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Why should kids question the defaults?
While researching his book, @AdamMGrant came across some surprising research that shows correlation between someone’s performance at their job and the web browser they use.
Yes, their web browser
While researching his book, @AdamMGrant came across some surprising research that shows correlation between someone’s performance at their job and the web browser they use.
Yes, their web browser
1/ The study shows that Firefox and Chrome users perform significantly better at their jobs than Internet Explorer and Safari users.
They also stay in their jobs longer and are less likely to miss work.
What can possibly explain this?
They also stay in their jobs longer and are less likely to miss work.
What can possibly explain this?
2/ Economist Michael Housman, who ran the project, explains that this isn’t due to a person’s technical advantage.
On average, all groups in the experiment had similar typing speed and levels of computer knowledge.
It’s about *how* they got the internet browser.
On average, all groups in the experiment had similar typing speed and levels of computer knowledge.
It’s about *how* they got the internet browser.
3/ Those who use Internet Explorer/ Safari stick with the browser that comes preinstalled in their computer.
They accept the default.
Those who use Firefox/ Chrome had to ask “is there a better option out there?” and demonstrate resourcefulness and download a different browser.
They accept the default.
Those who use Firefox/ Chrome had to ask “is there a better option out there?” and demonstrate resourcefulness and download a different browser.
4/ Those who took the initiative to change their browsers to Firefox or Chrome, the study shows, approach their jobs differently.
They come up with new methods to sell to customers and address their concerns.
When they encounter a situation they don’t like, they fix it.
They come up with new methods to sell to customers and address their concerns.
When they encounter a situation they don’t like, they fix it.
5/ Taking initiative to improve their circumstances, they remain in their jobs longer. They create the jobs they desire.
School doesn’t teach us to question the default. Quite the opposite, actually.
Schools are preparing kids for an Internet Explorer and Safari world.
School doesn’t teach us to question the default. Quite the opposite, actually.
Schools are preparing kids for an Internet Explorer and Safari world.
6/ Schools pressure kids to conform to dominant views instead of pursuing diversity of thought.
There are consequences for those who dare to think differently, question things, or take a different path.
Yet those are the kids who grow up to have the greatest impact on the world
There are consequences for those who dare to think differently, question things, or take a different path.
Yet those are the kids who grow up to have the greatest impact on the world
7/ At @synthesischool, students learn not to let anything go unexamined.
They learn to question the defaults and everything teachers “hand” to them.
Students don’t get in trouble for thinking or doing things differently.
They learn to question the defaults and everything teachers “hand” to them.
Students don’t get in trouble for thinking or doing things differently.
8/ We strive to develop kids who take initiative and look for better options.
We want to encourage kids to be resourceful and create their *own* alternatives.
Because these are the kids who will go on to create their own jobs, improve their circumstances, and change the world.
We want to encourage kids to be resourceful and create their *own* alternatives.
Because these are the kids who will go on to create their own jobs, improve their circumstances, and change the world.
