{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1.1","title":"Stephen Braunius","home_page_url":"https://stephen.braunius.org","feed_url":"https://stephen.braunius.org/json/","description":"<p>Seek | Do | Share</p><p>I have always loved to learn new things and put that knowledge to use. This is where I share what I’m learning.</p>","icon":"/media/production/images/item-03dca25ffbbc24c77ac4bc2c4d97c965.png","favicon":"/media/production/images/item-03dca25ffbbc24c77ac4bc2c4d97c965.png","authors":[{"name":"Stephen Braunius"}],"language":"en-us","items":[{"id":"gBeGHXNp40n","title":"GLS15: Session 7b Liz Wiseman","url":"https://stephen.braunius.org/i/gls15-session-7b-liz-wiseman/","authors":[{"name":"Stephen Braunius"}],"content_html":"<p>Global Leadership Summit 2015<br/>\n Session 7b<br/>\n Liz Wiseman<br/>\n Rookie Smarts: Why Learning Beats Knowing <a href=\"https://stephen.braunius.org/media/production/images/item-ea4518722ad78d9e1c3bc5026e0632f5.jpg\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"https://stephen.braunius.org/media/production/images/item-ea4518722ad78d9e1c3bc5026e0632f5.jpg\"/></a> </p>\n<ul>\n<li>rookie moments when doing something challenging and meaningful</li>\n<li>“I don’t want a job I’m qualified learn or there would be nothing to learn.”</li>\n<li>Questions to ask yourself about rookie moments:</li>\n<li>how di dyou feel</li>\n<li>how did you operate</li>\n<li>what did you do when you didn’t know what to do</li>\n<li>what was your aspiration?</li>\n<li>We operate in simple small gritty and powerful way</li>\n<li>Experience - “Once we have knowledge we tend to make assumptions and they can often be bad assumptions.”</li>\n<li>With experience, sometimes we see what we expect to see and sometimes we can miss things entirely.</li>\n<li>Inexperience - bound to make some rookie mistakes</li>\n<li>has an upside that must be explored</li>\n<li>The upside of inexperience - operate in hunter gatherer mode to seek expertise from others</li>\n<li>LEARNING CURVE: delight &gt; discovery &gt; desperation (fire-walker mode–quick and careful) we tend to learn the most when we are feeling a bit desperate &gt; deliver &gt; delight &gt; comfort OR hubris - signs you are on a plateau - things are running smoothly</li>\n<li>you already have the answers</li>\n<li>you get positive feedback - when we are at the top of our game we are in danger</li>\n<li>you’ve become the mentor</li>\n<li>you’re busy but bored – soul-sucking and contagious</li>\n<li>can we be dulled to danger simply because we feel comfort?</li>\n<li>when you have nothing it forces you to turn outward</li>\n<li>when challenge level goes up, satisfaction level goes up</li>\n<li>the secret of the rookie zone is it is powerful because we don’t like it–we want to reduce the tension (rubber band stretch between people)</li>\n<li>as leaders we sometimes stretch too hard or we reduce the tension to rescue people</li>\n<li>How do we rekindle rookie smarts?</li>\n<li>master the art of the pivot of Leader &amp; Learner by trying the following: - things are running smoothly SO INSTEAD throw away your notes in order to have fresh thinking</li>\n<li>you already have the answers SO INSTEAD ask the questions</li>\n<li>you get positive feedback SO INSTEAD admit what you don’t know</li>\n<li>you’ve become the mentor SO INSTEAD let someone else lead - leaders need to be able to stop and to be able to go in reverse</li>\n<li>try following someone on the team</li>\n<li>go and spend time with the newcomers and allow them to renew you</li>\n<li>you’re busy but board SO INSTEAD disqualify yourself and put yourself back at the beginning of the learning curve - when we put ourselves back in the rookie zone we do our best thinking and find our greatest joy “It’s awkward but it’s exhilarating”</li>\n<li>“If you want your team to stay relevant, lead them into the unknown”</li>\n<li>stay a learner and know when to put your rookie on</li>\n<li>Our greatest joy comes from daring to begin again.