I had been meaning to read Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers: The Story of Successever since it was first published just over a year ago. Since a lot of the discussion of the book focused on the “10,000 hour rule” for achieving expertise, or mastery, it seemed a perfect fit for my interests. I’m still surprised that [...]
Also tagged Books, Education, learning, Life, Mastery, MusicDean Kamen’s vision for FIRST is simple to state: To transform our culture by creating a world where science and technology are celebrated and where young people dream of becoming science and technology heroes. Simple to state, but not nearly so simple to achieve. The FIRST organization have chosen to use the sports model as the [...]
Also tagged DeliberatePractice, Education, FIRST, learning, MasteryIn a recent post I asked if you, as an individual, have a coach. My question for today: Do you, as a leader of an organization, have a coach for your team(s)? If you don’t have a separate position for a coach, do you act as the coach for your team? Or do you just [...]
Also tagged coach, Gladwell, learning, teamIf you ask a competitive athlete if they have / need a coach the answers will likely range from “Yes” to “Of course” to “Are you kidding?”. If you ask a knowledge worker, or concept worker, the same question the answers will likely range from “No” to “Huh?” to “Are you kidding?” Obviously, the “Are [...]
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