The Experimentation Mindset
summary
Shows that tiny wording flips learning outcomes with a fifth grade math experiment where praising effort produces rising grades while praising smartness produces decline, maps learning to the Dreyfus stages, and argues teams must break rules to reach expertise. Cites real experiments: mob programming upskills an Android team in three weeks, multivariate tests at Groupon reach significance in three days, a commit-based team joy (0–5 commit rating) signal predicts trouble, and an onboarding change eliminates annual reviews over 24 months. Calls to drop “best practice” for leading practice and adopt double loop learning.
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chapters (27)
- 0:00THE EXPERIMENTATION MINDSET
- 1:26A SIMPLE EXPERIMENT
- 1:58TWO GROUPS
- 2:17SMALL DIFFERENCE: BIG RESULT
- 5:16DREYFUS MODEL OF SKILLS ACQUISITION
- 6:01NOVICE
- 6:53ADVANCED BEGINNER
- 13:44IN A TYPICAL COMPANY...
- 14:51FOLLOW THE SCRIPT
- 15:32IT WASN'T GREAT
- 22:18BEST PRACTICES
- 25:11THE DARK SIDE
- 28:22AGILE ISN'T ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION
- 29:20WOODY ZUILL
- 30:19MOB PROGRAMMING
- 31:47FROM IMPLEMENTATION TO EXPERIMENTATION
- 32:52SPLIT CA/B + MULTIVARIATE
- 34:03EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT
- 34:56TEAM JOY
- 37:07ORIENTATION - ON-BOARDING
- 38:08INTEREST LEAGUES
- 39:35HACKATHONS
- 40:10360 / PEER REVIEWS
- 45:17FOUR THINGS
- 45:28CHALLENGE ASSUMPTIONS
- 48:07BE INTOLERANT OF MEDIOCRITY
- 48:38KEEP EXPERIMENTING
