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Ignite the curious learner in you

Belkis Vasquez-McCallJune 2017

CONTINUOUS LEARNING

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Belkis Vasquez-McCallDIGITAL PARTNER, MCKINSEY & COMPANY - NEW YORK

“My willingness to embark in unique learning opportunities has enabled my growth and success in life”Learning Philosophy: Willingness to change as individuals is powered by our ability to continuously evolve through obtaining new skills

Personal Learning Values:(1) intense focus fosters results, (2) continuously improve your game, (3) trade perfection for speed, (4) imitation is the best form of flattery

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Personal learning values

Intense focusfosters results

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Continuously improve your game

Trade perfection for speed

Imitation is the best form of flattery

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Today’s objectives

1 2 3Discuss why it is

important to focus on your learning agenda as you embark in an Agile

transformation

Recognize that mastery is about igniting the 'test &

learn' mindset

Understand how to get results by experimenting

with uncomfortable situations

Appreciate the need to adapt your learning agenda based on changes in your

environment

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What's a career in Tech like a decade ago?

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Basically, everything changed!Including how companies work.

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“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.”

– Albert Einstein

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What can we learn from the Agile Mindset?


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Agile is not a new process design, it is a way of working…


Continually improveBest practice and knowledge

Direction and contextResponsibility to experiment

Plan effectively

Reflect on learningPrepared for high perfomance


…it is a focusedLearning agenda


Alignment and engagement

Continuous improvement

mindset

People development

Collaboration and idea sharing

… translated into a statement of desired learning behaviors



… creates foundational learning mindsets, behaviors, and skills.

Learning mindsets,behaviors & skills

Leadership andmanagement skills

Technical andfunctional skills


How can you boost your organizationand your personal learning process?



Adopt 4 basicmantras

Learn how tomanage

uncertainty

Ignite the'test & learn’

mindset



Learn how tomanage

uncertainty



mindset



Thomas Edisonfailed on thousands of attempts until he found the correct filament for the light bulb.

Kleenex tissues were originally created to help women remove make-up.

WD40 gets its name from the number of attempts to get the water displacement formula correct.

Post-It notes were invented to replace bookmarks. Their idea was a failure.



Learn how tomanage

uncertainty


mindset




Ask for feedback

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Experiment with new approaches

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Look for connections across seemingly unrelated areas

3


Make time for reflection

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mindset


Learn how tomanage

uncertainty

“Be water my friend.”- Chinese proverb


Perhaps at no other time in recent history hasadaptability been more important than it is now.


The power of adaptation


Managing uncertainty through agility, adaptiveness, learning, and anticipation is often more efficient and effective than trying to do it through standardization, tightness, fixedness, barriers, and restrictions

It’s more popular too

Walt Disney was fired by the editor ofa newspaper because “he had no good ideas”.


Once upon a time…

Give time and space for your curious learner side to grow!


Thanks!
