The How To Learn Podcast

Fact #1: one of the best ways to consolidate the learning you've gained at a course, conference or event is to come back and share it with your team. If you want to learn it, teach it!

Fact #2: it's a pain.

This episode looks at Cascading the Learning - even when you don't feel like it.

In Red Flags, Thembi and Jonathan take five minutes to discuss..

🎆 when you should be wary of learning - what are the tell-tale signs that something isn't for you?
🎆awkward silences and Q&As
🎆over-selling

All based on science, and in no way on personal prejudice 😉

Does shadowing actually work?

In this podcast:

🎆 Jonathan is a bit down on the traditional 'sit quietly and watch' model of shadowing
🎆 Thembi points out that well-designed internships and shadowing experiences can be fantastically developmental
🎆 a discussion of the benefits of "smart shadowing" (as tested in diplomatic negotiations): maybe follow a project or a process, not a person!

Does "finding a mentor" sound a bit intimidating?

In this podcast, Thembi and Jonathan talk about different types of mentoring - and how you can benefit from all sorts of arrangements, from formal to informal. Your mentors don't even have to know they're mentoring you!

Can we download a new skill in ten seconds? If not, why are we pretending that we can?

Too much learning seems to be based on how Trinity learns to fly a helicopter in The Matrix..