Thursday, February 12, 2015

Lived Knowledge

I wrote on another blog about lived knowledge.

Sometimes, you learn things by going through the motions (doing) which forms the core of your 'lived knowledge' pool. Some other times, you learn things through cognitive processes (by thinking) and this forms the 'learned knowledge' pool.

Working in a law firm places emphasis on cognitive reasoning. For this reason, the other aspect - learning by living - diminished. INSEAD makes sure it's students learn through doing and living by assigning group work where individuals from diverse backgrounds.

I have been lucky to have a good group of like-minded people in my P1,P2 core group. P3 groups have been are a bit more difficult to work with. People have tight schedules and have different priorities.

One concept I learned in M&A class this term, I think applies to working in groups too. That concept differentiates 'coordination error' from 'cooperation error.' Perhaps it is just a matter of coordination error (where individual behaviors different from the individual's true intentions), and not as a result of the motivation issues - cooperation error.  

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