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The Learning + Performance Podcast

Written by: Patrick Healy
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  • The show that explores key ideas, strategies, tools, and techniques for enhancing human learning and performance.
    Patrick Healy
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  • #9 - Amy Edmondson on Team Learning and Performance

    #9 - Amy Edmondson on Team Learning and Performance
    Apr 25 2024
    In this episode of the L&P Podcast, I speak with Amy C. Edmondson, the Novartis Professor of Leadership & Management at the Harvard Business School (HBS), about team learning and performance. Thinkers50 #1 Management Thinker in the world, Amy is most well-known for her pioneering work on psychological safety and its key role in promoting team learning, collaboration, and innovation. She's the author of countless journal articles, books, case studies, and other content on leadership, teaming, and learning. Amy most recently published The Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well (2023), a book about how we can all leverage failure to our advantage. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts with her husband George and is the proud parent of two terrific young men. In our conversation, we touch on a range of topics relevant to managers, leaders, and other professionals seeking to enhance the learning and performance of teams and organizations, including: Psychological safety and its role in team learning and performanceMyths about psychological safetyPsychological safety vs. accountabilityCan there be too much psych safety?The three different types of failuresThe 4 elements of "intelligent" failuresThe role of leaders in making it safe to speak up and failA whole lot more! Mention in the conversation: Psychological safetyHumans as unconscious calculatorsThe critical role of psychological safety in facilitating learningThe 4 stages of learningThe variability of psych safety on teams in the same organizationMyths about psych safetyPsych safety vs. safe spacesChris Argyris on learning-oriented conversationsCan there be too much psych safety? https://hbr.org/2024/01/can-workplaces-have-too-much-psychological-safety AND https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/the-downside-of-psychological-safety-in-the-workplace/Psych safety vs. accountabilityThree types of failureThe 4 criteria of intelligent failuresAir Florida Flight 90 - A basic avoidable failureThe Checklist ManifestoLearning from mistakesDeliberate practiceThe challenges of creating psych safety on remote teams: https://psychsafety.co.uk/psychological-safety-in-remote-teams/ AND https://hbr.org/2020/08/how-to-foster-psychological-safety-in-virtual-meetingsThe importance for leaders to frame workFramingResearch on employee experience as it relates to connection to purpose and meaning, culture and community, learning and development, and material well-being, and how they relateEd Catmull on crappy first draftsGrowth mindsetBuckminster Fuller on naivety Connect with Amy: HBS pageLinkedInTwitter/XInstagram
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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • #8 - Todd Gerspach on Enhancing Executive Performance

    #8 - Todd Gerspach on Enhancing Executive Performance
    Feb 28 2024
    In this episode of the L&P Podcast, I speak with Todd Gerspach, former C-level executive and founder of Fortitude Executive Coaching, about how executives can enhance their performance while maintaining some semblance of balance. In our conversation, we touch on a range of topics relevant to current and aspiring managers and leaders, including: Definitions of professional and personal successLearning from experienceLeadership vs. managementCoachingChange managementPersonal mission statements and value hierarchiesMental models of management and leadershipAnd a whole lot more! Mentioned in the conversation: 8:35:00 - John Wooden on success - https://www.thewoodeneffect.com/pyramid-of-success/ 12:19:00- Learning from experience - https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Experiential_learning13:08:00 - Definition of Management - https://monday.com/blog/project-management/four-functions-of-management/15:02:00 - CCT Trifecta - https://www.fortitudeexec.com/approach29:07:00 - Growth mindsethttps://fs.blog/carol-dweck-mindset/29:54:00 - Management vs. Leadership - https://online.hbs.edu/blog/post/leadership-vs-management30:32:00 - Servant, transformational, and authentic leadership - https://www.fortitudeexec.com/leadership-philosophys33:00:00 - John Kotter - https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/profile.aspx?facId=649535:14:00 - The learning/performance dip - https://medium.com/@simply_stef/stages-of-learning-when-are-people-most-likely-to-give-up-on-a-new-skill-6131866e4e2140:00:00 - Internal/intrinsic vs. external/extrinsic motivationhttps://www.verywellmind.com/differences-between-extrinsic-and-intrinsic-motivation-279538440:40:00 - Personal values hierarchy - https://www.mindtools.com/a5eygum/what-are-your-values44:44:00 - Alan Mulally's family mission statement - https://www.inc.com/ayse-birsel/3-lessons-i-learned-from-ford-ceo-alan-mulally-about-being-a-better-parent.html44:49:00 - Stephen Covey on family missions - https://www.thebump.com/a/family-mission-statement45:33:00 - DISC - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DISC_assessment45:34:00 - EQ - https://psychcentral.com/lib/what-is-emotional-intelligence-eq50:41:00 - ModelNetics - https://www.maineventmanagement.com/model-netics/51:46:00 - Delegation triangle - https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/three-elements-delegation-victor-roosen/53:18:00 - The Seven Ports of Life - https://www.leedunnesoccer.com/post/the-7-ports-of-life54:00:00 - KASH Model - https://thepeakperformancecenter.com/educational-learning/learning/process/obtaining/obtaining-information/knowledge-skills-attitudes/kash/1:01:48 - Executive 360 Model - https://www.fortitudeexec.com/executive-coaching1:02:48 - Opportunity Wedge - https://liveyourwage.com/the-opportunity-wedge/1:08:07 - Job-crafting - https://hbr.org/2010/06/managing-yourself-turn-the-job-you-have-into-the-job-you-want Connect with Todd: LinkedInWebsiteYouTube
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    1 hr and 19 mins
  • #4 - Dr. Jenny Woo on Learning to Be More Emotionally Intelligent

    #4 - Dr. Jenny Woo on Learning to Be More Emotionally Intelligent
    Jan 18 2024

    In this episode of the L&P Podcast, I speak with Dr. Jenny Woo, a Harvard-trained educator, cognitive science researcher, entrepreneur, executive coach, and mom of three. Jenny is the founder and CEO of Mind Brain Emotion, an organization dedicated to helping parents, teachers, and other adults apply research from psychology and neuroscience to build essential life skills in our kids. Jenny conducts research in social-emotional learning, emotion regulation, and resilience. She is the creator of a series of award-winning life skills games used by parents, teachers, counselors, and therapists in 50+ countries.


    In our conversation, Jenny and I discuss:

    • Social and emotional learning (SEL)
    • Emotional intelligence (EQ)
    • The value of essential skills in the age of AI
    • The importance of relationships in human development
    • The application of neuroscience to education
    • The use of games to build skills
    • And several others...


    Mentioned in the conversation:

    • Psychological Safety
    • Harvard Study of Adult Development
    • The Loneliness Epidemic
    • Emotional Agility


    Learn more about Jenny and check out her games:

    • LinkedIn; Instagram
    • Mind Brain Emotion Website
    • Essential Human Skills Card Games on Amazon
    • 52 Essential Coping Skills
    • 52 Essential Relationship Skills
    • 52 Essential Critical Thinking Skills
    • 52 Essential Interview Skills
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    1 hr and 10 mins
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