Coaching for Leaders21 Okt 2019

437: How to Know What You Don’t Know, with Art Markman

Art Markman: Bring Your Brain to Work

Art Markman is the Annabel Irion Worsham Centennial Professor Centennial Professor of Psychology and Marketing at the University of Texas at Austin. He is also the Founding Director of the Program in the Human Dimensions of Organizations, which brings the humanities and the social behavioral sciences to people in business.

Along with Bob Duke, Art hosts the radio show Two Guys on Your Head for KUT Radio in Austin, also available as a podcast. He’s the author of many books, most recently: Bring Your Brain to Work: Using Cognitive Science to Get a Job, Do it Well, and Advance Your Career*.

In this conversation, Art and I explore the science behind what we know and how we can both better recognize what we don’t know and increase our knowledge in that area. Research shows that others are one of our best sources of knowledge and we discuss how to make intentional connections through mentoring to accomplish this.

Key Points

Metacognition is the awareness of one’s own knowledge.
The Dunning-Kruger explains how sometimes feels like we know more about something than we actually do.
The success of expert generalists demonstrates the value of leveraging connections with others in the organization and industry.
The most powerful source of knowledge is the people around you.
Traditional mentoring programs aren’t ideal since they are inorganic.
Seek these five kinds of people when building a team that can mentor you: coach, superstar, connector, librarian, and teammate.

Resources Mentioned

Bring Your Brain to Work: Using Cognitive Science to Get a Job, Do it Well, and Advance Your Career* by Art Markman

Book Notes

Download my highlights from Bring Your Brain to Work in PDF format (free membership required).

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How to Find a Mentor (episode 105)
How to Grow Your Professional Network, with Tom Henschel (episode 279)
What You Gain By Sponsoring People, with Julia Taylor Kennedy (episode 398)

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