ACADEMY OF ONE is available for purchase

I'm proud to announce that ACADEMY OF ONE is available for purchase from publisher Rowman & Littlefield or wherever you like to buy your books. I hope that the book…

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David Preston

David Preston has inspired audiences at TEDx, the MacArthur Foundation, and the Royal Geographic Society. In addition to speaking to audiences, David advises education and business leaders around the world on how to bring Open-Source Learning principles into their organizations and shares insights and experiences from his groundbreaking book Academy of One.

Speaking and Consulting

the fifth fitness

Sunday night the sky was different. The moon was full and then it wasn't. It got smaller and smaller, right before our eyes. Yours, mine, and everyone else's - in…

to scratch or not to scratch

I begin Open-Source Learning Academy meetings with mindfulness. I started the practice when I taught in the classroom, and I've used it online ever since. At the beginning of each…

Make me

Teachers teach what they teach the way they teach because that's how they're trained. Teachers are hired to fulfill a specific job description, and they're routinely threatened with dismissal and…

David’s unique perspectives on management, leadership, vision and strategy breathed new life into familiar topics and energized an executive audience who thought they’d seen it all.

The Employers Group