The Learner Lab

Learning is the most important skill. Great learners are agile, resilient, and adaptable. Great learners can acquire new skills when new demands arise. In times of change, learners will thrive.

The best news: learning is a skill – one that anyone can get better at.

This book will provide the tools and science to help you do just that.

Learner Lab Website
Trevor Ragan
Learner the Audiobook
The End of Trauma by George Bonanno

Chapters & Release Schedule:

Episode 1 – Oct 19
Chapter 1 – Rudy
Chapter 2 – Why Learning
Chapter 3 – Tigers
Chapter 4 – Why We Zoo Tiger

Episode 2 – Oct 26
Chapter 5 - Mindsets & Learning
Chapter 6  - Mindsets & Action
Chapter 7 - Misconceptions
Chapter 8 - How to Build a Growth Mindset

Episode 3 – Nov 1
Chapter 9 - Fear, Emotions & Learning
Chapter 10 - How to Overcome Fear
Chapter 11  - Flaws of Fearless
Chapter 12 - Putting Emotions in the Backseat 

Episode 4 – Nov 22
Chapter 13 - Finding Opportunities within Challenges
Chapter 14 - Turning Resilience on its Head
Chapter 15 - Learning like a Scientist
Chapter 16 - Into the Wild

Episode 5 – Coming Soon
Chapter 17 
Chapter 18
Chapter 19

The Leading Learners Toolkit
Help your team learn, adapt, and get results
Everything you need to help your team become better learners: video lessons, discussion topics, facilitator guides

Learning is the most important skill. Great learners are agile, resilient, and adaptable. Great learners can acquire new skills when new demands arise. In times of change, learners will thrive.

The best news: learning is a skill – one that anyone can get better at.

This book will provide the tools and science to help you do just that.

Learner Lab Website
Trevor Ragan
Learner the Audiobook

Episode Overview:
- How fear impacts learning
- How our default approach to dealing with fear and discomfort usually makes it worse
- How to overcome fear & discomfort

Topics: stress reappraisal, stress mindset

Guests: Jeremy Jamieson, Susan David, Marc Brackett, Seth Godin

Also mentioned: Alison Wood-Brooks, Alia Crum, Liz Gilbert

Chapters & Release Schedule:

Episode 1 – Oct 19
Chapter 1 – Rudy
Chapter 2 – Why Learning
Chapter 3 – Tigers
Chapter 4 – Why We Zoo Tiger

Episode 2 – Oct 26
Chapter 5 - Mindsets & Learning
Chapter 6  - Mindsets & Action
Chapter 7 - Misconceptions
Chapter 8 - How to Build a Growth Mindset

Episode 3 – Nov 1
Chapter 9 - Fear, Emotions & Learning
Chapter 10 - How to Overcome Fear
Chapter 11  - Flaws of Fearless
Chapter 12 - Putting Emotions in the Backseat 

Episode 4 – Nov 22
Chapter 13 - Finding Opportunities within Challenges
Chapter 14 - Turning Resilience on it's Head
Chapter 15 - Learning like a Scientist
Chapter 16 - Into the Wild

Episode 5 – Coming Soon
Chapter 17 
Chapter 18
Chapter 19

The Leading Learners Toolkit
Help your team learn, adapt, and get results
Everything you need to help your team become better learners: video lessons, discussion topics, facilitator guides

Learning is the most important skill. Great learners are agile, resilient, and adaptable. Great learners can acquire new skills when new demands arise. In times of change, learners will thrive.

The best news: learning is a skill – one that anyone can get better at.

This book will provide the tools and science to help you do just that.

LarryWilkins.com
Learner Lab Website
Trevor Ragan
Learner the Audiobook

Episode Overview:
- Growth mindset deep dive
- How our mindset impact learning
- How our mindsets impact action
- How to build a growth mindset

Topics: growth mindset, neuroplasticity

Guests: Larry Wilkins, Michael Merzenich

Also mentioned: Carol Dweck

Chapters & Release Schedule:

Episode 1 – Oct 19
Chapter 1 – Rudy
Chapter 2 – Why Learning
Chapter 3 – Tigers
Chapter 4 – Why We Zoo Tiger

Episode 2 – Oct 26
Chapter 5 - Mindsets & Learning
Chapter 6  - Mindsets & Action
Chapter 7 - Misconceptions
Chapter 8 - How to Build a Growth Mindset

Episode 3 – Nov 1
Chapter 9 - Fear, Emotions & Learning
Chapter 10 - How to Overcome Fear
Chapter 11  - Flaws of Fearless
Chapter 12 - Putting Emotions in the Backseat 

Episode 4 – Nov 22
Chapter 13 - Finding Opportunities within Challenges
Chapter 14 - Turning Resilience on it's Head
Chapter 15 - Learning like a Scientist
Chapter 16 - Into the Wild

Episode 5 – Coming Soon
Chapter 17 
Chapter 18
Chapter 19

The Leading Learners Toolkit
Help your team learn, adapt, and get results
Everything you need to help your team become better learners: video lessons, discussion topics, facilitator guides

Learning is the most important skill. Great learners are agile, resilient, and adaptable. Great learners can acquire new skills when new demands arise. In times of change, learners will thrive.

