Game Changers

The Game Changers podcast celebrates true pioneers who inspire us to take the big step forward and up in education and beyond. In episode 206 (Part 3) of Game Changers, Phil Cummins joins in conversation with Dr Michael Stepniak for a holiday special! Dr Michael Stepniak is an Australian scholar, musician, and academic leader who returned home in 2025 after four decades abroad. He now serves as th...

The Game Changers podcast celebrates true pioneers who inspire us to take the big step forward and up in education and beyond. In episode 206 (Part 2) of Game Changers, Phil Cummins joins in conversation with Dr Michael Stepniak! Dr Michael Stepniak is an Australian scholar, musician, and academic leader who returned home in 2025 after four decades abroad. He now serves as the ninth Master and Hea...

The Game Changers podcast celebrates true pioneers who inspire us to take the big step forward and up in education and beyond. In episode 206 (Part 1) of Game Changers, Phil Cummins joins in conversation with Dr Michael Stepniak! Dr Michael Stepniak is an Australian scholar, musician, and academic leader who returned home in 2025 after four decades abroad. He now serves as the ninth Master and Hea...

The Game Changers podcast celebrates true pioneers who inspire us to take the big step forward and up in education and beyond. In episode 205 (Part 3) of Game Changers, Phil Cummins joins in conversation with Dr Donnie Adams! Dr Donnie Adams is based at the Faculty of Education, University of Melbourne, Australia. He obtained his Ph. D. in Educational Leadership from University of Malaya under the...

The Game Changers podcast celebrates true pioneers who inspire us to take the big step forward and up in education and beyond. In episode 205 (Part 2) of Game Changers, Phil Cummins joins in conversation with Dr Donnie Adams! Dr Donnie Adams is based at the Faculty of Education, University of Melbourne, Australia. He obtained his Ph. D. in Educational Leadership from University of Malaya under the...

The Game Changers podcast celebrates true pioneers who inspire us to take the big step forward and up in education and beyond. In episode 205 (Part 1) of Game Changers, Phil Cummins joins in conversation with Dr Donnie Adams! Dr Donnie Adams is based at the Faculty of Education, University of Melbourne, Australia. He obtained his Ph. D. in Educational Leadership from University of Malaya under the...

The Game Changers podcast celebrates true pioneers who inspire us to take the big step forward and up in education and beyond. In episode 204 (Part 3) of Game Changers, Phil Cummins joins in conversation with Dr Ellen Heyting! Ellen is a passionate and experienced educator, researcher, and facilitator who works at Melbourne Metrics within the Faculty of Education at The University of Melbourne. Sh...

The Game Changers podcast celebrates true pioneers who inspire us to take the big step forward and up in education and beyond. In episode 204 (Part 2) of Game Changers, Phil Cummins joins in conversation with Dr Ellen Heyting! Ellen is a passionate and experienced educator, researcher, and facilitator who works at Melbourne Metrics within the Faculty of Education at The University of Melbourne. Sh...

The Game Changers podcast celebrates true pioneers who inspire us to take the big step forward and up in education and beyond. In episode 204 (Part 1) of Game Changers, Phil Cummins joins in conversation with Dr Ellen Heyting! Ellen is a passionate and experienced educator, researcher, and facilitator who works at Melbourne Metrics within the Faculty of Education at The University of Melbourne. Sh...

The Game Changers podcast celebrates true pioneers who inspire us to take the big step forward and up in education and beyond. In episode 203 (Part 3) of Game Changers, Phil Cummins joins in conversation with Dr Adam Fraser! Dr Adam Fraser has a PhD in Biomedical Science and is the author of the bestselling books, “The Third Space” and “Strive”. He is the director of the e-lab, a research company...

The Game Changers podcast celebrates true pioneers who inspire us to take the big step forward and up in education and beyond. In episode 203 (Part 2) of Game Changers, Phil Cummins joins in conversation with Dr Adam Fraser! Dr Adam Fraser has a PhD in Biomedical Science and is the author of the bestselling books, “The Third Space” and “Strive”. He is the director of the e-lab, a research company...

The Game Changers podcast celebrates true pioneers who inspire us to take the big step forward and up in education and beyond. In episode 203 (Part 1) of Game Changers, Phil Cummins joins in conversation with Dr Adam Fraser! Dr Adam Fraser has a PhD in Biomedical Science and is the author of the bestselling books, “The Third Space” and “Strive”. He is the director of the e-lab, a research company...

