283 - Ed Hess on Adapting to the Speed of Change

<p><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">Today, Tom Vander Ark is joined by Ed Hess to talk hyper-learning <span style= "color: #14171a;">— o</span>ne of the new demands of the 21st-Century workforce.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">After 20 years in business, Ed Hess has spent nearly two decades in academia teaching leadership. He is a professor of business administration and Batten Faculty Fellow at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business. He is the author of eleven books, over sixty articles, and over 60 Darden cases. His new book, <em>Hyper-Learning: How to Adapt to the Speed of Change</em>, suggests that for humans to stay relevant in the workplace, we have to be able to excel cognitively, behaviorally, and emotionally in ways that technology can’t.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">Join in on today’s conversation with Tom and Ed to learn how you can implement hyper learning in your own life, your organization, or your school!</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><strong>Key Takeaways:</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">[:10] About today’s episode.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">[:43] Tom welcomes Ed Hess to the podcast.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">[:50] After twenty years in business, Ed switched to academia. Ed shares why he decided to make the shift.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">[2:16] Does Ed teach executive or full-time students at Darden?</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">[3:58] Tom and Ed speak about their experiences teaching students.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">[6:34] Ed speaks about his 2017 book, <em>Humility Is the New Smart: Rethinking Human Excellence in the Smart Machine Age,</em> and how he landed on that title.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">[11:17] Why humility is so key for both educators and learners, and