Speakers Profile - Simon Breakspear










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Sydney

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In our fast-moving world the capacity to rapidly learn is the only sustainable competitive advantage. In order to survive and thrive leaders, teams and organisations must rapidly accelerate their capacity to learn, adapt and stay ahead of the curve. We must each individually become more agile. Institutionally, we must reinvent education in order to make learning better, faster and cheaper.

Simon Breakspear is an expert in learning agility and the future of education. He combines fresh insights into the science of learning with global trends in digital learning technologies in order to outline a blueprint for 21st Century learning. As the founder and CEO of LearnLabs, a global learning strategy and design agency, he works with forward thinking leaders across sectors to design and execute innovative education programs. He has worked with and spoken to leaders across Australia, New Zealand, the USA, Canada, the UK, Europe, Israel, Hong Kong and India.

Simon combines his commitment to research and evidence-driven insights with a grounded approach that is steeped in on-the-ground experience in both education and business. Simon holds Bachelors degrees in Psychology and Teaching and did his graduate studies in education at the University of Oxford, and as a Gates Scholar at the University of Cambridge.

Armed with the latest finding in the learning sciences and global education trends, Simon crafts engaging and provocative presentations that leave audiences open to change and ready for action.