For anyone developing others
Cézanne called himself his pupil. Gauguin counted him among his masters. Camille Pissarro, a founder of Impressionism and mentor to a generation of painters, knew how to develop people. Here is what we can learn from him.
What great artists teach us about leading and learning.
Rembrandt's Other Masterpieces
The Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn created masterpiece after masterpiece. Much less known is the fact that he was also a great developer of talent, and his methods still work today.
Leonardo da Vinci Lessons: Learning and Living Like a Master
Teach yourself, give learning time, work with others and finish what you start: the final four lessons from Leonardo da Vinci's life and notebooks.
Back to School (of Athens): What Raphael Teaches Us About Learning
Pythagoras, Euclid, Heraclitus, Diogenes and a student with a notepad: what the rest of Raphael’s fresco shows about how people learn.
Thought you knew? Think again.
Practical answers, fast.
An AI tutor that gives hints, a master who funds his rival and Rembrandt as a talent developer. Our ten picks for September.
September gave us plenty to think about. Here are ten pieces from The Times of Talent worth a spot in your next team meeting, or at least your next coffee break.
Students with an AI tutor that gave hints did great in practice and kept their skills when the tool was gone. A good question for all of us before the next AI rollout: is our tool set up to coach?
AI Tutors Work Better When They Give Hints
A classic review of 131 studies shows what makes feedback helpful: a focus on the task. Worth a read before the next review season.
Feedback Works Best When It Talks About the Work
Consultants using AI got 40 percent better on tasks the tool handled well. Knowing where that zone ends is a skill every team can learn.
AI Made Consultants 40% Better, With One Catch
Give newer support agents an AI assistant, and they get faster and better, because the tool passes on what the best colleagues know. Good news for onboarding.
The AI Boost Went to the Rookies
Rembrandt painted masterpiece after masterpiece. He also trained students who went on to very different careers, and his methods still work for managers today.
Rembrandt's Other Masterpieces
McKinsey's recipe for learning when AI does the grunt work: attempt first, compare second, talk third. Three steps, easy to try this week.
Millions of people have taken a learning-style quiz. The research points to a simpler guide for planning a session: the content itself.
Visual Learner? Let the Content Choose
In southeast Nigeria, a master trader trains an apprentice for years, and then sets him up in business. Try pitching that at your next talent review.
The Apprenticeship That Ends With the Master Funding a Rival
From a Maasai bush camp to Botswana's kgotla and the majlis of the Gulf: eighteen stories from Africa, Arabia, Asia, Oceania and South America on how people grow. Tap the map and pick a place.
Former CEO and composer Hanns-Ferdinand Müller shows what leaders can learn from musicians: timing, listening and room to improvise. In German for now, and our pick for the nightstand.
See you in October. Until then: let the junior go first.
Three books worth your time.
Good Is the Enemy of GreatJim Collins screened 1,435 companies to find the 11 that made the leap. His lessons on humble, determined leadership still hold, read with a little care.
Leading by EarA former CEO who composes piano concertos shows what leaders can learn from musicians. A warm, wise and wonderfully original book, written in German.
The Bosses Who Build Other BossesSuperbosses leave behind a generation of stars. Their habits are easier to borrow than we think.
Worth reading elsewhere.
The pieces readers keep coming back to.
