Guest: Adam Montandon – TEDx Odense, Innovator & Educator

In this vibrant and wide-ranging episode of Reconnected Dots, host Thomas Berg reconnects with the wildly creative and wonderfully curious Adam Montandon… a British-born innovator, educator, public speaker, and TEDx curator known for turning imagination into action.

From their first meeting during a filmed COVID-era learning program to collaborating on TEDx events and radical university courses, Thomas and Adam reflect on a shared passion for shaking up education, living with curiosity, and building a life worth talking about.

This conversation is a kaleidoscope of insights, playfulness, and personal stories that challenge the norms of learning, living, and leading.

Whether you're a rebel educator, curious student, creative entrepreneur, or just wondering what’s next… this episode will spark something in you.

🎧 Tune in and get inspired to live an interesting life… one that writes unforgettable stories.

Highlights include:

• Adam’s journey from professional bubble-blower to “ideas midwife”

• How fun, imagination, and play can be serious tools for learning

• Why many of today’s students (and adults) are looking for permission to do things differently

• The wild success of his summer course ”Engineering Imagination” – a course no one quite understood but everyone wanted in on

• Adam’s hilarious and profound “ice cream” metaphor for life purpose

• What TEDx speakers have in common (it’s not what you think!)

• How we can meet people as who they’re becoming, not just who they are

• The power of making bold suggestions, even without a clear plan

Find Adam on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adammontandon/