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Leadership Through the Ages
Maitt Saiwyer
101 episodes
1 month ago
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Management
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Episode 89 - The Meta-Skill of Learning
Leadership Through the Ages
23 minutes
1 month ago
Episode 89 - The Meta-Skill of Learning
This episode redefines the primary role of a modern leader as that of the "Chief Learning Officer," responsible for cultivating a high-performance growth mindset culture. It contrasts the fixed mindset, where abilities are seen as static, with the growth mindset, where challenges are viewed as opportunities for development. In a fixed mindset culture, failure is a damning verdict on one's competence, which leads to risk aversion and stagnation. A growth mindset culture, however, reframes failure as essential feedback, creating the psychological safety needed for innovation and continuous improvement. The discussion emphasizes that creating this culture requires leaders to embody intellectual humility, actively admitting what they don't know and modeling a ceaseless curiosity. This approach is exemplified by Pixar's commitment to deep research and the practice of asking powerful, open-ended coaching questions like "And what else?" instead of simply providing answers. This shifts the dynamic from top-down instruction to collaborative discovery, empowering team members to develop their own problem-solving capabilities. It's about fostering autonomy and building the team's collective intelligence. The episode concludes that a leader's success in a rapidly changing world is directly proportional to their organization's learning velocity. This requires moving beyond traditional performance reviews to systems of continuous feedback and coaching. By intentionally designing an environment that prizes learning over knowing, and resilience over perfection, the Chief Learning Officer builds an organization that is not just successful today but is equipped to adapt and thrive in the face of tomorrow's unknown challenges.
Leadership Through the Ages