Friday, October 6th, 2023 | Rugby school, UK
Resonance in Education
Amplifying the Magic of Humanity in the AI Era
Join the dialogue: Humanity+AI
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Humans thrive in supportive and collaborative learning environments focused on the whole person. This conference will enhance the traditional model of expert speakers and panelist discussions, with facilitated group conversations woven into the day. Time for deep reflection and skill development will incite action. You will leave with new ideas and next steps inspired by realisations crafted in partnership with other attendees. Expect this event to be informative, engaging and empowering.
How can we sustain schools as places of belonging, partnership and transformation in the face of exponential change?
If machines are planning lessons, designing resources, marking and giving personalised feedback, what are you doing? What do your students need? What now, are the most important skills? The conference seeks to answer these questions in collaboration through a series of talks, workshops and panels.
What’s the 'Whole Point’?
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Reveal the profound impact and potential of AI: understanding its present and future implications.
Cultivate core skills to optimise the benefits of our inherent humanness.
Reignite our personal love for teaching while emphasising the joy of learning for students.
Investigate the existing condition of education, mental health and well-being.
Restore a sense of human connection through genuine interactions and replenish our emotional and professional resources.
Agenda for the day
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Morning
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Join us to meet one another and get setteled
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Why are we here?
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Time to connect between workshops.
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Coaching for Humanity
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Track A: Laura Knight & Ilia Kurgansky, The Magic Box
Track B: Fay Skevington (DfE), Exploring the enabling conditions to empower teachers in the age of AI
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Time to connect between workshops.
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Track C: Rachel McGill, Confidence in Uncertainty
Track D: Jon Pitts, Amplifying Human Performance in the AI Era
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Afternoon
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How Might we Amplify Humanity in the AI Era?
Fay Skevington(DFE)
Anthony Seldon (Head)
Jon Pitts (Neuroscience/Performance)
Lucy Moorehead (Teacher)
Rohin Aggarwal (Governor/Ed Tech)
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Time to connect between workshops.
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Agency & Change: Embracing New Tools to Challenge Old
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Discuss what you’ve learned in groups.
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Spend additional time building connections and learning from one another.
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Real Skills for Real People
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Explore your next steps.
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A huge thank you from all of us.
Our Contributors
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Sir Anthony Seldon
SPEAKER
Sir Anthony Francis Seldon is a British educator and contemporary historian. As an author, he is known in part for his political biographies of consecutive British Prime Ministers, Margaret Thatcher, John Major, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, David Cameron, Theresa May and Boris Johnson. He was the 13th master (headmaster) of Wellington College, one of Britain's co-educational independent boarding schools. He was vice-chancellor of the University of Buckingham from 2015 to 2020,when he was succeeded by James Tooley. In 2009, he set up The Wellington Academy, the first state school to carry the name of its founding independent school. Before that, he was head of Brighton College. He is now the Head of Epsom College.
Professor Eddie Obeng
SPEAKER
Eddie Obeng is a British organisational theorist, educator, and author, who serves as a professor at Henley Business School and Hult International Business School's Ashridge Executive Education. Obeng founded Pentacle (The Virtual Business School) and serves as its executive director. Obeng has been described variously as "a leading revolutionary" and "an agent provocateur" by the Financial Times, and by Abbey National as their "secret weapon". Watch his TED Talk.
Jenny Anderson
SPEAKER
Jenny, an award-winning journalist and author with 20 years of experience, has been a valuable member of renowned media outlets such as the New York Times and Quartz. Her expertise lies in the realm of learning, encompassing the exploration of what humans need to know, how they acquire information, and the evolving landscape shaped by challenges like climate change, increasing inequality, deep polarization, information overload, and the rapid advancements of artificial intelligence. Jenny's passion for inquiry fuels her ability to pose thought-provoking questions, her adeptness at active listening, and her wealth of insightful opinions.
Seth Godin
appearing via satellite
Seth is the author of 21 books that have been bestsellers around the world and have been translated into more than 35 languages. He writes about the post-industrial revolution, the way ideas spread, marketing, quitting, leadership and most of all, changing everything. You might be familiar with his books Linchpin, Tribes, The Dip and Purple Cow. His book, This Is Marketing, was an instant bestseller around the world. Recently, he organized the all-volunteer community project, The Carbon Almanac. In 2023, he wrote, The Song of Significance, which is already a bestseller.
In addition to his writing and speaking, Seth has founded several companies, including Yoyodyne and Squidoo. His blog (which you can find by typing “seth” into Google) is one of the most popular in the world. His podcast is in the top 1% of all podcasts worldwide. In 2018, he was inducted into the Marketing Hall of Fame. More than 40,000 people have taken the powerful Akimbo workshops he founded, including the altMBA and The Marketing Seminar.
Laura Knight
MC and SPEAKER
Laura is Director of Digital Learning at Berkhamsted School, U.K. She has been working as a teacher for twenty years and is responsible for leading the strategic development of technology for teaching and learning, staff training in digital skills, and online safeguarding. Laura is a disruptive thinker, keynote speaker, coach, and consultant, and is passionate about creative problem-solving. She supports leaders and teachers with exploring the art of the possible, and leverages technology to improve outcomes, systems, and teams, She also has a keen interest in policy, governance, and regulation.