The best news: learning is a skill – one that anyone can get better at.

This book will provide the tools and science to help you do just that.

Learner Lab Website
Trevor Ragan
Learner the Audiobook

Chapters & Release Schedule:

Episode 1 – Oct 19
Chapter 1 – Rudy
Chapter 2 – Why Learning
Chapter 3 – Tigers
Chapter 4 – Why We Zoo Tiger

Episode 2 – Oct 26
Chapter 5 - Mindsets & Learning
Chapter 6  - Mindsets & Action
Chapter 7 - Misconceptions
Chapter 8 - How to Build a Growth Mindset

Episode 3 – Nov 1
Chapter 9 - Fear, Emotions & Learning
Chapter 10 - How to Overcome Fear
Chapter 11  - Flaws of Fearless
Chapter 12 - Putting Emotions in the Backseat 

Episode 4 – Nov 22
Chapter 13 - Finding Opportunities within Challenges
Chapter 14 - Turning Resilience on it's Head
Chapter 15 - Learning like a Scientist
Chapter 16 - Into the Wild

Episode 5 – Coming Soon
Chapter 17 
Chapter 18
Chapter 19

The Leading Learners Toolkit
Help your team learn, adapt, and get results
Everything you need to help your team become better learners: video lessons, discussion topics, facilitator guides

We wrote a book. But instead of selling it to you, we're going to present the whole thing, right here, in an audiobook format, for free.

We'll drop a few chapters each week!

For contact information + more free learning resources visit:
www.thelearnerlab.com

The Leading Learners Toolkit
Help your team learn, adapt, and get results
Everything you need to help your team become better learners: video lessons, discussion topics, facilitator guides

The way we traditionally look at emotions can hurt our capacity to grow. To become a better learner we need to change our perceptions of emotions, learn to feel them, understand them, and to work with them rather than against them.

Featuring:
Susan David - Psychologist: Harvard Medical School
Marc Brackett - Director: Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence

Full show notes

Quick Links:
Susan David
Emotional Agility by Susan David
Checking with Susan David (podcast)
Marc Brackett
Permission to Feel by Marc Brackett
Marc Brackett and Brene Brown (podcast)
Alex Belser
Trevor Ragan

The Leading Learners Toolkit
Help your team learn, adapt, and get results
Everything you need to help your team become better learners: video lessons, discussion topics, facilitator guides

Our actions have more of an impact on the learning environment than we realize. If we understand the power of modeling, upgrade the way we think about it, and become more intentional about it - we can all improve the learning environment for the people around us.

Special guests:
Karch Kiraly - Head Coach: USA Women's Volleyball
Ceci Craft - All Terrain Project

Full Show Notes

Quick Links:
Ceci Craft
Karch Kiraly
All Terrain Project
Imitation Study
Imitation Who What Study
Psychological Safety Episode
Alex Belser
Trevor Ragan

The Leading Learners Toolkit
Help your team learn, adapt, and get results
Everything you need to help your team become better learners: video lessons, discussion topics, facilitator guides

All practice is not created equally. To become a better learner we need to engage in more purposeful, deliberate practice. Anders Ericsson, one of the world's leading experts in learning, explains how we can use his research to get better at getting better.

Full show notes

Quick Links
Anders Ericsson
Peak by Anders Ericsson
Alex Belser
Trevor Ragan

The Leading Learners Toolkit
Help your team learn, adapt, and get results
Everything you need to help your team become better learners: video lessons, discussion topics, facilitator guides

To build a skill or make a lasting change we have to get on the path of taking and sustaining action. Understanding a few core principles from the field of behavioral economics can help us stay on that path - helping groups and individuals take more action and become better learners.

Full Show Notes

Quick Links
Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely
Alex Belser
Trevor Ragan

The Leading Learners Toolkit
Help your team learn, adapt, and get results
Everything you need to help your team become better learners: video lessons, discussion topics, facilitator guides

Research shows that communicating with stories can lead to more retention, action, and connection - which are all essential elements of learning. Today we're going to present the research that shows why stories are so powerful. And then Matthew Dicks (one of the world's best storytellers) will give us some tools and techniques to become better storytellers and communicators.

Full Show Notes

Quick Links
Matthew Dicks
Storyworthy by Matthew Dicks
Retention Study
Simulation Study
Blood Pressure Study
Einstein Study
How Stories Enhance Learning by Saga Briggs
Why Does the Brain Love Stories? by Saga Briggs
Alex Belser’s Website
Trevor Ragan

The Leading Learners Toolkit
Help your team learn, adapt, and get results
Everything you need to help your team become better learners: video lessons, discussion topics, facilitator guides