Learning from the Young

I heard that “in this industry, you have to bring Attitude to learn from young people” and I thought it was very important, so I wrote it down.

To have an attitude of learning

• First, you need Attitude of listeningListening
• If you say a lot of things based on your own ideas without listening carefully to what the other person is saying, you prevent the other person from outputting information to you.
• If you interpret without listening to what the other person has to say, naturally “misunderstandings” will occur.

  • Human language is not clearly defined or standardized.

  • Communication always involves “misunderstandings” for which neither party is responsible.

  • authoritarian gradient, there is a high cost for younger people to correct senior misconceptions.

  • Actions tend to occur to avoid fixing trivial things because they are troublesome

  • Failure to correct misunderstandings incurs significant costs in time delays

    • Misunderstandings are the source of greater misunderstandings.
    • Acting on a misunderstanding causes significant costs after the fact.
• Therefore, communication design that minimizes misunderstandings as much as possible is necessary.

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