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The Smart Thinking Podcast — 100 episodes

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Episode 393: Interview: Jonathan Reynolds – Talent Man & Author

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Episode 392: Be Coachable (Leadership & Process)

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Episode 391: Pumpkin Spice Reads for Fall: 6 Books for All of Us (Leadership)

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Episode 390: A discussion with an Australian principal about Australia's social media and cell phone laws in schools

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Episode 389: Your Greatest Hits (Reflection)

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Episode 388: What is your purpose statement? (Leadership & Reflection)

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Episode 387: The Digital Delusion - A Conversation with Jared Horvath - Neuroscientist and Author (Updated)

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Episode 386: Reminders for New and Experienced Teachers & Student Teachers

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Season 9: Episode 385: Start the year with the RIDE Principle

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Episode 384: Go To your Storm – The Book (Leadership & Resource)

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Episode 383: True Collaboration (Process & Leadership)

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Episode 382: For the Educators (Strategy)

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Episode 381: Your Improvement: Books for Summer & Life

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Episode 380: Generationally Diverse Teams (Leadership and Game)

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Episode 379: A Conversation with a Mental Strength Expert and Author: Amy Morin

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Episode 378: Campfire Conversations Elevate: A Process to End the School Year or Journey

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Episode 377: Engagement and Strengths - A Conversation with Emily Lorenz and Tim Hodges (Leadership)

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Episode 376: A Needed Conversation (Leadership)

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Episode 375: The Danger of Assumptions in Your Culture: The WHAT Principle

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Episode 374: Normalize Positivity (Leadership & Process)

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Episode 373: Books for Break (Leadership)

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Episode 372: Lead Like A Meteorologist – Change Management (Leadership & Process)

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Episode 371: Coach Yourself and Others!!! (Leadership & Best Practices)

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Episode 371: Coach Yourself and the Others! (Leadership & Best Practices))

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Episode 370: A Conversation with a Conversation Expert: Craig Weber (Leadership & Tactics)

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Episode 369: Reflect and Project (Reflection & Leadership)

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Episode 368: The Trust Gap: Why Are Your Students/Teams Holding Back? (Leadership Strategy)

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Episode 367: Questions from Parents (Strategy and Reflection)

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Episode 366: Technology & Learning Don't Mix Very Well: A Conversation with Neuroscientist/Author Jared Horvath

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Episode 365: Positive Reinforcement: The Cure All (Tactics & Leadership)

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Episode 364: Truly Resolved: Tactics for a New Year and Well-Being (Tactics)

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Episode 363: Remembering the purpose of kindergarten. (Leadership & Strategies)

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Episode 362: The Gift of Well-being! Using the SCARF model. (Leadership & Tactic)

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Episode 361: Parent’s Pay Attention (Leadership and Strategy)

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Episode 360: Life on the Upbeat: A Conversation with Dr. Matthew Arau (Leadership)

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Episode 359: Dedication to Gratitude (Process and leadership

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Episode 358: The Future Begins With Z: A Conversation with Author Dr. Tim Elmore

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Episode 357: C2S: From Complaint to Solution (Leadership & Mindset)

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Episode 356: Let’s Get Engaged (Leadership & Process)

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Episode 355: Readers are Leaders: Books for Fall 2025

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Episode 354: Beyond the Label: A Conversation with Author and Leader Rainey Briggs

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Episode 353: Organizational Minefields (Leadership and Tool)

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Episode 352: Positivity is a Habit - A Conversation with Author Aaron Sadoff

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Episode 351: See It To Believe It! (Process)

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Episode 350: Reflect Like A Leader (Reflection, Process and Surprise!)

