DuoLingo for Management & Leadership Training

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Nuggets:

It’s easier to pivot after starting than to get started, so just start.Management tip: to avoid over or under managing, work with your direct report to get started and then let them drive their own ship.Move fast and don’t look back: things that you think are important early on will seem trivial later so don’t sweat.Being a great curator of content can be just as valuable as creating content, especially in an increasingly noisy information space.

Action Steps:

Start with a very minimal module (1 week) of management trainingIncorporate this into blog or newsletter as content for readers to applyConsult a lawyer to check whether it’s ok to share curated ideas in a paid newsletterTarget middle-level companies of 50 employees or less to begin

Links:

LaudableThe Long-Term Effects of Management and Technology Transfer: Evidence from the US Productivity ProgramGoogle re:WorkLesson Plans as a Product with Rob FitzpatrickLooking For Syllabus 2.0We Need a New Science of Progress

Angela Ferrante is the founder and CEO of Laudable, a startup making it easier (and more affordable) to create video content by doing it all remotely. Laudable is out to kill the boring B2B marketing archetype (cough, the PDF case study) and bring human stories to life through video. Angela was previously the founding CMO at Sparkfund, a venture-backed energy technology company. Before Sparkfund, she started the alternative energy group at a Boston-based insurance company.

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