Episode 363 Dr Susan Friedman Pt 4 Lifelong Learners Start Teaching!

About this episode

In this episode, Dr. Susan Friedman discusses the role of teaching in influencing behavior and the importance of understanding environmental factors in team dynamics.

This is Part 4 of our conversation with Dr Susan Friedman. Dr Friedman is one of our favorite guests on this podcast. She’s a professor emeritus in the psychology department at Utah State University. She’s been a long-time member of the Clicker Expo Faculty and she runs the very popular on-line course Behavior Works: Learning and Living with Animals. In Part 1 Susan shared with us her most recent project - the Behavior Works Zoo School which you can read about at BWZS.org. We talked about why teams matter. In Part 2 the conversation centered around how to develop great working teams. We talked about what it means to be a leader. How do you maintain control and support a creative, generative team? Susan discussed ways to maintain healthy teams. In Part 3 we talked about influence. Susan reminded us that we have evolved to be influenced by our environment. To build an effective team you need to get the explanation for a person’s behavior out of the inside of the person and into the environment where it belongs. To use Susan’s example: instead of talking about what a jerk someone is, we should be looking at how the environment selected for that jerky behavior and how the team can…

People in this episode

Guest: Dr Susan Friedman

Topics covered

• teaching
• behavior science
• team dynamics
• influence

Keywords

• lifelong learners
• education
• psychology
• Clicker Expo
• Behavior Works

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Behavior Works: Learning and Living with Animals, Behavior Works Zoo School

Books & works: Lifelong Learners Start Teaching, Behavior Works: Learning and Living with Animals

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