The Game Changers podcast celebrates true pioneers who inspire us to take the big step forward and up in education and beyond. In this, the Prologue of Series Eighteen, your host Professor Phil Cummins, sets up the provocation for the theme of the new season: The Character of Success. Phil identifies the questions that intrigue him about what it means to live a good life, one that's both worthwhil...

The Game Changers podcast celebrates those true pioneers in education who are building schools for tomorrow. In this teaser of Series Eighteen of the Game Changers podcast, your host, Professor Phil Cummins, gives a sneak peek at what’s coming up in the new season. The Game Changers podcast is produced by Evan Phillips supported by a School for tomorrow (aschoolfortomorrow.com), and powered by CIR...

In October 2024, Dr Phil Cummins was awarded a National Fellowship by the Australian Council for Educational Leaders at their Annual Conference. As part of this, Phil recorded a conversation as a guest of Michael Murphy which focused significantly on the work of character education. In this first episode of a two-part collaboration with the very talented and creative Michael, Phil talks about his...

The first part of our collaboration with the brilliant Australian educator and broadcaster, Michael Murphy (recorded in July-August 2025) is the first episode of Michael’s inspiring new podcast series “Dear Stardust”. Professor Phil Cummins was invited to write and read a letter to “Stardust”, sharing his hopes, dreams and concerns for the future. Phil then chats with Michael about the poem he wro...

The Game Changers podcast celebrates those true pioneers in education who are building schools for tomorrow. In this final episode of the seventeen series of the Game Changers podcast, your host, Professor Philip Cummins, explores the series theme, the nature and consequences of enterprise - both as an entity and as a way of being, becoming and leading and wraps up the series that's been. The Game...

The Game Changers podcast celebrates those true pioneers in education who are building schools for tomorrow. In episode 200 (Part 3) of Game Changers, Phil Cummins joins in conversation with Andrew Donnelly & Neil Wolstenholme! Andrew Donnelly has worked in the education sector since 2008 and is driven by a deep passion for transforming how we prepare young people for life beyond the classroom. Co...

The Game Changers podcast celebrates those true pioneers in education who are building schools for tomorrow. In episode 200 (Part 2) of Game Changers, Phil Cummins joins in conversation with Andrew Donnelly & Neil Wolstenholme! Andrew Donnelly has worked in the education sector since 2008 and is driven by a deep passion for transforming how we prepare young people for life beyond the classroom. Co...

The Game Changers podcast celebrates those true pioneers in education who are building schools for tomorrow. In episode 200 (Part 1) of Game Changers, Phil Cummins joins in conversation with Andrew Donnelly & Neil Wolstenholme! Andrew Donnelly has worked in the education sector since 2008 and is driven by a deep passion for transforming how we prepare young people for life beyond the classroom. Co...

The Game Changers podcast celebrates those true pioneers in education who are building schools for tomorrow. In episode 199 (Part 3) of Game Changers, Phil Cummins joins in conversation with Martin Westwell! Martin was appointed Chief Executive of the Department for Education in April 2022, following a successful 4 years as Chief Executive of the SACE Board. Martin has worked extensively with educ...

The Game Changers podcast celebrates those true pioneers in education who are building schools for tomorrow. In episode 199 (Part 2) of Game Changers, Phil Cummins joins in conversation with Martin Westwell! Martin was appointed Chief Executive of the Department for Education in April 2022, following a successful 4 years as Chief Executive of the SACE Board. Martin has worked extensively with educ...

The Game Changers podcast celebrates those true pioneers in education who are building schools for tomorrow. In episode 199 (Part 1) of Game Changers, Phil Cummins joins in conversation with Martin Westwell! Martin was appointed Chief Executive of the Department for Education in April 2022, following a successful 4 years as Chief Executive of the SACE Board. Martin has worked extensively with educ...

The Game Changers podcast celebrates those true pioneers in education who are building schools for tomorrow. In episode 198 (Part 3) of Game Changers, Phil Cummins joins in conversation with Liz Jackson! Liz Jackson is a bold and visionary leader in education, unafraid to challenge the status quo to create meaningful change. With a career spanning K-12 education, government, and the not-for-profit...

The Game Changers podcast celebrates those true pioneers in education who are building schools for tomorrow. In episode 198 (Part 2) of Game Changers, Phil Cummins joins in conversation with Liz Jackson! Liz Jackson is a bold and visionary leader in education, unafraid to challenge the status quo to create meaningful change. With a career spanning K-12 education, government, and the not-for-profit...