Necessity is a great teacher. So too is play. But what about copying?
On the way to school today my youngest was telling me about her frustration. A boy in her class has been copying her work.
What about the drawings you trace?
The U-tuber’s clothing style?
And the writing styles Daddy has been copying?
The issue I have with games-based coaching is simple. Who are we copying? No question peer to peer learning is a quick way to learn. Groups typically share similarities and as a result, ideas spread fast.
But the diffusion of ideas concept reminds us that diversity, heterophily, can’t be ignored in the creation of effective and innovative environments.
Perhaps we can consider coaches as heterophilic contributors. Outside of the group, differing in certain attributes. The job of the coach is then to connect to the group through the value of the ideas they spread.