One of my favorite writers, Malcolm Gladwell (The Outliers, Blink, and The Tipping Point) gave one of the keynote addresses at NECC in Washington DC this year. It’s a great talk that ambles along to touch on the 10,000 hour rule (read Outliers for his complete piece about that), Fleetwood Mac and what it really means to learn and to construct a learning community.
Gladwell is savvy enough to touch on the most poignant aspects of the current education debate, specifically that small classes don’t mean jack. The recording is pretty good quality and more information can be found at this site.
Even if you’re not into education, this is a great listen about what it takes to be successful and how we often forget about/discount/downplay the hard work that our greatest and brightest put in before they become ‘stars’. Gladwell starts at about 54 minutes and closes out the recording.
