Strategic Schools - Dr Simon Breakspear

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Ep. 31: Transforming Change into Culture

Season 1 · Episode 31

Sunday, July 20, 2025 • Duration 11:19

In this episode, Simon explores how leaders can embed improvement work so deeply into structures, norms, and culture that it lasts long after they’ve moved on. He shares a mindset shift from leading change to leading a legacy, offering practical cues for making your work durable, sustainable, and adaptable. True impact comes not from being indispensable but from making the work irreversible - able to evolve and thrive without you.

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Ep. 30: Adaptive Persistence

Season 1 · Episode 30

Sunday, June 29, 2025 • Duration 09:10

In this episode, Simon unpacks the vital leadership disposition of adaptive persistence - the ability to stay committed to long-term goals while flexibly adjusting to challenges. Drawing on insights from Professor Viviane Robinson and real-world improvement work, he explores how calm, steady leadership helps teams navigate setbacks without losing direction. It’s not just about grit - it’s about knowing when and how to adapt while keeping the bigger goal in sight.

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Ep. 21: The Additive Trap

Season 1 · Episode 21

Monday, May 12, 2025 • Duration 09:07

Explore the idea of "frenzied stagnation" - the state where educators are busier than ever but making little meaningful progress. In this episode, Simon unpacks the "additive trap" in schools: the relentless habit of doing more without letting anything go. Tune in to reflect on your own context and begin noticing where subtraction might unlock greater clarity, impact, and sustainability in your work.

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Ep. 20: Psychological Safety

Season 1 · Episode 20

Sunday, July 23, 2023 • Duration 05:51

Leading complex improvement requires learning, making mistakes, offering alternative perspectives and asking when we aren’t sure about the next steps. To enable this, we need a safe platform for interpersonal risk-taking. In this episode, Simon hones in on the interpersonal construct of Psychological Safety. He explores its importance to team effectiveness and unpacks simple approaches to enhance it with the people you work with.

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Ep. 19: Team Health

Season 1 · Episode 19

Sunday, July 16, 2023 • Duration 07:07

It’s time to move beyond the notion of heroic educational leadership. Improvement is a team sport, and leaders need to purposefully team the teams they are in. In this episode, Simon shares his concept of Team Health. He explains what it is, why it matters, and how we can all play a role in deliberately enhancing group dynamics and processes.

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Ep. 18: Running Retrospectives

Season 1 · Episode 18

Sunday, July 9, 2023 • Duration 06:25

In this episode, Simon shares one of his favourite tools for helping teams reflect, learn and adapt: The Retrospective. This simple routine involves teams systematically working through a series of questions at the end of an improvement cycle. Simon unpacks the why, what and how of running a retrospective. Great teams make better mistakes in every cycle of work. The retrospective will help you do exactly that.

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Ep. 17: Less

Season 1 · Episode 17

Sunday, July 2, 2023 • Duration 04:22

What if the answer was less? In education, we naturally tend to try to solve problems and improve things by adding additional programs, initiatives and responsibilities. Too often, we overlook subtraction as a strategy for improvement. In this episode, Simon provides some provocative frames to use as a team to explore doing less. In a time of systematic exhaustion, the pursuit of less may be just the strategy we need in order to unlock progress.

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Ep. 16: Building Social Proof

Season 1 · Episode 16

Sunday, June 25, 2023 • Duration 07:00

Building social proof is a crucial step in any school change journey. When individuals see that others within your context have embraced the change and experienced positive outcomes, they are more likely to feel confident and motivated to follow suit. Social proof serves as evidence that the proposed change is feasible and beneficial. In this episode, Simon explores why developing ‘social proof’ can be one of the most powerful ways to gain the support and early buy-in of your staff. He unpacks simple strategies you can use to accelerate your current improvement efforts.

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Ep. 15: The Power of Kanban

Season 1 · Episode 15

Sunday, June 18, 2023 • Duration 08:06

We are looking for ways to better structure and organise our work during long-term improvement projects. The Kanban approach to team rapid action planning can provide enhanced clarity, motivation and transparency about what needs to be done and where things are up to. Simon shares the core components of the Kanban approach and provides guidance on how educational teams can harness the benefits of this simple and effective tool.

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Ep. 14: Working in Cycles

Season 1 · Episode 14

Monday, June 12, 2023 • Duration 06:48

Working in 5-8 week cycles can unlock new progress and momentum. At Strategic Schools, we help teams to get out of yearly implementation plans and into working in shorter, more responsive cycles of implementation work. Simon explains how you can constrain the scope of projects and focus on manageable chunks by being strict from the outside about the time the cycle will run for and the bandwidth available. Working in Responsive Action Cycles is a shift in workflow that every leader should try.

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