The Cone of Learning
A propos increasing our financial knowledge, and our knowledge in general, Mister Kiyosaki brought, in his latest book mentioned in the above post, a very interesting study completed in 1969 that shows the effectiveness of different types of learning. It reveals that the least effective way to learn is by reading and lecture, whereas the most effective way is by actively doing. The next most effective method is through simulating the real experience.
I used this principle in one of my training session, I presented to 10 engineers few weeks ago. Instead of giving a linear lecture on a complex topic, I choose to pass the message via a simulation where the participants were hired in a new start-up to delevelop a solution/product around the complex presented topic. The participation in class room was not only very high but also the result of their work were amazing. Some parts of their solution were far better than the actual products I wanted them to be introduced to during this training (The reason for that is simple: (1) new solutions from scratch means no need to backward compatible with some painful legacy issues, architectures, etc... (2) I gave them a chance to express themselves and it was bi-lateral communication, they took the simulation and they wanted to prove to me and probably to themselves that they are capable to beat the actual solution proposed by our company, and the truth is, for some points, they did it). By using a simulation, they also deeply understood the technical and non-technical challenges faced by the development teams. After completing the simulation, explaining them the caracterists of the actual products were obviously much easier. Weeks after this presentation, some participants stoped me in the corridor to discuss some new solutions they thought about since the session. It was impressive... they remembered the majority of the material taught during the training even the small details.
In conclusion, the cone of learning theory seems to be incredibly true...
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