Last week kCura's Chief People Officer, Dorie Blesoff, wrote a very timely article on the Relativity Blog about Adopting a Growth Mindset for the New Year.
The perspective of this article is a great reminder to set goals in order to grow and thrive in today’s “VUCA” world (volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous). Rapid technology advancement and information overload coupled with seemingly limitless opportunity can make it difficult to stay focused and achieve; particularly in the absence of clear goals.
Having a 'growth mindset' is critical in eDiscovery in order to climb that “learning curve” mountain and expand capabilities. For this reason we have set out to make Technology in Practice a forum dedicated to bringing the legal community together under a common goal of learning, creativity and growth.
"There are two contrasting mindsets that govern our behavior when we don’t achieve what we setout to. The concept of growth and fixed mindsets originated in the context of educating children but resonates with people of all ages. Carol Dweck, a leading researcher on the topic, wrote about her studies in her book, Mindset: The New Psychology of Success:"
- “A ‘fixed mindset’ assumes that our character, intelligence, and creative ability are static givens which we can’t change in any meaningful way. Striving for success and avoiding failure at all costs become a way of maintaining the sense of being smart or skilled.”
- “A ‘growth mindset,’ on the other hand, thrives on challenge and sees failure not as evidence of unintelligence but as a heartening springboard for growth and for stretching our existing abilities.”
