With more than 40 prizes and awards choral and jazz ensembles, including the Australasian Open Choral Championship 2004, Michael Griffin is well known as an international conference presenter, clinician and speaker. Michael’s seminars are not just about music learning. Rather, his intense interest in the general nature of achievement and expertise, motivation, neuroscience, creativity and pedagogy sees him speaking to a variety of audiences of staff, students and parents. His presentation ‘The Expertise Mindset’ specifically addresses intrinsically driven improvement.