Tipsy Unicorns

Abigail Twyman

We welcome honored guests to share their stories of oppression and liberation. Our crew of Tipsy Unicorns (emerging social activists) and Thoughtful Kraken (essential technical support) then spend time centering these stories while we learn how to be more effective accomplices in our activism centered around anti-oppression and pro-liberation for all humans.

  1. 02/13/2024

    Leadership in Education - Operant Chamber with Paulie Gloves

    Thank you for listening to the first episode of "The Operant Chamber" during which we talk to Paulie Gloves about Leadership in Education... let us know what you think! "Think like a scientist - behave like a social worker!" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There were plenty of gems dropped throughout... here are a few to pique your interest! 1. Lived experience with bullying. Feelings of being "lesser than" and fostered the development of a "fighting spirit." 2. Lived experiences with leadership - good and bad - blame game - good people - bad behaviors 3. Involved in school turn-around implementation - sustainability an issue - when working with adults need to also apply behavioral science to supporting them in the workplace.  4. There's a significant cost to bad leadership - $20-30K for teacher turnover - emotional responding - need to realign with values - what to do more, less, or differently? 5. Four hats of leadership: (1) Leading - establishing motivation, (2) Training - system of adult education, (3) Coaching - keep behavior going, and (4) Managing - maintenance of systems.  Link to Mystra's Origin Story: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tipsy-unicorns/episodes/TU-S2E1-Mystras-Origin-Story-e15b83s  Link to Book: https://www.amazon.ca/Positional-Authority-Aint-Leadership-Performance-ebook/dp/B0CSZJNKS2  Link to Slides: https://innovativeschoolssummit.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Paul-Gavoni_Positional-Authority-Aint-Leadership.pdf  Link to Article "Fighting Words in ABA?": https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/fighting-words-aba-paul-paulie-gavoni-ed-d-bcba/

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We welcome honored guests to share their stories of oppression and liberation. Our crew of Tipsy Unicorns (emerging social activists) and Thoughtful Kraken (essential technical support) then spend time centering these stories while we learn how to be more effective accomplices in our activism centered around anti-oppression and pro-liberation for all humans.