</li>\n</ul><p><em>Originally published on stephen.braunius.org</em></p>","content_text":"Global Leadership Summit 2015\n\nSession 7b\n\nLiz Wiseman\n\nRookie Smarts: Why Learning Beats Knowing\n\nrookie moments when doing something challenging and meaningful\n\n“I don’t want a job I’m qualified learn or there would be nothing to learn.”\n\nQuestions to ask yourself about rookie moments:\n\nhow di dyou feel\n\nhow did you operate\n\nwhat did you do when you didn’t know what to do\n\nwhat was your aspiration?\n\nWe operate in simple small gritty and powerful way\n\nExperience - “Once we have knowledge we tend to make assumptions and they can often be bad assumptions.”\n\nWith experience, sometimes we see what we expect to see and sometimes we can miss things entirely.\n\nInexperience - bound to make some rookie mistakes\n\nhas an upside that must be explored\n\nThe upside of inexperience - operate in hunter gatherer mode to seek expertise from others\n\nLEARNING CURVE: delight > discovery > desperation (fire-walker mode–quick and careful) we tend to learn the most when we are feeling a bit desperate > deliver > delight > comfort OR hubris - signs you are on a plateau - things are running smoothly\n\nyou already have the answers\n\nyou get positive feedback - when we are at the top of our game we are in danger\n\nyou’ve become the mentor\n\nyou’re busy but bored – soul-sucking and contagious\n\ncan we be dulled to danger simply because we feel comfort?\n\nwhen you have nothing it forces you to turn outward\n\nwhen challenge level goes up, satisfaction level goes up\n\nthe secret of the rookie zone is it is powerful because we don’t like it–we want to reduce the tension (rubber band stretch between people)\n\nas leaders we sometimes stretch too hard or we reduce the tension to rescue people\n\nHow do we rekindle rookie smarts?\n\nmaster the art of the pivot of Leader & Learner by trying the following: - things are running smoothly SO INSTEAD throw away your notes in order to have fresh thinking\n\nyou already have the answers SO INSTEAD ask the questions\n\nyou get positive feedback SO INSTEAD admit what you don’t know\n\nyou’ve become the mentor SO INSTEAD let someone else lead - leaders need to be able to stop and to be able to go in reverse\n\ntry following someone on the team\n\ngo and spend time with the newcomers and allow them to renew you\n\nyou’re busy but board SO INSTEAD disqualify yourself and put yourself back at the beginning of the learning curve - when we put ourselves back in the rookie zone we do our best thinking and find our greatest joy “It’s awkward but it’s exhilarating”\n\n“If you want your team to stay relevant, lead them into the unknown”\n\nstay a learner and know when to put your rookie on\n\nOur greatest joy comes from daring to begin again.\n\nOriginally published on stephen.braunius.org","image":"/media/production/images/item-ea4518722ad78d9e1c3bc5026e0632f5.jpg","date_published":"2015-08-07T16:00:00.000Z","date_modified":"2026-10-28T20:33:01.458Z","_microfeed":{"slug":"gls15-session-7b-liz-wiseman","authors":[{"name":"Stephen Braunius","type":"Person"}],"web_url":"https://stephen.braunius.org/i/gls15-session-7b-liz-wiseman/","json_url":"https://stephen.braunius.org/i/gBeGHXNp40n/json/","rss_url":"https://stephen.braunius.org/i/gBeGHXNp40n/rss/","guid":"http://stephen.braunius.org/gls15-session-7b-liz-wiseman/","status":"published","date_published_short":"Fri Aug 07 2015","date_published_ms":1438963200000}}],"_microfeed":{"publisher":{"name":"Stephen Braunius","type":"Person","url":"https://stephen.braunius.org"},"authors":[{"name":"Stephen Braunius","type":"Person"}],"microfeed_version":"1.0.13","base_url":"https://stephen.braunius.org","categories":[],"subscribe_methods":[{"name":"RSS","type":"rss","url":"https://stephen.braunius.org/rss/","image":"https://stephen.braunius.org/assets/brands/subscribe/rss.png","enabled":true,"editable":false,"id":"3ruTYsoZVaf"},{"name":"JSON","type":"json","url":"https://stephen.braunius.org/json/","image":"https://stephen.braunius.org/assets/brands/subscribe/json.png","enabled":true,"editable":false,"id":"5nhVQKje4_K"}],"description_text":"Seek | Do | Share\nI have always loved to learn new things and put that knowledge to use. 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