There’s a chance you won’t read.
Not because you’re not interested or don’t care about leading learning.
But because, like so many leaders, your brain is already full.
There are newsletters waiting to be read. Podcasts waiting to be heard. Books are sitting on your desk. Videos you’ll get to “one day.”
We’re living in the Era of Overwhelm.
The same thing is happening to your team
Here’s why that matters.
If you don’t have the capacity to take in one more piece of information today, there’s a good chance the people you lead don’t either.
The people sitting in your staff meetings, conferences, webinars and learning sessions aren’t arriving with an empty mind ready to absorb everything you share.
They’re arriving with brains that are already carrying a heavy cognitive load.
That means even important learning can struggle to stick.
The opportunity for leaders
The first step to expanding your team’s impact isn’t creating more information.
It’s recognising the environment people are trying to learn in.
When you understand the Era of Overwhelm, you can begin designing learning that cuts through the noise, reduces cognitive overload, and helps more people remember, apply and sustain what matters.
That’s how learning starts to stick. For everyone. For good.
Next time
In my next newsletter, I’ll share a few practical ways you can help your team break through the noise and make learning stick in the era of overwhelm.
Cheering you on.
William
