The hardest part of training someone is not knowing if it’s worth your time. Is this [insert topic of training] even useful for them? It’s hard to know! You know how useful Microsoft Word templates are…but can you convince anyone else of their value? A worse question: How many times do I have to show … Continue reading On the sunk costs of training
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On wondering how to teach writing to architects
As the firm I work for has grown the past few years, I've run up into a repeated problem: I don't have enough time to market every project. The solution seemed obvious: another marketer. With another marketer in the firm, we could tackle it all and make it work, giving every project the marketing support … Continue reading On wondering how to teach writing to architects
On ChatGPT as part of our future workplace
Over the past months, it's hard to think about the future of education and not consider how AI fits into it. K-12 teachers have fretted over whether homework is dead. College professors are worried the essay as assignment is a turn-of-the-century relic. ChatGPT (and its improved future versions and competitors) will generate essays, answers to … Continue reading On ChatGPT as part of our future workplace
On teaching more like Socrates
A few months ago, I enjoyed a lovely child-less vacation with my wife. Besides sleeping in and eating long leisurely meals out at nice restaurants, one of the joys of those days was getting to read. Given hours to while away beside a pool, I brought along a book of Plato dialogues to see what … Continue reading On teaching more like Socrates
Using the simplest language possible
Use the simplest possible language. Above all, remember how it was before you yourself grasped whatever it is you're explaining. —Carl Sagan Do you remember? I rarely do, and it's often one of the biggest problems I face in writing. What Sagan observes here is essentially the practice of empathy for our reader in writing. … Continue reading Using the simplest language possible
Adapting “watch one, do one, teach one” for my career
Recently, I learned about a classic teaching strategy in the world of medical education: watch one, do one, teach one. Usually (and worryingly?) applied to surgeries, the premise is that the best way to learn a new surgical technique or method is to watch someone else do it, then do it yourself, and then, finally, … Continue reading Adapting “watch one, do one, teach one” for my career
Taylor Coe 