1. Bosse Larsson
The Growth Mindset idea
– simple YET powerful!

4. Every child can become a
Nobel Prize winner if they
receive a good education and
work very hard.
Reflection:

5. Abilities
Intelligence
Talents
What do YOU think?

6. What do YOU think?
entrepreneur?
leader?
negotiator?
sports?
creativity?
music?
Born or made?

7. Your beliefs

8. MINDSETS
Prof C. Dweck Stanford univ.
“What is worse than not knowing is…
not wanting to know…”
LEARNERS vs NON-LEARNERS
http://dweck.socialpsychology.org/files

10. Mindset is a
belief system
FIXED MINDSET
GROWTH MINDSET
Dweck s research shows who remains a “LEARNER”

11. FIXED GROWTH
MINDSET
CHALLENGE!
EFFORT!
MISTAKES?

12. ”Either you have it
– or you dont…”
THAT´S IT!
”How can I
improve?
How can I learn
this?”
USE IT -
OR LOOSE IT!!

14. NO! – I do things I
already can…
A chance of
learning new
things!
Challenge?

15. Hard work means
I´m not smart
The more I practise
– the more my
brain grows!
Effort?

17. When do you feel smart?
Reflection:

18. Resilience,
bounce-back-ability
Strategy?
Failure, mistakes, ?
"I've missed more than 9000
shots in my career.
I've lost almost 300 games.
Twenty-six times I've been
trusted to take the game
winning shot and missed.
I've failed over and over and
over again in my life.
And that is why I succeed.”
Michael Jordan

20. 535 university students,
age 18 – 35 tested
Brainscan during test
Mangels, Butterfield, Lamb, Good &
Dweck, 2006
Paying attention to learning
http://www.flickr.com/photos/46813052@N00/189736044/">Ian Ruotsala

21. Lambers, Butterfield, Lang, Good & Dweck, 2007
Learners vs non-learners
2,5 sec
3,5 sec
LEARNING!!

22. ”The most important thing I’ve learned in all my years of
research is how tuned in people are to the dominant
values in their environment” C Dweck
Prove
Natural talent
Test
Ranking
Improve
Nurture talent
Learn!
Progress

23. Wood et el – ”Implicit teories of ability..M. Kray & M Haselhuhn 2007

24. ?

25. • Sex studies
• Year 7
• Nonverbal IQ test
Mueller and Dweck, 1998
Effects of praise

26. Mueller and Dweck, 1998
Intelligence praise
“Wow, that’s a really good score. You must be smart at this.”
Process praise
“Wow, that’s a really good score. You must have tried really
hard.”
Control-group praise
“Wow, that’s a really good score.”
Effects of praise

27. Effects of praise
Test 1 Test 3
4,5
5,5
6,5

28. 40 %

29. Smart
Bright
Genious
Gifted
Born talent
Simply the best

30. What can we do about mindsets?

31. …YET…

32. Your brain as a muscle
Embrace ”learning mistakes”
Talk back, Feed-back

33. Your brain as a muscle
Embrace ”learning mistakes”
Talk back, Feed-back

34. CHALLENGE
EFFORT
MISTAKES

35. CHALLENGE
EFFORT
MISTAKES

36. Your brain as a muscle
Embrace ”learning mistakes”
Talk back, Feed-back

37. How can we promote
a positive view of failure & mistakes
in our workplaces/organisations?
Reflection:

38. “to make mistakes and struggle, bu
eventually we may do something th
we’ll remember the rest of our lives

39. Your brain as a muscle
Embrace ”learning mistakes”
Talk back, Feed-back

42. You can´t
do this…!
I can´t
do it…
…YET…

43. AMADEUS

44. .
What is an area in which you once
had low ability, but now perform
quite well?
How were you able to make this
change?
Reflection:

45. Good presentation
Brilliantly played
Superb thought

46. Good swimmer
Brilliant musician
Superb thinker
Genious
Good swimming
Brilliantly played
Superb thought
Admirable effort

47. Benefits of a Growth Mindset workplace?
• are more likely to innovate. (risk, courage)
• create better work environments (open to feedback
from others - interested in learning!)
• are better mentors (because of the believe in
development)
• are perceived as more fair (because of the believe in the
capacity to improve)
• develop the skills for success (e g negotiators, leaders
are made…)
• Better teams (progress – not ranking- /judging)

48. Reflection:
• How is your workplace – fixed or
growth mindset?
• How is your team – fixed or
growth mindset?

49. 3GM QUESTIONS?
• Challenged? (on a 1-10 scale)
• Effort? (on a 1-10 scale)
• Any ”learning mistakes”?
New strategy?

50. Old man – small garage – but a Groth Mindset!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnKoGN2oaTk

52. …YET…