Dustin Roman

Performance

The Importance of Focused Attention and How to Improve It

Focused attention is important to many areas of performance and well-being, but our minds are wired to be easily distracted.

Creativity

Walter Isaacson on 4 Traits of History's Biggest Innovators

"Smart people are a dime a dozen and often don't amount to much. What counts is being creative and imaginative. That's what makes someone a true innovator."

Organizational Performance

5 Constructs of Expert Teams

Expert teams are more than just the sum of their individual parts.

Performance

5 Steps to Discover Flow

Discovering Flow states can help you improve your performance and overall well-being.

Goals

4 Principles for Planning Goals - Based On How We're Wired

Planning goals should take into account how we are wired.

Habits

Principles and Tactics for Building Good Habits

Good habits are great in theory, but how do you build them?

Learning

Why You Aren't Improving - Finding Your Zone of Development

Lack of improvement can happen for two reasons, pushing yourself too hard or not enough.

Creativity

4 Stages of Creativity

Creativity happens in stages but many people see it as an event.

Psychology

The Evolution of Expertise

Our history has shaped expertise and expertise has shaped our existence.

Performance

5 Keys to Mastery and Long Term Fulfillment

Finding enjoyment in between where we are and where we want to be is key to long-term fulfillment.

Performance

How to Improve at Making Decisions

To make good decisions over time, you have to think differently than how you are wired.

Creativity

How to Find Ideas That Work

Finding good ideas requires testing out lots of bad ones.

Learning

How to Learn Skills Faster

By understanding the mechanisms for how the brain learns and changes, we can increase the speed at which we adopt new skill sets.

Motivation

How Managing This Molecule Can Help You Achieve Your Goals

Neurochemistry can play a big role in maintaining motivation.

Performance

Traits of Deliberate Practice

Some forms of practice are more effective than others.

Learning

Ways to Institutionalize Feedback

Organizations want the benefits of feedback, but they often silence it until it's too late.

Leadership

How Leaders Create and Transform Culture

Leaders emerge when change is needed.

Organizational Performance

How Netflix and Pixar Build Cultures of Innovation

Cultures of innovation happen by design.

Organizational Performance

Lessons About Changing Culture - GM/Toyota Case Study

Culture changes when values are integrated into day-to-day operations.

Leadership

The Evolution of Leadership

Our preference for leaders comes from our ancestors.

Psychology

How Identity Binds and Blinds

Our identities play a role in how we interact with each other.

Life

Oliver Sacks On Understanding Life Backwards

Sometimes life is only understood in retrospect.

Performance

How Mindfulness Can Help You Achieve Your Goals

Using ancient wisdom can help you improve your performance.

Systems

Understand How the Economy Works in 6 Simple Steps

The economy is a system and breaking it down into smaller pieces can help you understand it.