#18 "Instinct is born out of experience" - Richard Gerver - award-winning speaker, bestselling author and world-renowned thinker.

Very honoured to have Richard Gerver talking about his experience of taking a failing school and leading it to winning a Unesco education award. Show notes below.

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You can also check out the video version of this podcast here: https://youtu.be/KWiznL34y5E

Show notes:
01:15 - Richard Introuces himself
08:15 - turning around a failing school (The Grange - Long Eaton, Derbyshire, UK) - intro
15:15 - Where did the 'wisdom' come from to solve the challenge?
21:25 - How do you plan to solve the challenge of a failing school?
28:28 - How to motivate learning?
34:45 - Elite sports - progress from childhood, how do kids who have never failed survive?
38:20 - How COVID might have a positive effect?
41:30 - Avoiding traps in parenting
44:40 - Changes in Coaching in Elite Sport - problem solving
48:30 - Richard's details and invite for connecting to him!

Thanks for listening