Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

Over my career, I have been a student of leadership. It is not getting better.

In general, the larger the N, the more reliable the measurements, and observations based on small N are viewed with skepticism.

When you start questioning your assumptions, you are starting to learn,

Remembering is fine, its just not that useful by itself.

When framing a problem, we define what we believe its cause to be along with the conditions that will indicate the problem has been solved. This is often more import than our solutions.

"Everyone is bringing beer..." sounds good to me.

An applicant mentioned "learning styles" in an interview. I recommended they move on... I think they mentioned it without thinking,

There are libraries filed with advice about how best to teach, many are contradictory to each other.

If you are a leader who must always issue clarifications to your emails to the organization , maybe its time to get some help on your messaging.

A new episode of my podcast is available.
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If you want to succeed , you must become smart. You can pass school without becoming smart;

Leaders who alienate individual in the organization who then seek to regain trust must understand some will not trust them again... ever... not matter how must contrition they claim.

Hey teachers... the lesson you intend is not always the lesson learned

Decision Making and Truth https://hackscience.education/2024/06/12/decision-making-and-truth/

"I made the mistake I have been warned against" is not going to convince me you are qualified.

Some folks are too quick to forgive major mistakes.

Numbers don't make it true, Not even if they are precise, highly analyzed, and well-displayed.

Tearful apologies are fine, but they do little to resolve problems.

"Atoms are mainly empty space. Matter is composed chiefly of nothing."
— Carl Sagan

"It's hard to kill a creature once it lets you see its consciousness."
— Carl Sagan