“We mistake
familiarity for
simplicity"
Jim Fisher
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@carolstran
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“We mistake
familiarity for
simplicity"
Jim Fisher
bit.ly/dont-say-simply
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Jim Fisher
bit.ly/dont-say-simply
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@carolstran
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Spiral of silence
Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann
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Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann
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“The assessment of one’s
social environment may
not always correlate
with reality”
Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann
bit.ly/spiral-of-silence-noelle
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@carolstran
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Increased
Empathy
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@carolstran
Empathy matters
more in education
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@carolstran
Empathy requires
humility
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Take ownership of the
communities we’re in
@carolstran
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Start an internal
mentorship program
@carolstran
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Someone you admire
@carolstran
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Someone you admire
@carolstran
Someone you feel
comfortable with
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Someone you admire
@carolstran
NOT YOUR MANAGER
Someone you feel
comfortable with
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Try out empathy-
driven teaching
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Relate your own
experiences
@carolstran
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I can see that
you feel…
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I have felt
that way when…
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What I have
found is that…
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Ban words like
"easy" from your
vocabulary
@carolstran
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Be specific
Jim Fisher
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Be comparative
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Be absolute
Jim Fisher
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Show, don’t tell
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Deconstruct
your biases
@carolstran
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Keep a learning
journal
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Just because you
understand something
doesn’t mean that
everyone else will too
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People learn at
different rates
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Brains are
weird
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Everyone is a beginner
at some point
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It’s ok that
things are hard
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Programming
is hard
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“By saying something is
easy, you remove the
accomplishment of learning
something as it was always
supposed to be easy.
And learning something is
always an accomplishment"
@ThisIs JoFrank