uLead2026 - The Summit of Educational Leadership

An EduFable™ on Why Education Is a People Business (And Always Will Be)
From the creator of the EduFable™, a new genre that transforms professional learning through story, comes this powerful and heartfelt keynote about the kind of leadership that truly lasts.
In Coffee with the Custodian, Dr. Brad Johnson weaves narrative and neuroscience to remind leaders that trust, consistency, and humility are what sustain a healthy culture. But it goes deeper than trust alone. It is about truly knowing your people, understanding their stories, recognizing their strengths, and building a culture where those strengths are seen, developed, and multiplied.
This keynote challenges leaders to shift from proving what they can do to elevating what others can accomplish. Leadership is not about the talent of the person at the top. It is about the growth of the people inside the organization. It is about building capacity, not control.
Through this original EduFable™, audiences experience leadership not as a theory, but as a story, one that feels real, relatable, and unforgettable.