S02E16 The Get a Move On Episode

The Leader Learner Podcast

Check-In Question:

• What do you look back and think, "I would never do that again?"

Big Ideas:

• We do our best thinking when are up and moving around
• Gestures help us think through ideas
• "We use our brains entirely too much."
• Do we use our brains, or does our brain use us?
• Most of our best ideas come when not trying to think through something
• Thinking harder is counter-productive
• Protestant thinking is against fun and all about hard work
• Not wrestle with ideas, but play with them
• What is professional?
• Definitions of seriousness that drive our learning
• Rise of ADHD in the US and the increase in seat time in schools
• 20 minutes in nature was better for ADHD students than the medications
• More productive after micro-breaks
• Think will think better after a break, but think better because of the break
• Don't separate our movement from our work - invite movement into your day
• Walking meetings
• More accurate when walking while thinking (Radiologist study)
• Nietzsche had the best ideas while walking
• Mobile intelligence
• Not separate the mind from the body
• Level of conversation is elevated when we are elevated
• Afraid of chaos - children were "little savages"
• Play time versus work time
• "The opposite of play isn't work, the opposite of play is depression." ~Stuart Brown
• Emotional regulation being improved when spend time outside
• Importance of natural light to working
• The privilege of having access to green spaces
• Bringing nature into built spaces to support productivity
• Awe - the word and the sound
• We are not too different from our environment
• Leaders creating space for movement (modeling)

Resources:

• The RACI Method
• The Extended Mind by Annie Murphy Paul
• Pomodoro Technique

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