The Art Of Unlearning To Be A Better Businessperson With Barry O’Reilly

Barry O’Reilly, is a business advisor, entrepreneur, keynote speaker, and is the author who has pioneered the intersection of business model innovation, product development, organizational design, and culture transformation. Barry is the founder of ExecCamp, the entrepreneurial experience for executives, and management consultancy Antennae. He wrote  an amazing book, “Unlearn: Let Go of Past Success to Achieve Extraordinary Results” and he is also the author of “Lean Enterprise: How High Performance Organizations Innovate at Scale.” We’re diving deep into “unlearning” and how it can help organizations thrive in this era. Contents How did you get into the study, research and practice of unlearning? A change in mindset What’s the learning organization and what’s unlearning instead? Recognizing what’s not working Learn fast and rapidly innovate Is disruption organizational or it happens at an individual level? How does the Cycle of Unlearning work? Not a one-and-done cycle What are the key characteristics of unlearning? Curiosity Ownership Commitment Recap of the key characteristics to master unlearning What’s status quo leadership and why it might be damgerous? Avoid to just copy and paste frameworks Define the outcomes Build a system to continuous innovation through unlearning How to use the Three Cultures Model to build a successful company? What are unlearning prompts? And why they matter? How do you know you need to unlearn? Is there a number one reason people don’t unlearn? Build a growth mindset Fixed vs. growth mindset Switch the focus from the person to the process Recap about growth vs. fixed mindset What suggestions do you have for executives to bring this process in their organizations? Key takeaways