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Five Rules: Setting the Conditions for Learning Diana Larsen http://futureworksconsulting.com @DianaOfPortland

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For my own individual learning To help others in “formal” learning To coach or mentor For work environments where learning is key Anytime I want to set conditions for learning

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Keep it Alive! Do it for Real Setting First Start Obvious, Stay Obvious Focus on Flow

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Rules Dials Questions

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Keep it Alive! to generate energy

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“Keep it ALIVE” DIAL Human Metrics: Watch for Body Language, Facial Expressions, Emotional Quality, Degree of Engagement, Quality of Self-Organizing for Learning Low Alive • Little/No eye contact • Boredom • Disengagement Highly Alive • Eyes wide open • Laughter • Tears • Play • Full Engagement

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✦ How can I increase aliveness here?

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Do it for Real to expand fluent capacity

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Learning to Build Fluency Fluency, a.k.a: Fluently Proficient Habitual performance Routine, smooth, skillful, ease

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“Do it for Real” DIAL Skill-building Metrics: Watch for Doing, Attention to attaining fluency, Expanding capacity, Increasing capability Low Fluency • Waiting to Learn • Abstractions • Questions re: objections, ‘what ifs?’ & edge cases • Introductions & Exposure to… High Fluency • Fully embodied experience • Implementing • Practicing skilled action • Performing is its own justification

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✦ How can I move closer to doing this for real?

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Setting First to drive learning

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“Setting First” DIAL Learning Environment Metrics: Watch for efficacy in underpinning other “Rules” Poor Setting • Inhibits Aliveness, Fluency, Signal, or Focus • Creates barriers to learning Rich Setting • Reinforces Aliveness, Fluency, Signal, & Focus • Drives learning

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✦ How can I improve the setting to drive and strengthen aliveness, fluency, signal, and flow?

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Start Obvious, Stay Obvious to initiate an sustain action

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“Start Obvious, Stay Obvious” DIAL Signal to Noise Metrics: Signal Strength, Watch for Degree of Friction, Hesitation, Confusion, Ambiguity, Clarity High Signal • Action with regular, sequential “Aha’s” • Full attention • Spontaneous innovation • High confidence • High trust • Questions about safety, performance • Concerns for precision, correctness • Distractions • Confusion • Caution, Hesitations High Noise

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✦ How can I boost the signal and make it more obvious? ✦ How can I add clarity and remove confusion, friction, hesitations, ambiguities, & distractions?

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Focus on Flow to increase proficiency

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“Focus on Flow” DIAL “Bite-sized” Skill Metrics: Watch for small enough to easily consume + big enough to hold interest; Constructive sequence Un-Focused • Too small = boring • Too big = overwhelming • Questions off topic • Drowning in detail Right Focus • Largest “bite” learner can easily absorb & find interesting • Questions about the next “bite” • Progressive, increasing proficiency Bored Panic/ Overwhelm Just right

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✦ How can I better shape the size and sequence of learning goals?

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Keep it Alive! Do it for Real Setting First Start Obvious, Stay Obvious Focus on Flow

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https://leanpub.com/fiverules

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Stay in Touch [email protected] http://futureworksconsulting.com /blog @DianaOfPortland @LearnFiveRules @AgileChartering @FutureWks with Esther Derby, Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great with Ainsley Nies, Liftoff: Launching Agile Teams & Projects