The Learning Mindset: Combining Human Competencies with Technology to Thrive

About the Book

WINNER: getAbstract International Book Award 2025 - Learning Impact Developing a learning mindset is essential in a rapidly changing world. But how can you adopt this approach? What qualities do you need? What role do technology and neuroscience play? How can it boost innovation, problem-solving and collaboration? The Learning Mindset has the answers. Written by an international learning expert, this book explains what a learning mindset is and what the benefits are for individuals, teams and the wider organization. It covers the competencies needed for this approach such as imagination, curiosity, consilience, empathy and openness. This book shows how these traits can be developed in everyone, whilst still celebrating their individual differences. This essential guide outlines how to overcome negative emotions and embrace learning, how to foster social collaboration and lean learning, how to become a learning leader and how a learning approach can turn challenges into opportunities. There is also coverage of the neuroscience of learning, the importance of diversity for innovation, the evolution of artificial intelligence and how humans and technology can work in symbiosis for the best results. Packed full of insights, advice, practical guidance and interviews from leaders at global companies, this is crucial reading for everyone looking to develop a learning mindset in themselves, their teams or their organizations to thrive in a constantly changing world.

Table of Contents:

• Section - One: Learning to thrive not to survive
• • Chapter - 01: Understanding learning to trigger your learning mindset;
  • Chapter - 02: The symbiosis of humans and machines;
• Section - Two: Personal: Adopt a positive mindset to learning
• • Chapter - 03: Now is your moment to embrace learning;
  • Chapter - 04: Embrace the competencies of your inner child who loved learning;
• Section - Three: Learning together to spark the learning mindset
• • Chapter - 05: The ripple effect of learning influencers;
  • Chapter - 06: Lean and social learning to maximise the group's learning mindset;
• Section - Four: The Learning leader amplifies the learning mindset
• • Chapter - 07: What makes you a learning leader?;
  • Chapter - 08: An environment for the league of extraordinary leaders;
• Section - Five: Learning ecosystems where the learning mindset thrives
• • Chapter - 09: Introduction to learning ecosystems;
  • Chapter - 10: Sustainability and learning ecosystems;
  • Chapter - 11: Let there be no conclusion

About the Author :
Katja Schipperheijn is an internationally recognized learning strategist and futurist. She is the founder of Habit of Improvement, a consultancy that focuses on learning strategies that foster growth and wellbeing in a human-machine symbiosis and co-founder of The Learning Mindset Organization. Katja Schipperheijn is also the founder of sCooledu, a foundation that has over 15,000 children participating in her workshops, is an international keynote speaker, guest lecturer and the author of Learning Ecosystems, also published by Kogan Page.

Review :
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