectations Can Never Be Met (Process and Leadership)
Episode 279: Five Books For Fall 2023 (Leadership)
Episode 278: Leaders Are The Biggest Fan (Reflection)
Episode 277: Parenting 101: Reflections (Wisdom)