“Any one of the big challenging issues that are vexing us from climate change, to inequality, to health crises, we're so interconnected. We're only going to solve these problems if we actually deeply understand the context and perspectives that every stakeholder is bringing to them. I think that the solutions to most of these problems actually exist. If we could tap into the insights and genius and wisdom of people, the seeds of figuring out, what do we need to do to take on sustainability? People know the answer to those questions, but I don't know that those answers have been surfaced and reflected upon and integrated.
And so, by just the same way that an organizational leader, I think, can unleash the collective intelligence of their organization, or we personally can unleash the collective intelligence of our friend group or whatever. I think for these big issues, the collective genius and the answers live particularly in voices that are not often heard enough.”
Why do people withhold information from each other? Why are some of the smartest, successful people the worst at learning from each other?
Jeff Wetzler is on a quest to transform learning opportunities, both in business and in education. If we want to create a workforce for the future, with skills that cannot be replaced by AI, he explains, we have to do things differently not just within an organisation but at every stage of the education journey.
Jeff is the former chief learning officer at Teach for America and is currently CEO of innovation organisation, Transcend. In his new book, ‘Ask: Tap Into the Hidden Wisdom of People Around You’, he outlines the origins and steps of his Ask Approach™ framework, starting with Curiosity.
To find out more on how to improve the communication, collaboration, and critical thinking skills needed to tackle global challenges, from climate change to inequality to polarisation, listen to this Provocateurs podcast. Here, Jeff is chatting with Steve Goldbach, Principal and Sustainability, Climate & Equity Leader at Deloitte, and Stuart Crainer, co-founder of Thinkers50.
This episode will be available on 16 May 2024.
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