curse of knowledge – Nathan Magnuson

4 Pitfalls of High Competence

April 2, 2018 Personal Effectiveness

We all know that competence is one of the main requirements for effectiveness. But can you become so competent that it actually becomes a detriment? The answer is yes. If you’ve developed a high level of competence in a particular area, you’re actually in a danger zone. If you don’t…

Beware the Curse of Knowledge

October 3, 2016 Change Learning perspective

Acquiring knowledge and know-how is critical to any professional – both for knowledge and manual workers. But with it brings some new disadvantages as well. The “curse of knowledge” is recognized as a “cognitive bias” that essentially means it is difficult or impossible to unremember or disregard information you possess. It…