A First Encounter with Dave Snowden
by Ben Samuels
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Dave Snowden is a heavyweight and I mean that in the gravitational sense of influencing the trajectories of those he encounters.  After  listening to the recording the of the #change11session he conducted for this week with no more preparation than a cursory glance at the wikipedia pageabout him I find myself reeling from the cognitive onslaught.


While effective synthesis of the ideas he presented will require some mental digesting on my part, there were several gems that I thought would be worthwhile sharing right away so here are a some excerpts from my notes that are loosely quoted from his session:

Failure is better than success in learning, it’s easier to remember

There’s too

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