Simon Breakspear, PhD

Field-tested tools. Zero jargon. Maximum impact.
Elevated Conversations gives educators a ready-to-use toolkit to lead better professional conversations.
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Every school leader faces too much to do & too little time. The Agile School Leadership program helps you focus on what matters most. Cohort starts 10 Feb 2026.
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Why you should prune before you plan Before adding anything to next year’s plan, do this instead.

🌿 Before you plan, prune.
Annual plans often collapse under the weight of “just one more initiative.”
Start by subtracting → create clarity, focus & space for genuine improvement.
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Heading to Alberta this October in partnership with The Alberta Professional Learning Consortium for The Pruning Principle 🍁

📍 Edmonton | Mon 20 Oct
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📍 Calgary | Wed 22 Oct
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Explore how strategic subtraction can simplify, focus & sustain improvement.

Stop using AI for learning this way: The downside of cognitive offloading

📣 We need to talk about cognitive offloading & the risks of using AI in teaching & learning.

In this keynote clip, I unpack the dangers of ‘cognitive escalators’ & why we must distinguish between productivity and pedagogical uses of AI.

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Practical. Clear. Ready to use. That’s what Elevated Conversations is all about.
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AI in Education Podcast: Simon Breakspear on AI - Slow Down: AI, Learning, and the Cognitive Escalator In this weeks podcast Dan and Ray have a conversation about education with Dr Simon Breakspear.    Simon is a globally respected expert in educational leadership and innovation, known for his…

GenAI boosts productivity — but outsourcing core elements of learning is risky. I unpack the dangers & opportunities on the AI in Education Podcast.

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⭐ Gain greater clarity, confidence & momentum for you and your leadership team in your school improvement work for 2026. Join me online for my flagship program - Agile School Leadership. We kick off in Feb.

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Transform everyday meetings into meaningful dialogue.
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AI in Education Podcast: Simon Breakspear on AI - Slow Down: AI, Learning, and the Cognitive Escalator In this weeks podcast Dan and Ray have a conversation about education with Dr Simon Breakspear.    Simon is a globally respected expert in educational leadership and innovation, known for his…

GenAI boosts productivity — but outsourcing core elements of learning is risky. I unpack the dangers & opportunities on the AI in Education Podcast.

Listen here 🎧 buff.ly/GikcHf9

@rayfleming.bsky.social @dan-bowen.bsky.social #AIinEducation #EdTech

Every school leader faces too much to do & too little time. The Agile School Leadership program helps you focus on what matters most. Cohort starts 10 Feb 2026.

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Excited to be in Alberta this October with The Alberta Professional Learning Consortium for two in-person workshops on The Pruning Principle 🍁 Register now!

📍 Edmonton | Mon 20 Oct 2025
📍 Calgary | Wed 22 Oct 2025

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Collaboration isn’t just about meeting - it’s about how we meet. Grateful for Tom Sherrington’s words on Elevated Conversations.
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Delighted to see so many educators picking up Elevated Conversations! 📘

Grateful for the support & excited to see how it’s helping lift collaboration from routine → transformational.

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A simple tool. A better conversation.
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📅 Mark your calendars: 10 Feb 2026. That’s when our next Agile School Leadership cohort begins. Registrations now open!
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Honoured to have John Hattie share his reflections on Elevated Conversations.
A book to move meetings from mundane → transformational.
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📢 Registrations are LIVE for our next Agile School Leadership cohort. A 12-week digital program for school leaders serious about impact. Starts 10 Feb 2026.
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Tired of team meetings that go nowhere? Elevated Conversations is a new toolkit to help educators lead sharper, more energising collaboration - without the prep overload.
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Purposeful. Energising. Impactful. That’s what collaborative time should feel like.
Elevated Conversations — my new book — is now available worldwide.
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Every leader knows the pain of wasted meeting time. Elevated Conversations gives you the frameworks to turn that time into progress. Worldwide release just dropped 🌎
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📘 Excited to share that Elevated Conversations is now available worldwide!
A practical toolkit for leaders who want to turn meetings into purposeful, energising discussions.
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🎉 Elevated Conversations is now out!

A practical book for educators to lead sharper, more energising professional dialogue - without the prep overload.

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🌍 Elevated Conversations is now available worldwide!

Discover practical tools to turn any team meeting into focused, energising collaboration that drives real improvement.

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Every ‘yes’ is also a hidden ‘no’ Leaders often mistakenly believe they can do it all. However, every ‘yes’ we commit to implicitly means saying ‘no’ to something else.

Every ‘Yes’ is also a ‘No’.

Leaders who forget this end up overloaded & spread too thin.

This week’s newsletter:
✅ Spot hidden trade-offs
✅ Focus on high-impact work
✅ Prune the rest

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🚀 It’s here! Elevated Conversations is now available on Amazon Australia.

Packed with field-tested tools, it’s your practical guide to transforming team meetings from weary talk into energising, purposeful collaboration.

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“We have meeting time… but it rarely feels productive.” If that sounds familiar, my new book Elevated Conversations is for you.
Practical tools. Ready-to-use templates. Better team dialogue.
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This book was built to solve one problem: How can we make limited collaboration time more powerful and less draining?
Elevated Conversations is a practical playbook to help teams go from ‘weary talk’ to real progress.
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📆 Starts 12 August – and places are nearly gone! The People Leader Program is your chance to build real leadership capability:
🔸 Communicate clearly
🔸 Build trust & safety
🔸 Give feedback that drives improvement
It’s short. It’s online. And it’s nearly full.
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