Thread by @brandontoner

Problem: getting a ways down the rabbit hole on something, and not knowing how to help someone “catch up” — causing people to get left behind.

Possible solution: [[concept ladders]]

I feel this same cramp with any sort of specialized knowledge.

It’s just *hard* to transfer knowledge efficiently sometimes — without having them walk the same mile you did.

It’s like: yea one sec I’ll just build you a curriculum real quick.

Which sounds kinda funny and sarcastic — but WHAT IF YOU DID?

... have a few onboarding curriculums at-the-ready to help give others important context/a path to see things as you see them.

For important ideas that I like to collaborate on, I’d love to have these trails.

And I actually think the formation of these trails would be helpful for knowledge synthesis.

A good example is @RoamResearch — if someone said to me “hey, I’d like to learn more about that Roam thing you talk about” I’d like to have a guided path to send them down — a curated learning experience.

Or pharmacy practice — or staff training materials.

I think the more we can form effective [[concept ladders]], the more we can effectively work together, and rescue valuable knowledge from the locked towers in our minds.

I think it could be quite simple too! Like a map. Even a low-res map.

A networked map — so that people could skip ahead, and navigate, finding the material that best-suits their needs.

The TOC approach to learning feels relevant.

Map the path before embarking on the journey.

https://twitter.com/brandontoner/status/1309883639002529792

I just wanna build learning paths for my friends and colleagues, so we can be on the edge of thought, together.

Or maybe, [[networked curriculums]]

With suggested paths, [[concept ladders]].

Give the map, and recommend a route.

Cc: @RobertHaisfield @rroudt

There’s more than one way to the top of the mountain.

“Here’s the way I took”
“Here’s the way others took”

“Based on my assessment of your knowledge and needs, I’d recommend this path”

Which actually may work well for a scaled value offering.

Free: Map
$: a common path
$$: personalized path
$$$: personalized path with coaching

This also connects to the patient-provider care relationship.

Building maps of health and suggested paths for patients could help them more effectively navigate their health, in a holistic sense.

Yup yup yup. This is good shit. I can see it now.

The problem with LINEAR curriculums is that they lack

PERSPECTIVE and OPTIONS

At any point, the big picture should be obvious; and the next logical step should be fluid.

Be able to:

1) See the top of the mountain, and have a sense of place

2) Constantly optimize for the best path based on the many factors at play