Summary:
While this is advice usually given in opening sessions, it may be useful more broadly.
Be present:
Not being present makes the workshop less valuable, which can lead to being even less present
Every improvement must be a change
Avoid narratives
Too dumb/old/lazy
“I already know this part”
“I’ve got important things to do, the lesson can wait”
Let your wants come alive!
Take the risk that you might fail. This is unpleasant, but only by taking the risk can you reach the glorious future
Try things! The few things that work are worth it
Make good quiche: immediately adapt things that don’t make sense
Adjust your seat (“There is no average person”)
Try, then tinker to actually learn from the masters. This reconciles the last two bullet-points
The tacit and explicit
Both “trust your gut” and “think things through”.
There is room for both explicit, transferable knowledge and implicit, tacit, non-transferable wisdom.
Examples:
Process for creating vaccines: explicit.
Process for coming up with scientific hypotheses: tacit
Get good form!
Practice on simple things first, then ramp up
Start with “technical” problems with a clear route to success. Then move on to “adaptive” problems requiring experimentation.
Boggle: embrace confusion, even in the mundane
Summary:
While this is advice usually given in opening sessions, it may be useful more broadly.
Be present:
Not being present makes the workshop less valuable, which can lead to being even less present
Every improvement must be a change
Avoid narratives
Too dumb/old/lazy
“I already know this part”
“I’ve got important things to do, the lesson can wait”
Let your wants come alive!
Take the risk that you might fail. This is unpleasant, but only by taking the risk can you reach the glorious future
Try things! The few things that work are worth it
Make good quiche: immediately adapt things that don’t make sense
Adjust your seat (“There is no average person”)
Try, then tinker to actually learn from the masters. This reconciles the last two bullet-points
The tacit and explicit
Both “trust your gut” and “think things through”.
There is room for both explicit, transferable knowledge and implicit, tacit, non-transferable wisdom.
Examples:
Process for creating vaccines: explicit.
Process for coming up with scientific hypotheses: tacit
Get good form!
Practice on simple things first, then ramp up
Start with “technical” problems with a clear route to success. Then move on to “adaptive” problems requiring experimentation.
Boggle: embrace confusion, even in the mundane