Why Great Leaders Must Unlearn to Succeed in Today's Exponential World • Barry O’Reilly • YOW! 2018

Interesting. speech Unlearn: Let go of past success to achieve extraordinary results. This book offers a three-step process for leaders.

1. Unlearn the behaviors and mindsets that keep them and their businesses from moving forward.
2. Relearn new skills, strategies, and innovations that are transforming the world every day.
3. Break through old habits and thinking by opening up to new ideas and perspectives while achieving extraordinary results.

If we talk about the speech itself, it is quite interesting.

• Roman Empire and Learning The author shows a map of the Roman Empire and says that it supported itself throughout the world. 2000 years, using different methods and systems of work. This is what allowed her to adapt to changing conditions. n
• Innovation It is the approach of companies to adapt to changing conditions. And it is important to create a system within the company that will help to constantly learn and unlearn from old approaches. (Unlearn - hence the title of the book)
• Examples of author's approaches Execamp for executives who leave their business for a period of time 4 before 8 Weeks to try to come up with a startup model for your company. For example, as a result of such unlearn experience, managers from the International Airlines Group (IAG) came up with the concept of level (brand for low-cost transatlantic flights)
• The importance of unlearn The idea is that for growth and development it is necessary to go beyond your comfort zone and create situations in which it is uncomfortable. I can add that we grow when we overcome difficulties and when we are struggling. I try to be at least one foot out of my comfort zone.) But in order to do this, you need to feel safe and have confidence in yourself – it helps create situations in which you can learn and unlearn. Here the author recalls the "Project Aristotle". (Google's Project Aristotle) From the guys at Google, where the most important factor in the success of teams is psychological safety. I already am. wrote research
• Changing thinking It is important not only to change your approaches in words, but also to change your behavior, and then your thinking will tighten.
• Learning from mistakes The author discusses the importance of using error feedback to improve products and services. T-Mobile CEO John Larch used customer complaints to improve his work and business. Another example of error management is NASA, where mistakes led to catastrophes but eventually became the basis for learning and adapting behavior.
• Culture of learning and safety The ability to work with bugs can be a competitive advantage if shared and used to improve systems. However, the approach to working with errors depends on the culture of the organization, which can be read in more detail in the whitepaper.A typology of organisational cultures"which I'm talking about." told. The psychological safety factor mentioned above also works.
• The importance of experimentation and feedback To achieve outstanding results, you need to experiment and try new approaches, even if they cause discomfort. It is important to create a feedback loop with people you trust to navigate the learning process.

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