The Unlock: Humanity at Work

Learning to learn with Dr. Veronica Harvey

Dec 18, 2023
Dr. Veronica Harvey, an organizational consultant and author with over 30 years of experience in learning agility, shares her insights. She defines learning agility as knowing how to learn in uncertain situations, highlighting its importance for effective leadership. Dr. Harvey breaks down learning agility into key dimensions and discusses the traits of low agility leaders. Emphasizing curiosity and psychological safety, she explores fostering a learning culture and the role of AI in learning. With practical advice, she inspires listeners to embrace continuous learning and growth.
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INSIGHT

What Learning Agility Really Means

  • Learning agility is knowing how to learn what to do when you don't know what to do.
  • It combines applying past lessons with strategies to adapt to new, volatile situations.
ADVICE

Develop Learning Agility Intentionally

  • You can develop learning agility by training its component skills from multiple psychology fields.
  • Pull instructional strategies from clinical, educational, and training research to build these habits.
INSIGHT

Learning Agility Is Whole-Being Work

  • Learning agility is a meta-competency that spans perception, thinking, emotion, interaction, and behavior.
  • It requires mindfulness, metacognition, emotional regulation, social skill, and observable adaptive actions.
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