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1/ Let's talk about accelerating expertise. You want to get good. You want to get good fast. How do you do this? In 2008 and 2009 the US Department of Defence convened two meetings on this very topic. Here's what they found. (Hint: the answer is NOT deliberate practice).

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This is a great thread! FWIW - the military definitely teaches things with opposite way round to more academic settings. I'm passing this, and the related article onto some of my ex military performance/coaching nerds. Thanks again Cedric!

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Thank you Ben! I actually think that we have much to learn from the military re: training. Many of these techniques were developed for use in industry as well, and better reflect the learning tasks that we need to succeed in business.

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..indeed fascinating. I often coach senior leadership teams around instinct and somatics as they are past the point of teaching skills yet sometimes still try to think their way to decisions when they could “feel” them far quicker. Have the sense CTA could have learnings here.