{"id":519,"date":"2010-10-30T11:12:43","date_gmt":"2010-10-30T11:12:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saasoft.com\/blog\/?p=519"},"modified":"2010-10-30T11:12:43","modified_gmt":"2010-10-30T11:12:43","slug":"must-we-unlearn-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hcse.blog\/?p=519","title":{"rendered":"Must We Unlearn First?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In the famous “Star Wars” films when Luke Skywalker is learning to master the Force\u00a0– his\u00a0trainer,\u00a0Jedi Master Yoda, says the famous line:<\/p>\n

“You must unlearn what you have learned<\/em>“.<\/p>\n

These seven words capture a fundamental principle of Improvement Science – that very often we have to unlearn before we can improve.<\/p>\n

Unlearning is not the same as forgetting – because much of what we have learned is unconscious – so to unlearn\u00a0we first have to make\u00a0our assumptions\u00a0conscious.<\/p>\n

Unlearning is not\u00a0just erasing a memory, it is preparing the mental ground to\u00a0replace the\u00a0learning with something else.<\/p>\n

And we do not want to unlearn everything –\u00a0we want to keep\u00a0the nexus of knowledge nuggets that form the solid foundation of new learning.\u00a0 We only want to unlearn what\u00a0is preventing us adding new\u00a0understanding, concepts and skills\u00a0–\u00a0the invisible layer of psychological grease that smears our vision and leaves\u00a0our\u00a0minds slippery and unable to grasp new concepts.<\/p>\n

We need\u00a0to apply some cognitive detergent and ad some heated debate to strip off the psycho-slime.\u00a0 The best detergent is I have found is\u00a0called Reality and\u00a0the good news is that\u00a0Reality\u00a0is widely available,\u00a0completely free and supplies will never run out.<\/p>\n

Watch the video on YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the famous “Star Wars” films when Luke Skywalker is learning to master the Force\u00a0– his\u00a0trainer,\u00a0Jedi Master Yoda, says the famous line: “You must unlearn what you have learned“. These seven words capture a fundamental principle of Improvement Science – that very often we have to unlearn before we can improve. Unlearning is not the … <\/p>\n

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