Laura works with the Independent Schools Council Digital Advisory Group, and is a founding member of the Bourne – Epsom Protocol; a national cross-sector working group on AI in education. She has also recently worked as an expert advisor to international governments on educational policy, and supports the ISA and ISBA with training and digital expertise.
Lauren Elizabeth Clare
SPEAKER
Lauren is a Co-founder and lead facilitator of Regen Collective, an educator, Theory U practitioner, and a u.lab hub host for the Presencing Institute. Lauren studied holistic education, holistic land management, and lived in an old growth forest for many years. She has a deep interest in eco-wisdom for articulating and cultivating the shift towards the participatory paradigm. With a foundation in the performing arts, Lauren enjoys cultivating dynamic teams and participatory learning experiences.
Rachel McGill
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Rachel has over 30 years’ leadership development experience and specialises in the development of resilience in leaders and the tools they need to succeed. As Co-founder of Resilient Leaders Elements her ambition is to make worldclass Resilient Leadership Development available to all, irrespective of their role, level or sector. Using their online Resilient leaders Development Programme (RLDPÔ) they are developing the generation of Resilient Leaders needed to navigate through financial strife, global crises and increasingly high degrees of uncertainty.
Rachel is no stranger to the importance of resilience, frequently challenging he norm achieving success in different domains. In addition to developing RLE™, highlights of Rachel’s career include becoming the youngest captain in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps at 23 and being part of the 3-woman team that broke the world record for the fastest circumnavigation of the globe in a car.
Ilia Kurgansky
SPEAKER
Ilia Kurgansky is the Director of EdTech at Rugby School and he also leads the academic development of Rugby School Online. He has spent most of his career so far as the head of successful and rapidly growing Computer Science faculties at world-renowned independent schools. Ilia is a passionate and thoughtful educator, and an inventive problem solver. He firmly believes that the necessary step to innovation involves freeing teachers to imagine and experiment, so he dedicates a lot of his time supporting colleagues and developing improvements to their workflow. Ilia has an MSci in Theoretical Physics from Imperial College London, and a PGCE from Buckingham University.
Jon Pitts
SPEAKER
Jon Pitts is the founder of IHP Analytics Ltd, a company fusing human science advisory with F1 data technology to optimise the future of work. With over 25 years experience of human performance in elite sport, military and corporate settings, including Red Bull F1, England cricket and 5 Olympic cycles with Team GB, Australia and Sweden, Jon has extensive expertise is understanding, quantifying and enhancing human behaviours and achieving high performance outcomes
Rohin Aggarwal
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Rohin is an Edtech and strategy advisor to a variety of global education and assessment firms. His work focuses on strategies for revenue growth and new product development, most recently in the area of Generative AI. He also sits on the advisory board of Autogen AI, one of Europe’s fastest growing Generative AI firms. Rohin holds a degree in Economics from the University of Cambridge and an MBA from INSEAD.
Iain Henderson
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Iain is Director of The Bridge at Wellington College, and Co-Director of the Festivals of Education around the world. The Bridge is Wellington’s new outward-facing centre for Teaching, Learning, Research and Professional Development. He has recently been Deputy Head (Educational Developments and Partnerships) and has taught in both state and independent sectors in the UK. He has also been a Biology teacher; a Head of Year; a Boarding Housemaster and Assistant Head. He set up the golf programme at Wellington and built an enviable reputation as the leading school in the UK. He works with all of the schools in the Wellington Family to embed the essential Wellington DNA, ethos or culture, sensitively in each new context. He is a CTI-trained coach and has introduced and grown a coaching culture at Wellington. He has now trained over 500 teachers there and at other schools to become coaches. He is also a governor of Wellington College International School Bangkok.
McKenzie Cerri
SPEAKER
McKenzie Cerri is a co-founder of Graydin, an organisation working to revolutionise the ways we support, empower and connect with our next generations through coaching skills. Together with more than 250 schools and thousands of educators world-wide, Graydin has been at the forefront of the coaching movement in education since 2011.
McKenzie has over 20 years of experience in coaching and teacher training, having delivered hundreds of coaching workshops and courses to thousands of educators. She is a Co-active Coach, a Certificated Practitioner of NLP, and a Mytho Facilitator. Prior to Graydin, she worked as a youth coach within the public sector and partnered closely with Maudsley Hospital eating disorder unit to bring a coaching approach to carer support.
Hosted by Rugby x Graydin
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Imagine a school where every person is the best version of themselves. That’s the united vision Rugby School and Graydin hold. Our partnership began in 2014 when Graydin worked with Rugby to embed a coaching culture. Nearly a decade later, our aligned values pave the way for this landmark conference.
Get involved
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We have a remarkable group of speakers, panelists and facilitators who will be sharing their gifts and expertise on the day. If you are interested in getting involved, reach out.
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This is going to be a day to pause, reflect and rethink how you do what you do.