Newminimalists embrace knowledge, know-how, and knowing.
I grew up learning my way through a "tunnel of knowledge" created via books [see photo].
Today, 8th August 2020, the way people learn is evolving. Books are still a staple diet of knowledge: however know-how [theory and practice] and knowing [experience] are not present in books [physical or audio]. In the near future the emphasis will swing back onto know-how [skills] and knowing [heuristic learning].
I suspect that the form of organisation we will work with, or work in, will be forever different to the 2019 global models we are now forced to leave behind. Social distancing, masks, and a new focus on individuals means that the old collective [group think] organisation will soon become obsolete.
The command and control structure of organisations that has worked so well for the past 200 years will struggle to survive in an era of rapid change. Whenever one mentions "rapid change" a reader's thoughts are drawn to think about technology. But in the post-2020 society rapid change will come from people: more specifically, it will come from independent thinking individuals. For instance the "group hug" approach today that tolerates and even thrives via stagnant podcasts [Scott Adams], live stream "talking heads [GaryVee], and sterile Harvard lectures [videos of classroom content] is too passive and didactic for the robust exchanges that are needed in a truly fast-moving environment.
Facilitated learning was the model used by the Jesuits and later practiced by the Dons in Oxford when scholars would collect around the facilitator to share their insights into the knowledge, know-how, and knowing of their time. The learning takes place within the forum of animated debate, discussion, and conversation in an Oxford Don's study. Under this regime the Don learnt with the students in a facilitated process of exchange of facts, opinions, theories, and empirical studies. Today the didactic learning process is one that is better suited to training that is tested and tested and tested again. Training has never pretended to be a valid platform for those seeking meaning and purpose in a world of ambiguity, uncertainty, and opaqueness. Thus today the learning process sees the curiosity of the scholar being extinguished by the ignorance, arrogance, and hubris of those who post their untested commentary [content] onto various online platforms.
Facilitated learning works best when content is distributed to hubs where students collect to discuss and debate what they are being fed. To make that process work in an intuitive, or heuristic, way a facilitator must be added to the mix. This person can be located within the hub or interact with students online: but, he or she must become a moderating presence in this process if student learning is to be optimised.
Richard.
Take the three-step process outlined on the homepage of my website at minimal-you.com and form a group to learn how you can all become Newminimalists. Alternatively, you can purchase my 10 day program and have me act as your facilitator.
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