coaching

  • Be careful, Karen

    How I ‘distilled’ my most trusted mentor into an agentic AI skill – and what the science of human simulacra says about whether I should have At 8:54 p.m. on a Friday, I asked a machine a hard question about our foundation. The machine answered in the voice of Karen E. Watkins. Karen is the…

    Geometric abstract painting of two facing profiles in red, blue, orange, black, cream, and gray blocks, evoking Cubism
  • How to overcome limitations of expert-led fellowships for global health

    ,

    Coaching and mentoring programs sometimes called “fellowships” have been upheld as the gold standard for developing leaders in global health. For example, a fellowship in the field of immunization was recently advertised in the following manner. We will not dwell here on the ‘live engagements’, which are expert-led presentations of technical knowledge. We already know…

    The limitations of expert-led fellowships for global health
  • How does the scalability of peer learning compare to expert-led coaching ‘fellowships’?

    ,

    By connecting practitioners to learn from each other, peer learning facilitates collaborative development. ow does it compare to expert-led coaching and mentoring “fellowships” that are seen as the ‘gold standard’ for professional development in global health? Scalability in global health matters. (See this article for a comparison of other aspects.) Simplified mathematical modeling can compare…

    How does peer learning compare to expert-led coaching fellowships