Explore before Exploit, Round 2

Two years ago, I wrote about psychologist Alison Gropnik’s description of the difference between children and adults. Children are wired to explore, while adults are conditioned to exploit, to “…find resources, make plans, make things happen…”. Gropnik’s perspective prodded me to think about how I coach individuals and teams to learn by doing, using the Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) method embedded in…