S3E08 The Great Management Training Experiment with Steve Thomas
From DangerMouth: The Innovation Station by Mike Conroy
March 19, 2026 · 1h 14m · Episode 32
About this episode
The episode discusses a management training experiment from the Thatcher era and its modern revival by educator Steve Thomas.
Back in the heyday of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, a very interesting experiment in management training took place. Darrell and I were among the guinea pigs. The lessons learned lasted a lifetime. A few years later, our guest today, Steve Thomas (http://www.grassroutes.co.uk/), a very wise, principled, and incredibly brave, visionary educator, resurrected this protocol and added the guardrails that were so gratuitously missing from the first instantiation. Three stories, complete with wisdom from Shana the Oracle.
People in this episode
Host: Mike Conroy
Guest: Steve Thomas
Topics covered
- management training
- education
- leadership
- experimentation
- wisdom
Keywords
- management training
- Margaret Thatcher
- Steve Thomas
- education
- leadership
- experimentation
- wisdom
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Grass Routes
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