Our Team
Experienced, successful, innovative.
Our team is made up of dedicated professionals with decades of experiences serving in education, community, and leadership. With a diverse group of experts, we're equipped to provide all the products and services required to support a School for tomorrow.
Partner
Phil is an educator by trade and conviction. He is the Hooke Family Professor of Practice in Educational Leadership at the University of Sydney. He is the Founder and Managing Director of the CIRCLE Education Group including the global educational consulting agency a School for tomorrow. and its research institute CIRCLE - The Centre for Innovation, Research, Creativity and Leadership in Education. Phil is also Honorary Senior Fellow at the University of Melbourne, and has been awarded Fellowships by the Royal Society of Arts, the Australian Council for Educational Leaders (at national and state levels) and the Institute of Management and Leadership. Internationally recognised for his work in character education, boys' education and leadership in the South Pacific, Professor Cummins has led an extensive global educational research program for the past decade, lectured and spoken widely (including at Oxford University), and is the author of over thirty books and numerous other publications in his original discipline of history, and in future-fit educational strategy, leadership, curriculum, pedagogy and assessment; most recently, in 2022 he co-authored Game Changers: Leading Today's Learning For Tomorrow's World, and in 2025 he published the Dr Phil Cummins Character Education Series and A Journey, all published by Amba Press. Phil is also host of the Game Changers Podcast which now exceeds 1,000,000 episode listens.
Orbitals Team
Our Associates make up the leadership of our Orbitals Team. This team was formed to provide the energy, commitment and imagination required to imbue a School for tomorrow. with authentic youth leadership and enterprise. As digital natives and consumers of education themselves, our Orbitals Team are uniquely positioned to understand our desired products and the processes by which we might bring them to our members.
Executive Associate
Production, Research, Development
Game Changers Team
Listen Notes ranks Game Changers in the top 2% most popular shows out of nearly three million podcasts globally, making the show one of Australia's leading educational podcasts. Hosted by Dr Phil Cummins, the podcast has featured hundreds of the most innovative thinkers in contemporary education and industry. You can follow Game Changers on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or Soundcloud.
Host