By: Bill Lang

Bill Lang — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 06:37:34 +0000

Daniel – great analogies. I recently returned from an Inside Passage cruise and devoured your book (while docked at Jueno!) In working with adults and development of workplace leadership skills we have found “looping” in certain skill types (e.g. conducting a meeting, setting team goals) to be quite effective, yet when developing “coaching skills – working one on one with another adult” often calls for “Spiderwebbing”. Lao Tzu is believed to have said ” When the student is ready the teacher appears”. I would love to hear your thoughts on how managers can help ” students appear”. Best Bill Lang (Melbourne, Australia)

By: Jimmy Parker

Jimmy Parker — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 12:57:41 +0000

I like it! This is a very interesting and helpful model for tailoring the training to fit the environment and desired results. I am reminded of 2 works:
– William Duggan’s insightful distinction between Expert Intuition and Strategic Intuition. Expert intuition is more like the Loop, where you get better at something by gaining experience & training in that precise activity where the environmental factors rarely change. Strategic Intuition is more like the Spiderweb & Funnel, where you get good at applying a skill or making connections in dynamic or seemingly disparate environments.
– Kurt Wright’s use of the term “programmable” and “trainable” with respect to our intellectual and intuitive minds, respectively. In other words, our analytical/intellectual mind is “programmable” like a computer–if X, then Y–and extremely efficient anytime it encounters X but woefully inadequate if presented with a situation slight off from X or different altogether from its programming. But our intuitive mind is more “trainable” in that it can be adequately prepared to skillfully handle a variety of situations.

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