Bonus - Microbehaviors & The Stories We Tell with Andrew Webb

03/01/21 • 30 min

Today I’ve got a special treat for you, a different kind of episode with returning guest Andrew Webb. You’re going to hear a few clips from one of his recent episodes of a new podcast launched this year called Microbehaviors where he explains how stories of the past can help you apply modern behavioral science. In each episode, you walk away with a MicroBehavior—a small action that takes the best research out of the lab and into your life so you flourish at home, work, and relationships.
These episodes while not directly about learning and design are very much relevant to some of my favorite topics and I think you’ll find them thought-provoking. I hope you enjoy this preview and when you’re done go check out Microbehaviors! Details are below.
Episode notes
👉 Link to the full episode from Andrew’s podcast Microbehaviors
👉 Dare to Lead - Brene Brown, see “confabulation” “conspiracy theories” and “SFD” in this glossary of terms from her book
👉 Episode 29 // The Learner’s Journey with Bastian Küntzel
👉 My first interview with Andrew (Episode 42)

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55 // Value-Based Training with Kyle Cooper

Kyle Cooper is the owner of Instruction Studio, a training, and development firm in Tooele, Utah. He lives in Tooele with his wife, Morgan, and 3 kids, Evelyn (8), Nelson (6), and George(4). Kyle’s passionate about education and using effective teaching methods to create a clear and memorable message.
Today we talk about:
👉 Training vs communication
👉 Value-based training vs function-based training
👉 Building learning objectives that actually sound interesting to learners
👉 How to discover and articulate the value that your learners really want
👉 Why value-based training is more than a simple WIFM statement
Resources:
👉 Value Exchange is Product Management (This is Product Management podcast episode)
👉 Merrill’s Principles of Instruction (Blog post summary of the article)
👉 Customer Education Manifesto (CELab)

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56 // The Design Way with Dr. Harold Nelson

Dr. Harold Nelson is a visiting scholar in the School of Computer Science at the University of Montana. He was the 2009-2010 Nierenberg Distinguished Professor of Design in the School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University. He was an occasional Senior Lecturer in the Graduate School of Business and Public Policy, and in Defense Analysis at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. Dr. Nelson was the head of the Graduate Programs in Whole Systems Design (WSD) at Antioch University and has held teaching positions in several universities. He is a licensed architect in the State of California and worked as the assistant regional architect for the U.S. Forest Service in San Francisco, California. He is a past president and a trustee of the International Society for Systems Science. He is the co-founding Director and President of the Advanced Design Institute and owner of Harold G. Nelson LLC. He has worked with a variety of organizations, including non-profits and corporations, state and federal agencies, military organizations, international governments, and the United Nations. Dr. Nelson received his Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley graduating with ‘Distinction’ where he designed his own doctoral program in the Design of Social Systems. He received his Master of Architecture degree from U.C. Berkeley and a Bachelor of Architecture from Montana State University.
Today we talk about a book called The Design Way, which Dr. Nelson co-authored. Some highlights of our conversation include:
👉 The ancient roots of design and the concept of Sofia and why we need to return to it
👉 What actually is Design and what does it mean to be a designer?
👉 The service-client relationship balance, including future generations of people as a stakeholders
👉 Design as a distinction from science and art in helping us shape the world we want
👉 The critical role of character and courage in taking ownership of our design judgments
Resources
👉 The Design Way (Book)
👉 Dilemmas in a General Theory of Planning (article about Wicked Problems from Horst Rittel and Melvin Webber)
👉 The Promise of Design (book chapter)

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