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Episode 349: The Story In Your Head: A conversation with Bob Vajgrt: Architect, Pilot & Author

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Episode 348: There Is No Scorecard in Leadership (Leadership & Process)

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Episode: 347 Prepare The Start Like A Hiker (Leadership and Process)

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Episode 346: Vacation: Take Me Away. (Reflection, Books, and Mindset)

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Episode 345: Pause and Applause (Reflection and Engagement Tactic)

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Episode 344: Learning Begins In Summer! (Leadership, Parent Strategies and Reflection)

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Episode 343: A Conversation with Urs Koenig (Author: Radical Humility)

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Episode 342: End With Predictability (Leadership & Process)

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Episode 341: A Graduate's Gift: Empathy and Predictability

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Episode 340: Recognition Month (Leadership & Process)

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Episode 339: Genius, AI, and Challenging 4kr’s: A Conversation with Neuroscientist Jared Horvath (Reflection)

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Episode 338: We Need To Talk: Online Gambling (Leadership and Reflection)

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Episode 337: Optimism Needs Energy (Reflection & Leadership)

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Episode 336: Books to Grow Your Leadership and Life (Learning)

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Episode 335: Please Stay (Tool and Leadership)

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Episode 334: Unspoken Expectations (Process & Leadership)

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Episode 333: We Need To Talk To Our Kids About Uncomfortable Stuff: Sextortion (Process & Worry)

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Episode 332: HR in the 20's (Reflection & Process)

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Episode 331: Colleagues to the RESCUE (Leadership & Process)

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Episode 330: Using a Tabletop to Plan

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Episode 329: I Was Inspired To Write A Book: A Discussion with Ted (author) and Allison (Illustrator).

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Episode 328: Midway Energy – BINGO (Process & Leadership)

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Episode 327: Reading in the Context of Your Life - Five Books To Read

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Episode 326: Resolution by Committee (Process & Leadership)

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Episode 324: Overthinkers of the World Unite. A conversation with Meredith Arthur author of Get Out Of My Head (Tools & Reflections)

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Episode 323: A Carol for Reflecting (Leadership & Process)

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Episode 322: A Conversation about Recognition, Strengths, and Engagement with Dr. Emily Lorenz and Dr. Tim Hodges

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Episode 321: Thank you For The Advice (Reflection and Tool)

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Episode 320: I Found Us Some AMAZING AI! (Tool & Reflection)

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Episode 319: Your team. Your choice. (Leadership & Tool)

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Episode 318: What to do about a stubborn buffalo? (Leadership & Process)

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Episode 317: There Is No Score: 0-0 Mindset (Leadership & Reflection)

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Episode 316: Recess is a Right (Leadership & Policy)

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Episode 315: Two Studies, Four Books and Two Records for Fall (Resources)

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Episode 314: Empower the Parents (Process and Leadership)

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Episode 313: Be a Sage with IMPACT (Process and Leadership)

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Episode 312: Celebrate Failure (Process and Leadership)

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Episode 311: Include All Ideas Using "And" (Process and Leadership Tools)

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Episode 310: They're All Olympians (Process & Tool)

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Episode 309: The Buffaloes That Charged To The Burning Van: WAHBL's (Tools and Reflections)

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Episode 308: Reviewing Your Strategic Life Plan (Process Tool & Leadership)

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Episode 307: Forces for Change (Tools)

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Episode 306: Seven Books for Summer - A Great Summer of PD (Learning & Leadership)

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Episode 305: Do you EnJOY? (Reflection and Process)

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Episode 304: You Want Stronger Readers? (Leadership & Process)

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Episode 303: Finish Strong (Leadership and Process)

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Episode 302: A Conversation with Neuroscientist Dr. Jared Horvath: Emotions, Reading, Parenting, AI & More! (Reflection & Leadership)

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Episode 301: Leadership AND Followership (Reflection)

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Episode 300: Celebration of 300 “You Should Absorb The Nudge” (Reflection)

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Episode 299: The Real Narrative: "Our Story" (Reflection & Tool)

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Episode 298: Your Individual Advocacy Plan (IAP) (Leadership & Process)

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Episode 297: “Stop Being Afraid of Being Afraid” A Conversation with Greg Harden (Leadership & Reflection)

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Episode 296: Empathy Diminishes Fear: The Appendix Episode (Reflection and Leadership)

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Episode 295: Conversations with Outcomes- An Discussion with Author Craig Weber

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Episode 294: Six Books For Spring! (Learning & Growing)