159. Optimizing Human Performance in Schools with Ford Dyke

Education Evolution

English - April 25, 2023 08:00 - 45 minutes - 62.3 MB
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Human performance optimization is how elite athletes hone their crafts, but just about anyone can take these learnings and apply them to their own work.

This week on the podcast I’m talking to Ford Dyke, a human performance coach who is passionate about human performance on the field and court, in the boardroom, and in the classroom. Ford shares his journey from graduate school to becoming a subject matter expert in the field, emphasizing the importance of being open to lifelong learning.

Ford focuses on the human side of optimization, where it's essential to get to know oneself so you can support others. Ford believes that everyone is connected, and we all have a brain, set of lungs, and heart. Understanding how we’re all connected is one of the keys to growth and optimization. To maintain our energy, we need to stop and return to normalcy, whatever that means for each individual.

Especially in this post-pandemic world, it's crucial to find what works for us and makes us feel good and work those processes so we can continue to grow and evolve. In K-12 education, the focus should be on reenergizing and moving the education system forward by applying human performance optimization principles.

Join us in this episode to learn more about Ford Dyke's work and how you can optimize your own performance.

About Ford Dyke:

Human performance optimization subject-matter expert Dr. Ford Dyke delivers his innovation through podcasts, consultations, workshops, webinars, and seminars.

Dr. Dyke collaborates globally with high-level performers such as corporate executives, elite athletes, physicians, academicians, first responders, and military personnel. His methodology integrates components of his Professorship, Team USA Athlete career, and experience as a Performance Coach for the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee.

Dr. Dyke's education, professional experience, and personal journey led to the creation of perfor[Hu]mance.® | A multidimensional space for The Human Experience.

As a native of the seaside community of Jupiter Beach, Florida, he remains mindful of an ocean breeze and waves breaking on the sand.

Jump in the Conversation:

[2:08] - How Ford got involved in doing things differently

[3:28] - Life experiences that make him a human performance coach

[5:03] - How have you worked on optimizing your own performance

[7:49] - From psychology to exercise science to psychophysiology

[11:26] - Course for perfor[Hu]mance

[12:56] - The common theme for any performance is the human

[16:31] - Common themes within a wide range of performers

[19:34] - How this is applied to K-12 education

[22:35] - We all have a brain, set of lungs, and heart

[22:34] - What people can do to maintain their own energy