Transcript Leadership and Management

How We Think The Brain Works
Neo-Cortex
(Higher Order Thinking Skills)
Limbic System
(Emotions & Long Term Memory)
Cerebellum
(Embedded Learning/Habits)
Brainstem (Reptilian)
(Fight, Flight or Freeze)
Magnetic Resonance Image (MRI)
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Understanding Information
60%
40%
Words
Voice/Tone
Body Movement
20%
0%
Words
% Contribution
7%
Voice/Tone
38%
Body
Movement
55%
93% of understanding comes from
body language and expression
Albert Mehrabian
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Information Retention
On average people remember:-
20% of what they Read
30% of what they Hear
40% of what they See
50% of what they Say
60% of what they Do
90% of what they See, Hear, Say and Do
Rose,C. and Nicholl. MJ, Accelerated Learning for the 21st Century
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Learning
Experience
Experiment
and
Integrate
Learning
Cycle
Generalise
and
Conceptualise
Observe
and
Reflect
ALAPA
Adapted from Weinstein, p40/41 (1999) and Knasel, Meed & Rossetti, p105 (2000)
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Active Learning
Group-based
Passive Reception
Directives, Rules of Stories with Socratic
Presentations, thumb
a moral
questioning
lectures
One-to-One
Active Learning
Guided
Guided
practice observation
Guided
Guided
problem experimentation
solving
Lessons?
a. Recognise and exploit ‘deep smarts’
b. Transfer knowledge through active learning.
Leonard, D. and Swap W. (2004) Deep Smarts Harvard Business Review , September
Issue: 88-97. Edited version
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Learning Styles
Honey and Mumford (1983)
Activist
Concrete
Feeling
Enjoys new and
challenging
experiences
Testing
Doing
Learns best when
able to sit back and
observe
“I’ll try anything once”
“Look before you leap”
Pragmatist
Theorist
Needs to see link
between learning
and practical
application
“If it works, it’s good”
Reflector
Reflecting
Watching
Likes to be able to
question logic or
methodology
“If it’s logical, it’s good”
Abstract
Thinking
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Awareness and Ability
Stangaards (1981) NLP Model of Learning
Aware and Unable
Aware and Able
Conscious
Incompetence
Conscious
Competence
Unaware and Unable
Unaware and Able
Unconscious
Incompetence
Unconscious
Competence
Lessons?
a. Raise awareness and develop ability,
or nothing will change
b. Importance of feedback, disclosure
and experimentation.
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Learning Advice
Learning needs to be grounded
in experience
We learn best by using a range
of learning styles in a cycle of
learning
• We need to be aware of our
preferred style and that of others
We need to review and practice
to remember.
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