A Key to Better Leadership & Communication: How to overcome the curse of expertise ft. Ting Zhang

Gaining knowledge, experience, and skills is great for personal growth. But, it can cause problems when we're working with others who don't know as much about the topic.
Ting Zhang's research into the 'curse of expertise' shows an interesting problem: the more we know, the harder it can be to explain things to someone who's just starting out. This can make it tough to teach, give advice, or lead effectively.
The good news is, there's a way to fix this.
Ting Zhang explains her work. She breaks down what the curse of expertise is, why it matters, and most importantly: how to avoid it. She outlines a few small adjustments we can make that have a big impact on the way we lead and work with others.
Quick Links:
Website: thelearnerlab.com/
Episode Page: thelearnerlab.com/the-curse-o...
Trevor Ragan: thelearnerlab.com/trevor-ragan/
Ting Zhang: www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/pro...
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[@coachartie]

I love the idea of reminding educators about how hard learning is.
In the past you shared a story about a school who did an anti-talent show. The kids said the best thing theu got out of it was seeing their teachers struggle and fail. It made an impact on them because it showed the kids that even adults fail and struggle when they learn.
I started encouraging my volleyball coaches to servw with their non dominant hands orginally for that point.
Its great to know this practice can also give the coaches perspective on how hard these skills actually are for beginners. Thanks for the video Trevor ❤

[@TrevorRagan]

GREAT connection. The Anti-Talent Show is the same as flipping the guitar. I should have included that in the video!

[@coachartie]

I think this is where the idea of great sports players struggle to coach effectively.
It's hard for gifted players to explain what they're doing to new players because those players haven't really thought about how others grow.
Causes a surprising amount of friction cause when new players ask "what they mean", the gifted players have no idea how to respond 😅

[@Haushka]

This is why we have so few really good math teachers.

[@pawarsm8055]

Good video

[@MrSuperUltimate]

It's twinkle twinkle little star 😏 and this is how i feel about those that didn't guess it right 3:46 😂

[@TrevorRagan]

😂😂😂