{"podcast":{"title":"Building a Culture of Collaboration","slug":"building-a-culture-of-collaboration-6015835","podcast_index_feed_id":6015835,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/building-a-culture-of-collaboration-d75e6b68-8661-465c-8f60-84e12d3f820d","website_url":"https://bcc.bepodcast.network","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/j4yEk3JDYsWcpJaZBJR5fc-_VnyLEOT1oKO-Tbrtwps/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8xYjk2/NTkxZGFiNjIxOTU0/NGZiMTAwOGFjNmI5/ZjUyMy5wbmc.jpg","author":"Jigsaw Learning","episode_count":160,"summary":"Are you an educational leader or administrator searching for actionable strategies to build effective teams? In the Building a Culture of Collaboration podcast, Jigsaw Learning co-founders Kurtis and Lorna Hewson provide simple, purposeful tips to help you tackle meeting frustration, disengagement, and unproductive teamwork. This is your essential resource for advancing school improvement and collective efficacy. You will find practical ideas for mastering effective meetings, where you learn the structures, roles, and agendas required to ensure your team meetings (PLCs, staff, student support) are focused and drive action. You'll discover how to shift your organization's mindset from isolated practice to powerful, shared responsibility for ALL students—this is key to teamwork and collaboration. Finally, you'll gain the leadership strategies needed to intentionally build a robust and sustainable culture that maximizes collective capacity and student success. We also talk with thought leaders outside of education, to grow our understanding of effective collaboration and teamwork. Subscribe today to master the art of intentional collaboration and take your leadership to the next leve…","last_synced_at":"2026-06-11T16:19:41.508185+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/building-a-culture-of-collaboration-6015835"},"episode":{"title":"How Self-Care Sustains Collaborative Cultures with Barb Flowers - Ep 96","slug":"how-self-care-sustains-collaborative-cultures-with-barb-flowers-ep-96","published_at":"2026-06-09T06:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/building-a-culture-of-collaboration-6015835/how-self-care-sustains-collaborative-cultures-with-barb-flowers-ep-96","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/building-a-culture-of-collaboration-6015835","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/87a464e2","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/87a464e2/8a5729f4.mp3","summary":"Access a workshop guide to help your team unpack their norms and help them have a greater impact on your collaborative efforts - https://bit.ly/jlnorms 10 Considerations To Transform Your Team Meetings Access a FREE webinar to transform how you plan and facilitate effective team meetings - https://bit.ly/transformteams In this replay episode of Building a Culture of Collaboration, Lorna and Kurtis and joined by Barb Flowers, an educator turned coach and host of The Principal’s Handbook podcast and The Teacher Burnout podcast. In the episode, we explore Barb’s insights into the connection between self-care, resilience, and building collaborative school cultures. We’ll also dive into her journey from school leadership to supporting educators through her coaching practice. Learn more about Barb at BarbFlowersCoaching.com --------- Connect with Barb Flowers Email barb@barbflowerscoaching.com Facebook https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090309256560 LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/barb-flowers-ph-d-0172812b1/ Connect with Kurtis Hewson Email kurtis.hewson@jigsawlearning.ca Twitter @hewsonk27 LinkedIn https://ca.linkedin.com/in/kurtishewson Connect with Lorna Hewson Email lorna.hewson@jigsawlearning.ca Twitter @LornaHewson Linked In https://www.linkedin.com/in/lorna-hewson-713a59104 --------- Learn more about Collaborative Response https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tbgetTdAiA&t=0s Access the FREE Overview of Collaborative Response Article https://bit.ly/CR-overview Explore the book Collaborative Response by downloading the introduction for FREE https://bit.ly/CR-intro - if interested in ordering the book, use the code JLPodcast10 to receive 10% off! 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