Nick Salmon is the founder and president of the Collaborative Learning Network. He is a ninth-generation educator focused on educational facility planning, professional development of educators and design support for future-flexible learning environments that cost less to design, build, own, operate and maintain. He is the world's first (and perhaps only) furniture whisperer, skilled at coaxing the best performance out of the most unruly furnishings in 40 countries and six continents.