Twitter: @danielpink | Website: www.danpink.com | Book: When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing

..* Drive (01:19) - Autonomy, Mastery, & Purpose

..* “Timing isn’t the main thing, it’s the only thing.” - Miles Davis (3:50) Biological clocks in every cell of our body

..* Chronobiology / Chronotypes

..* American Academy of Pediatrics Report (don’t start school before 8:30)

..* Teen depression, teen obesity, lower test scores, more car accidents

..* Adults saying ‘don’t be lazy’ - remember how detrimental that can be from our discussion with Glenn Whitman!

..* We don’t take timing seriously (8:43)

..* 15% are larks

..* 20% are owls

..* The rest of us are ‘third birds’

..* Pattern of the day (Twitter, Daniel Kahneman)

..* Peak → Trough → Recovery

..* Peak: Analytic work - most vigilant at this time

..* Trough: increase in medical errors, decrease in handwashing in hospitals, more car accidents: Administrative work - not a lot of brainpower

..* Recovery: High mood but less vigilant - time for Creative Work

..* Only criterion we use is availability (rooms & people) when we schedule anything - we should give more weight to the ‘when’

..* Time of day alone represents about 20% of variance in how someone performs on the job (15:50)

..* We’re intentional about the ‘what’ - the curriculum, the ‘who’ - who’s in the room, the ‘how’ - the pedagogy, but the ‘when’ takes a back seat, which is a big mistake.

..* Study of 2 million students in LAUSD - student performance in math in the morning vs. math in the afternoon

..* Corporate earnings calls - NYU study (19:07) - even led to temporary stock mispricing

..* Communicate important messages earlier in the day

..* Breaks are undervalued

..* Something is better than nothing - even if 1 to 2 minutes, better than nothing; breaks should be social, even for introverts; moving is better than stationary; outside is better than inside; fully detached is better than semi-detached

..* We look at recess as a concession - recess is part of what we need to learn!

..* Denmark - 20 to 30 min break before those standardized tests, scores went back up

..* Try using fresh start dates or temporal landmarks for when you want students to try something new

..* More breaks for teachers and students alike, analytical classes (literacy & numeracy) in the morning, move art / music to later in the day, pay more attention to how well things are working and adjust accordingly - test and reiterate

..* Increase our chances of being successful; not guarantees

..* Make mistakes in your head and come up with solutions before you make those mistakes, e.g. ask students: AP test is in 6 months, you get a 1, what went wrong?

..* Autonomy, Mastery, & Purpose - Genius Hour & self-directed projects, student-led conferences, solve problems in their local community

..* Be a better observer of your own behavior - how are you doing at different times of day? Observe and act accordingly

..* Beginnings, middles & ends - importance of the end of the year

..* Quiz on Daniel’s website to learn your own chronotype

..* Make the end of year powerful!