Getting Unstuck #135: Learning How to Learn
“Our differentiator, going forward is not going to be the technology because the technology is going to be ubiquitous. It's going to be the quality of our human performance._ — Ed Hess
In this episode of Getting Unstuck
Ed Hess is Professor of Business Administration at the Darden Graduate School of Business. Prior to joining academia, he spent 20 years in the business world as a Senior Executive. He is the author of 13 books, over 140 articles and his work has appeared in over 400 global media outlets. His latest book, Hyper-Learning: How to Adapt to the Speed of Change, is the subject of our conversation.
Why this conversation matters
Technology is completely transforming how we live, how we work and who will work. This shift is big – bigger than the Industrial Revolution because it requires that we humans continuously transform cognitively, emotionally and behaviorally. A “New Way of Being” based upon “Inner Peace” and “Otherness” is required as well as a “New Way of Working,” which humanizes the workplace in ways that enable the highest levels of human performance.
If you are leading a project team, a department, a school, a district, a company, how you change how you learn is critical for long-term success.
How you can put this podcast message to work
How are you “continuous learning, unlearning and relearning”? How are you helping your school or organization along this path?
Where do you see a collaborative approach to the work you do versus a competitive approach?
Ed makes the point in the book and interview that how we characterize “smart” has to change: from a quantity perspective – I know more than you – to a quality perspective – I am smart because of the quality of my thinking, listening, relating, and collaborating. Where do you tend to focus on the quantity vs quality idea?
One of the three areas where humans have to differentiate themselves versus technology is in the area of undertaking iterative complex problem solving. Where is your school or district putting kids into situations where they have to do that type of thinking?
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We want to share your stories of complex change!
Does your district or school have a story to tell about a complex change initiative it undertook?
• Maybe you moved to more of a teacher- or student-centered learning environment.
• Maybe you dove into the deep end of the change pool by using open education resources where you routinely share tools and learning with other districts or schools.
• Maybe you shifted away from traditional grading to a competency-based system.
• Maybe you’ve moved to micro-credentialing professional development.
• Maybe your district moved or is moving to a micro-school environment.
We’re going to be running a series of interviews to inspire and instruct other educators who want and need to make a big shift, so if you’ve shifted from point A to point Z, we’d like to consider your story. Please contact Jeff directly at jeff@quetiocoaching.com to set up a preliminary discussion.