Curiosity #70 - Because leadership is personal, not positional.

🎤 Quotable quotes: “Take a step back, think about what it means to be a good person, and do more of that."

— Dr. Doan Winkel

🎧 This Week’s Guest: Dr. Doan Winkel

Dr. Doan Winkel is not your average professor.

He’s the Endowed Chair in Entrepreneurship at John Carroll University, a TEDx speaker, a Substack writer, and a full-time disrupter of “how we’ve always done it.” He’s also the kind of leader who believes curiosity is more important than credentials, and that the best way to teach is to get out of the way.

In this week’s episode, Doan joined Marnie and Nick to talk about how education, leadership, and AI are all colliding... and why that’s a good thing if we’re bold enough to lead it.

🎮 Leadership Rule of the Week

Say no more often.
If it doesn’t align with your values, move you toward your mission, or make you a better human, it’s probably a no. Doan challenges us to be more intentional, more human, and way less afraid to draw our own map.

💡 Other Topics we Loved!

• Why “titleless” leadership might be the most powerful kind

• How college teaches students to wait for permission

• What role AI can play in freeing up teachers’ time

• How tiny acts of courage build real momentum

• Why authenticity is the new authority

• And how doing scary things is a signal that you’re onto something good

📺 Learn More

👤 Follow Doan on LinkedIn
📝 Subscribe to How to Teach with AI
🎧 Catch the episode wherever you get your podcasts

More leadership musings

🍪 Biscuits with the Boss: 

What’s one small step you’ve taken that led to big change?
Maybe it was asking a question. Maybe it was turning in that application. Or maybe it was simply saying “yes” to something scary. Share your moment, and ask your team for theirs. Sometimes the tiniest step is the one that rewrites the whole story.

🌎 This week in Here - There - Every F’ing where 

Speaking of being here, there and everywhere... we are on Medium! If you are an educator, you might want to check it out. We have 3 articles out and about. Here's a link to the first one.

Believe! 

Nick & Marnie