{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Cedric Chin (Commoncog) on Tacit Knowledge and Learning from Experts","description":"Certain clusters of nerds on the internet can find it very frustrating when successful people say a lot of incorrect stuff ("Just focus on your passion and be yourself!") about how they found success in their field. To be clear, I am such a nerd. Cedric Chin has researched and written extensively about the academic literature on skill acquisition and expertise\u2014and has made these concepts extremely practical for knowledge workers looking to improve their career skills at his Commonplace blog. Through Cedric's writing, we can build a better model of how experts build their models, which should help us develop our own skills, especially in areas of complexity and uncertainty like management, building a business, or growing an audience. If you are interested in developing practical expertise, check this episode out and follow Cedric's work for more great info. Learn more from Cedric here: Website: www.commoncog.com | Commonplace Blog Twitter: @ejames_c Selected Articles & Series: The Tacit Knowledge Series The Chinese Businessman Paradox A Framework for Putting Mental Models to Practice If you're enjoying the show, the best way to support it is by sharing with your friends. If you don't have any friends, why not a leave a review? It makes a difference in terms of other people finding the show. You can also subscribe to receive my e-mail newsletter at www.toddnief.com. Most of my writing never makes it to the blog, so get on that list. Show Notes: [01:55] A disagreement on tacit knowledge vs deliberate practice\u2014and establishing some definitions [14:00] Why \u201cpurposeful practice\u201d is useful to almost everyone\u2014and why \u201cdeliberate practice\u201d has a much more narrow application [22:10] The necessary conditions for expertise\u2014and why most of the skills that people want in their lives aren\u2019t easy to research [25:50] \u201cTacit knowledge\u201d is knowledge that can\u2019t easily be put into words. Experts aren\u2019t very good at explaining what they\u2019re doing, but naturalistic decision-making researchers are able to extract what\u2019s actually going on. [32:27] How athletes make quick decisions\u2014with examples from judo, racquet sports, and Cristiano Ronaldo [40:48] Experts are able to prioritize the most important things in complex environments and are able to easily recognize different \u201cprototypes\u201d\u2014plus a practical management example [49:51] How should someone create an environment that helps people learn and recognize prototypes? [56:25] Having an accurate model of the world doesn\u2019t necessarily mean that you\u2019re going to be more successful [01:06:10] Sometimes having an inaccurate model of the world is beneficial and makes people more successful in marketing and in sport [01:19:50] How to develop the skill of trial and error [01:25:00] How to learn more from Cedric Links and Resources Mentioned \u201cThe Making of an Expert\u201d by K. Anders Ericcson \u201cDeliberate Practice and Proposed Limits on the Effects of Practice on the Acquisition of Expert Performance: Why the Original Definition Matters and Recommendations for Future Research\u201d by K. Anders Ericcson and Kyle W. Harwell \u201cPeak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise\u201d by K. Anders Ericcson Manager Tools Todd Nief\u2019s Show: Sarah Sentes (Manager Tools) on managing in industries that resist management Naturalistic decision-making \u201cThe Two Settings of Kind and Wicked Learning Environments\u201d by Robin Hogarth and Tom\u00e1s Lejarraga \u201cRange: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized world\u201d by David Epstein \u201cSuperior self-paced memorization of digits in spite of a normal digit span: The structure of a memorist\u2019s skill.\u201d by Yi Hu and K. Anders Ericcson The Cambridge Handbook of Expertise and Expert Performance \u201cThe relationship between expertise and visual search strategy in a racquet sport\u201d by Bruce Abernethy and David G. Russell \u201cConditions for Intuitive Expertise: A Failure to Disagree\u201d by Gary Klein and Daniel Kahneman Recognition primed decision \u201cDeveloping cognitive task analysis and the importance of socio-cognitive competence\/insight for professional practice\u201d by Julie Gore and Adrian P. Banks \u201cFriendly casualty outcomes: choice of counter Improvised Explosive Device tactics matters on the asymmetric battlefield\u201d by Larry D Baca and Michael D Proctor Cristiano Ronaldo scores in complete darkness Jimmy Pedro \u201cSources of Power\u201d by Gary Klein \u201cThe Power of Intuition: How to Use Your Gut Feelings to Make Better Decisions at Work\u201d by Gary Klein \u201cA New Model of Scheduling in Manufacturing: Tasks, Roles, and Monitoring\u201d by Sarah Jackson and John R. Wilson Explicit and tacit rationality Expected utility hypothesis Bayesian inference Lean startup \u201cSuperforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction\u201d by Philip Tetlock \u201cNever Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It\u201d by Chris Voss \u201cThinking, Fast and Slow\u201d by Daniel Kahneman \u201cPsychobiology of Fatigue During Endurance Exercise\u201d by Samuele Marcora Predictive coding \u201cDeep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World\u201d by Cal Newport ","author_name":"Todd Nief's Show","author_url":"http:\/\/toddnief.com","html":"