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ROOKIE SMARTS: WHY LEARNING BEATS KNOWING IN THE NEW GAME OF WORK
Author(s) -
Wiseman Liz
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
leader to leader
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1531-5355
pISSN - 1087-8149
DOI - 10.1002/ltl.20179
Subject(s) - climbing , corporation , work (physics) , psychology , management , social psychology , mathematics education , economics , political science , law , engineering , mechanical engineering , structural engineering
Veteran, seasoned leaders are not automatically the best for any given project, Wiseman says. She explains “rookie smarts,” in which a less experienced person outperforms a veteran, getting around the “experience trap.” Wiseman and her research team “studied more than 400 workplace scenarios, comparing how inexperienced versus experienced professionals approach a particular type of work.” The article describes four distinct modes of rookie smarts that her analysis revealed: Backpacker, Hunter‐Gatherer, Firewalker, and Pioneer. “If you are stuck climbing your way up a corporation,” she writes, “it might be time to get off the career ladder and get onto a learning curve.”