Teaching Smart People How to Learn (Harvard Business Review Classics) (Harvard Business Review Classics)
by Chris Argyris
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Author: Chris ArgyrisEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-05-19
ISBN: 1422126005
Number of pages: 64
Publisher: Harvard Business School Press
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Book Review: Smart people can't learn
Summary: 4 Stars
The title is very interesting and so is the article. The article walks through the reason why smart people can't (won't) learn and describes an approach for breaking through this mode of thinking.The basic premise is that people with high levels of education have learned to play the learning game. They can't or won't admit they don't know something because in essence they would have to admit failure. They often become defensive in the face of failure and displace (rationalize) the blame for failure rather then looking for the root cause and examining their own involvement in the failure.
Summary of Teaching Smart People How to Learn (Harvard Business Review Classics) (Harvard Business Review Classics)
Why are your smartest and most successful employees often the worst learners? Likely, they haven't had the opportunities for introspection that failure affords. So when they do fail, instead of critically examining their own behavior, they cast blame outward -- on anyone or anything they can.In Teaching Smart People How to Learn, Chris Argyris sheds light on the forces that prevent highly skilled employees for learning from mistakes and offers suggestions for helping talented employees develop more productive responses.
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