“Chief Unlearning Officer” Jack Uldrich discusses why teachers may need to unlearning what they think they know about teaching and learning.
Own the White Space
August 4, 2011 By Leave a Comment
As humans we like to believe we're good at seeing the whole picture. But, as I suggested in this piece, most of us are not. This is particularly true in business. Most managers focus relentlessly on serving the customer, making incremental improvements to core product or services, or finding yet another margin-saving efficiency. There is [...]
Don’t Assume You More Than You Do
July 22, 2011 By Leave a Comment
"… he has persuaded me that we can solve many of our problems as long as we don't assume that we know more than we do." So concludes John Horgan in his insightful review of David Deutsch's new book, The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Will Transform the World. I not only agree with the [...]
The Power of Being Wrong
July 20, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Later today, I'm addressing 200 senior executives of the Allina Hospital System in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The topic of my keynote presentation is "Why Future Trends in Healthcare Will Require Unlearning." I'll cover a great many areas but I intend to begin my talk with a discussion about humility. There is, perhaps, no better place to [...]
The Benefit of Sticking with Questions
June 30, 2011 By 1 Comment
A while back I wrote this short post entitled The Secret to Unlearning in Seven Words. The seven words are "Give up on answers. Stay with questions." I just finished reading a wonderful article from Clayton Christensen, How Will You Measure Your Life? In it, he writes this: "When people ask what I think they [...]
