Struggling to learn new tricks? Perhaps you need to let go of some old ones first
In an era of rapidly accelerating technological change, the need to unlearn what we know is greater than ever. It wasn’t so long ago that knowing how to use a fax machine was a key cutting-edge communications skill. Now, it’s learning how to communicate on various types of social media and working in tandem with artificial intelligence.
Unlearning can be trickier than learning. We have a natural tendency to cling to our existing ways of doing things and breaking that cycle requires awareness and a degree of objectivity about ourselves that can be hard to attain.
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Open the floodgates
So, how long does it take to pick up a new skill? When existing knowledge interferes with the brain’s…
