A Slice with 'Dice
Corey Alderdice
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A Slice with ’Dice is a weekly podcast exploring leadership, talent development, and the human side of high-performing systems. Drawing on decades of experience in gifted education and public leadership, host Corey Alderdice examines how institutions identify potential, navigate change, and create cultures where people can thrive. Each episode blends thoughtful reflection with practical insight for educators, leaders, and anyone interested in how talent and transformation intersect in real-world settings.
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S4E10 Designing for More: Abundance and the Future of Schools
The word abundance surged into the spotlight in 2025, not because schools suddenly had more time, energy, or flexibility—but because educators sensed that something in our systems was no longer…
S4E9 Jonathan Livingston Seagull And The Way Texts Grow With Us
Some books don’t just age well—they grow with us. What feels like a simple story in adolescence can become something far more layered when revisited with experience.Corey Alderdice, a national voice…
S4E8 The Leadership Dividend
Leadership doesn’t end when the account runs dry—it continues through the returns others generate from your investment. In this final installment of the trilogy, Corey Alderdice, a national voice on…
S4E7 Walkouts, Conviction, and Constraints
When students walk out of class in protest, it can look simple from the outside: young people raising their voices in a democracy. Inside a school, however, those moments are layered with legal…
S4E6 Why Gifted Students Need a Mattering Mindset More Than More Achievement
Achievement often overshadows everything else in the lives of gifted and talented students. But what if their deepest need isn’t to achieve more, but to know they truly matter? Drawing on the work of…
S4E5 Joy Is a Strategy: Why Educators Can’t Afford to Miss the Glimmers
A single sharp moment can hijack an entire school day—but it doesn’t have to. What if educators got just as intentional about what lifts students up as we are about what sets them off?Corey…
S4E4 Leadership’s Second Balance Sheet
Leaders spend their days managing visible accounts—trust, goodwill, and influence—but the balance that truly determines their longevity is often hidden from view. Corey Alderdice, a national voice on…
S4E3 Smart Isn’t Enough: Decoding the Hidden Curriculum
Some lessons never make it into the textbook—but they can make or break a student’s future. The most gifted learners often know the material, but not the system that surrounds it.Corey Alderdice, a…
S4E2 You're Not Lost—You're Early: A Guide to the Quarterlife Crisis
Early adulthood was supposed to feel like launch—but for many seniors, it feels more like freefall. That unsettling mix of possibility and pressure has a name, and understanding it is the first step…
S4E1 Rest, Reflect, Recalibrate: A Winter Break Blueprint for Juniors
Winter break offers juniors something they rarely get during the school year: breathing room. Amid the quiet, students can take their first meaningful steps toward understanding who they are and what…
S3E26 ENCORE: The Semester Debrief - Family Conversations for Growth and Goal-Setting
Some conversations age well because the need behind them never really goes away. As students and schools end the fall semester gear up for a new semester in 2026, this encore episode arrives at…
S4E8 The Catalytic Agency Model of Talent Development in 10 Minutes
Gifted students don’t disengage because they don’t care—they disengage because they’re ready for more than their environment is offering. When we learn to interpret dissatisfaction as a signal…
S3E26 Why Bacon Belongs on the Christmas Tree
The smell of bacon has a way of pulling people out of their rooms and into the same shared space, no invitation required. In this special, Christmas-themed episode, a glitter-covered strip of bacon…
S3E25 The Work That Outlasts Us
Some stories don’t end; they simply turn the page. And sometimes the chapters that shape us most are the ones we never expected to write.For the last time this season, ASMSA Executive Director Corey…
S3E24 One Notch to the Left
Some days it only takes one email, one phone call, or one weird surprise to knock your whole mood off track—but what if the real power lies in how you respond, not what you face? What if the…
S3E23 Inquiry, Integrity, and the Future of AI in Schools
Generative AI isn’t on the horizon anymore—it’s already reshaping the academic landscape. The challenge now isn’t avoiding it, but deciding how we respond with purpose and integrity.ASMSA Executive…
S3E22 Vision Is the Dream. Accountability Is the Delivery.
Some leadership debates feel theoretical—until someone throws your own words back at you months later. This episode unpacks what happens when a simple remark becomes a mirror for how we understand…
S3E21 Astrology for the LinkedIn Crowd
The end of the Farmer’s Almanac marks more than the close of a quirky American tradition—it symbolizes our timeless need to find patterns in the unpredictable. From zodiac signs to personality tests,…
S3E20 Do Schools Accidentally Make Anxiety Worse?
We’ve reached the point where comfort has become the new currency in education—and it’s bankrupting student resilience. What if the accommodations we’re offering aren’t helping students cope, but…
S3E19 The Real Reason Gifted Kids Freak People Out
Some people call gifted kids “weird,” but maybe that’s just what it looks like when someone’s brain refuses to color inside the lines. What if the thing that makes them different is exactly what the…
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A Slice with 'Dice has published 131 episodes since August 2024, covering topics in Education, Kids & Family.
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