Sebastian Bailey, PhD President, Mind Gym Inc @DrSebBailey The
bite-size revolution in learning
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Mind Gym The future of learning 2 Little and often with
distributed practice delivers greater personal and business
value.
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Mind Gym With great results 3 12% 20%13%25%23% I have stopped
smacking my son since I came on this program. Prosocial behaviour
Peer problems Hyperactivity Conduct problems Emotional symptons My
husband said to me, you havent shouted all week, I realized its
because of what Ive learnt here. I have found this course fantastic
my child now sleeps in his own bed for the first time in 6 years.
Positive sustained changes 3-5 months after program
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Mind Gym The bite-size revolution 4 What works? Blocks and
releases to bite size The bites in bite-size Bite-size: In practice
The bite-size revolution
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Mind Gym Vilfedo Pareto 5
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Mind Gym Pareto principle 6 20% 80%
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Mind Gym Pareto principle applied to learning 7 What works? The
Trivial Many 80% of time expended 20% of results and transfer The
Vital Few 20% of time expended 80% of results and transfer
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Mind Gym A days worth of value in 90 minutes 8
0.000.200.400.600.801.001.20 Knowledge of the various influencing
styles which can be used in different situations. Understanding of
my own preferred style and its impact on others. Ability to adopt
different influencing styles to suit others styles or differing
situations. Mind Gym 90-minute workoutDay longTwo day Standardized
shifts
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Mind Gym With added distribution 9 9 LowHigh Performance
improvement Number of people Source: Donovan & Radosevich, 1999
Massed practice Spaced practice
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Mind Gym Illustrative value proposal 10 Traditional
approachBite-size approach Program1 days learning 2 x 90 min
learning session 1x 30min transfer task 1x 30min booster session
Costs Cost of time of 20 ppt @ $107,410* $8,913$4,456 Facilitator/
trainer costs$4,000$5,500 Travel & Expenses$2,000$500 TOTAL
COSTS$14,913$10,456 Benefits Improvement in performance5%6% Utility
value (20 ppt.)**$107,410$128,892 ROI620%1270% * Bureau of Labor
Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wages, Management
occupations, May 2011 at 241 working days per year. ** Utility is
calculated by taking salary x performance improvement. of one
standard deviation greater transfer and therefore performance
improvement (Donovan & Radosevich, 1999)
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Mind Gym The bottom line Miniaturization pays 11 33%200% 17%
Performance improvement 200% Greater return on investment 33%
Cheaper
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Mind Gym Blocks to bite-size in your organization? 12
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Mind Gym 5 reasons why we dont 13 Longer = Better The event is
the hero Design for the outlier We say that people are different,
but we treat them all the same The change isnt worth the cost
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Mind Gym Longer = better 14 London New York 7.5 Hours $1,000
4.5 Days $2,000
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Mind Gym The event is the hero 15 Context setting Learning
event On the job application >40%40% Engage Activate Participate
Individual transfer is the hero
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Mind Gym Design for the outlier 16 A meeting moves at the speed
of the slowest mind in the room. All but one participant will be
bored, all but one mind underused. Slowpoke All the facts in
detail. You end up with bloated experiences and unnecessary
content. Skeptic Wants a collaborative or facilitative approach to
everything. Every avenue of conversation is explored, every concept
generated by the group. Dialogue junkie
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Mind Gym Same problem, different context 17 What works? Blocks
and releases to bite size The bites in bite-size Proposition no.
Attack-Dispersion storyRadiation problem and dispersion solution
1-2 A fortress was located in the center of the country. Many roads
radiated out from the fortress. A tumor was located in the interior
of a patients body. 3-4A General wanted to capture the fortress
with his army.A doctor wanted to destroy the tumor with rays. 5-7
The General wanted to prevent mines on the road from destroying his
army and neighboring villages. The doctor wanted to prevent the
rays from destroying healthy tissue. 8 As a result the entire army
could not attack the fortress along one road. As a result, the
high-intensity rays could not be applied to the tumor along one
path. 9-10 However, the entire army was needed to capture the
fortress. However, high-intensity rays were needed to destroy the
tumor. 11So an attack by one small group would not succeed.So
applying one low-intensity ray would not succeed. 12 The General
therefore divided his army into several small groups. The doctor
therefore divided the rays into several low-intensity rays. 13 He
positioned the small groups at the head of the different roads. He
positioned the low-intensity rays at multiple locations around the
patients body. 14-15 The small groups simultaneously converged on
the fortress. The low-intensity rays simultaneously converged on
the tumor. 16In this way the army captured the fortress.In this way
the rays destroyed the tumor.
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Mind Gym 18 What works? Blocks and releases to bite size The
bites in bite-size 10% 20% 92% Failure in opportunity recognition
Control % Suggesting the right solution No hintHint Source: Gick
& Holyoak (1980) Getting to the right solution
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Mind Gym Designing for application 19 Context Simulations Role
plays Case studies Problem-based learning Action learning sets
Online forums Ruthless pragmatism Hug the context
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Mind Gym Hug the context Designing for application 20 Context
Simulations Role plays Case studies Problem-based learning Action
learning sets Online forums Ruthless pragmatism Context Consider
use of general principles Multiple illustrations Seeking multiple
contexts for application Identify similarities between contexts
Storytelling and metaphor
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Mind Gym Activate tactics 21 Activate Make the transfer problem
explicit Use management observations and coaching Use after action
reviews Incorporate transfer tasks into the workflow
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Mind Gym We treat people all the same 22
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Mind Gym Mass customization 23
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Mind Gym Mass customization of learning 24
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Mind Gym 25 The change isnt worth the cost
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Mind Gym Focus on unmet, unarticulated needs 26
ParticipantBusiness stakeholderCHRO / CLO Id like something that
fits with the way I work Im busy enough as it is. You cant take
them out of the field, but they need development. I dont believe
were getting the return we need to satisfy our stakeholders.
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Mind Gym Before and after the bite-size revolution Traditional
Longer = Better Design for the participant outliers The event is
the hero We say that people are different, but we treat them all
the same Bite size Miniaturize & Distribute Design for context
of application Transfer is the hero Mass customization Disengaged
Higher employee turnover Subtle sabotage
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Mind Gym Driving retail business growth 28
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Mind Gym Join the revolution Your mission 29 1.Seek ways to
miniaturize your learning experiences. In terms of content, what is
the vital few? 2.Create engagement. Tap into the self-interest of
the participants. 3.Use distributed experiences. Spaced practice
delivers much better value than massed practice. 4.Tune the
environment to activate participants prior learning. 5.Develop
value proposals to win over business stakeholders.
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1 million Participants 1,200 Companies 250 Coaches 30 Languages
40 Countries 2013 Learning Company of the Year New York London
Dubai Singapore
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Mind Gym Engaged participants 31 Welcome! Why are you here?
Because its Wednesday and my manager said I needed to attend. A I
am here because my role requires influencing customers to buy. This
will help me do this better. Ill also get better at persuading my
teenage daughter. C Most companies have type A learners. Type C are
the only ones who drive ROI. Robert Brinkerhoff Because I want to
learn about influencing people so that I can persuade my husband
and kids. B