I'd not come across this before but thanks to Julian Cole for referencing one of his favourite methods of learning, often used in a medical context when trainee surgeons are learning new procedures. In See One, Do One, Teach One the student learns by observation first (for example watching a surgeon perform the procedure), then performs it themselves (under supervision in the medical case no doubt), and then teaches another trainee how to do it.
What I like about it is that it's a three dimensional way of learning. The first stage might use many different forms of observation. The second stage enables learning by doing and experience, and the opportunity for mentors to support. The third stage helps develop deeper understanding, akin to the Feynman Technique.
Really useful at an individual level but as I write about in the new book organisational advantage is increasingly wrapped up in how well businesses can learn fast at scale so it's interesting to think about how this might support more systemic learning.
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