{"id":7712,"date":"2017-12-22T01:15:12","date_gmt":"2017-12-22T00:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ie.edu\/exponential-learning\/blog\/?p=7712"},"modified":"2018-11-06T15:04:52","modified_gmt":"2018-11-06T14:04:52","slug":"learning-learn-barbara-oakley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ie.edu\/lifelong-learning\/blog\/notes-from-ie-lifelong-learning\/learning-learn-barbara-oakley\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning how to learn with Barbara Oakley"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our pursuit of lifelong learning at IE Exponential Learning led us to Barbara Oakley<\/b><\/a>. <\/b>It\u2019s no wonder that her TEDTalk \u201cLearning How to Learn\u201d features so prominently as the first of our Favorite Learning Resources<\/b><\/a>. To give us a sneak preview of her third book, Learning How to Learn<\/i> that\u2019s coming out in 2018, the author of Mindshift<\/i>and A Mind for Numbers<\/i> came to Madrid for two days of events on IE\u2019s campus.<\/p>\n

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But, how did we at IEXL arrive at that conclusion and decide to work to foster this philosophy of lifelong learning throughout all our program offerings? It all started with IE Exponential Learning Executive President Teresa Mart\u00edn-Retortillo taking the world’s most-taken massive open online course, better known as a MOOC.<\/p>\n

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What MOOC is that you ask? <\/i>It\u2019s Barbara Oakley\u2019s, Learning How to Learn<\/i><\/b><\/a>. This MOOC not only is the world’s most popular MOOC but it also<\/b><\/a>\u201c\u2026continues to help learners around the globe improve their ability and confidence when approaching challenging subjects.\u201d<\/p>\n

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After taking the MOOC, something clicked as we worked to create the IE Exponential Learning family: the learning mindset as your life-changer<\/b>. As Mart\u00edn-Retortillo explained in her introduction to the first of Oakley\u2019s three talks on campus, the learning mindset is pivotal as our professional lives extend, and the impetus is now a paradigm shift from \u201cknow-it-all\u201d to \u201clearn-it-all.\u201d That is why a learning mindset <\/b>is one of IE Exponential Learning\u2019s central pillars because not only can a learning mindset help you change your life, but we believe in learning\u2019s <\/b>potential as a critical competitive advantage in today\u2019s dynamic environment.<\/p>\n

Is changing to a learning mindset possible?<\/h4>\n

Yes, it is. We can see it in one of the world\u2019s major technology companies, Microsoft. When Satya Nadella took over the company as CEO in 2014, one of the most significant changes Nadella made had to with implementing the idea of the \u201cgrowth mindset<\/b><\/a>.\u201d What exactly is this? It\u2019s<\/b><\/a> \u201cthe notion that you should take nothing for granted and always be willing to check your assumptions as new data comes in.\u201d But, what else is part of this mindset that\u2019s so pivotal for a company like Microsoft? It is because the growth mindset\u00a0<\/b><\/a>\u201cemphasizes the notion of learning from others, and learning from your own mistakes, so you can move quickly and find the right path forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

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This is why Mart\u00edn-Retortillo referenced Satya Nadella\u2019s efforts as a manifestation of this new way of thinking. When Nadella took the helm at Microsoft, it was a company with a \u201cknow-it-all\u201d mindset deeply embedded into its culture. By adopting this cultural change that places great emphasis on having to create an environment with a learn it all mentality. It means that the company will need people to acknowledge that they don\u2019t know and how they\u2019ll collaborate to learn what they need to make those decisions.<\/p>\n

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Hear from Satya Nadella in his discussion with Rebecca Blumenstein in Time Talks <\/i>with The New York Times:<\/i><\/p>\n