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139 How to Adapt to the Speed of Change Through Hyper-Learning and Humility with University of Virginia Darden School of Business Professor Ed Hess | Greater Washington DC DMV Changemaker

Category: Business
Duration: 00:37:15
Publish Date: 2022-03-08 10:00:00
Description:

In this episode of Partnering Leadership, Mahan Tavakoli speaks with Edward D. Hess. Ed Hess is a Professor Emeritus of Business Administration at the Darden Graduate School of Business, University of Virginia. Ed Hess is the author of 13 books, including Learn or Die,  Humility is The New Smart, and his latest Hyper learning: How to adapt to the Speed of Change.


In the conversation, Professor Ed Hess shares why we need to accelerate our pace of learning in the digital age, some of the barriers and challenges we face in learning new ideas and concepts, and how leaders can implement hyperlearning in their organizations. Ed Hess also shares frameworks, practices, and mindsets individuals need to adapt to build trusting relationships and effectively collaborate.


Some highlights:

- Ed Hess on experiences which helped him understand the need for genuine humility in leadership

- The necessity for hyper-learning in a fast-changing world 

- Ed Hess on how our unique human emotions can help advance our thinking and our capability to adapt to change

- How ego and fear prevent us from learning

- Ed Hess on the necessity for modeling as a part of learning 

- The difference between old smart and new smart 

- How to create caring and trusting relationships 

- Ed Hess on the necessity to collaborate and tap into collective intelligence 


Books Mentioned:

- Hyper-Learning: How to Adapt to the Speed of Change by Edward D. Hess

- Learn or Die: Using Science to Build a Leading-Edge Learning Organization (Columbia Business School Publishing) by Edward D. Hess

- Humility Is the New Smart: Rethinking Human Excellence in the Smart Machine Age by Edward D. Hess



Also Mentioned:

- Robert Kennedy, 64th United States Attorney General

- Herb Kelleher, Co-Founder, and CEO of Southwest Airlines

- Ray Dalio, Founder of Bridgewater Associates

- Barbara Fredrickson, professor in the department of psychology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill




Connect with Ed Hess:
Ed Hess Official Website



Connect with Mahan Tavakoli:

MahanTavakoli.com



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Connect with Mahan Tavakoli:

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