Quiet Leadership: David Rock

Part 1: Discoveries about the Brain

• central to leadership is the ability to improve people's thinking (which to me makes sense as good leaders always think about multiple ways of how to accomplish something e.g. introducing ideas- teacher buy in compared to direct leadership
• when we process new ideas we create maps of those new ideas and then make connections to existing maps(making links between new knowledge and prior knowledge)
• humans are able to make predictions which differentiate us from other species
• if we are trying to help people think rather than thinking for them or doing tasks for them, it will lead to the development of a set of thinking skills
• we process information differently as our brains are differently
• we sometimes give too much advice or problem solving solutions and expect people to think or problem solve the way we do. (We probably do this without thinking about it. We think we are helping people out by rather than listening to them, thinking about ways to solve their problems. Where does this come from??? Our own connections or previous learning experiences. Does this suit their problems? Probably not because of the differing connections)