At Work with The Ready - Brave New Work 63. Mastery in the Age of Self-Management

Brave New Work 63. Mastery in the Age of Self-Management

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02/22/21 • 46 min

At Work with The Ready

The workplace is a wealth of knowledge. Each member of an organization is a master in their own specialized field, and in the 21st-century workplace, we're often exchanging knowledge, teaching and learning by equal measure. But in a future where self-management is key, how do we ensure this is done in a healthy way?

In this episode of Brave New Work, Aaron Dignan and Rodney Evans discuss how to cultivate mastery in a world of knowledge workers.

Mentioned references:

Second Empire/Mansard roof
Baroque revival
"Yehudi's episode": BNW Ep. 42 with Yehudi Meshchaninov
"Mastery episode of Ready for Anything": BNW Ep. 31
Dr. Akilah Cadet
Chapter or community of practice / The Spotify model
The Dunning-Kruger Effect

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In this episode of Brave New Work, Aaron Dignan and Rodney Evans discuss how to cultivate mastery in a world of knowledge workers.

Mentioned references:

Second Empire/Mansard roof
Baroque revival
"Yehudi's episode": BNW Ep. 42 with Yehudi Meshchaninov
"Mastery episode of Ready for Anything": BNW Ep. 31
Dr. Akilah Cadet
Chapter or community of practice / The Spotify model
The Dunning-Kruger Effect

Our book is available now at bravenewwork.com

We want to hear from you. Send your thoughts and feedback to [email protected]

Looking for some help with your own transformation? Visit theready.com

Previous Episode

Brave New Work 62. Real Change Through Experimentation

Leaders in the workplace often talk about experimenting within the existing structures. But in the excitement and flurry of change, we often forget the goal of experimentation: to make it a real learning practice.

In this episode of Brave New Work, Aaron Dignan and Rodney Evans discuss how to plan, structure, and assess change experiments with the right intentions, and for the best outcomes.

Read the article based on this episode here.

Mentioned references:

Supernatural
Foreshadowing Rodney's 4-day work week episode: BNW Ep. 81
Doug Kirkpatrick and Morning Star: BNW Ep. 54 with Doug Kirkpatrick
Action Meeting episode: BNW Ep. 80 with Sam Spurlin
Retrospectives episode: BNW Ep. 10 with Jordan Husney
IDM (integrated decision making) episode: BNW Ep. 43
Fitness landscape from evolutionary biology
"emotional experience of change": AWWTR Ep. 6

Our book is available now at bravenewwork.com

We want to hear from you. Send your thoughts and feedback to [email protected]

Looking for some help with your own transformation? Visit theready.com

Next Episode

Brave New Work 64. Redesigning The Company Retreat

It's a time-honored tradition: the company retreat. But when that conjures the specter of Ramada Inn basements and conference rooms and three-hour presentation blocks, it's clear that an update is in order. In this episode of Brave New Work, Aaron Dignan and Rodney Evans strategize the most efficient and effective ways to reconnect and recharge with your organizations, as well as ways we might go about planning company retreats in the new age of remote work.

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