Dr Paul Browning was a school principal for over 25 years. His passions are leadership, organisational culture and creativity. He believes that trust is the fundamental resource for successful leadership and a healthy organisational culture and creativity is the future of education.

Paul has spoken at numerous conferences, both nationally and internationally, and lead workshops on leadership, teacher improvement, school culture and improvement to well in excess of 4000 school leaders and CEOs across several continents. He is the author of: “Compelling Leadership: The importance of trust and how to get it” (Apple iBooks), “Compelling Leadership should be pinned to every CEOs Desk” (David Price OBE) and “Principled: 10 leadership practices for building trust”

Paul has been listed amongst the top 50 most influential people in education in Australia, awarded Australia’s best non-government school principal, and awarded an Order of Australia Medal for services to education.

Paul is currently the Managing Director of a Learning Activation Model revolutionising education by unlocking students' higher-order thinking. In collaboration with the University of Melbourne, he provides schools with an AI-powered, SaaS-based framework integrating pedagogy, assessment tools, and teaching strategies. As the only Learning Activation Model with a digital AI-enabled platform, it empowers educators to teach and assess creative intelligence while giving school leaders real-time insights into teaching quality. Additionally, it streamlines workflows, significantly reducing teacher workload.