Creating Insight

Creating insight for yourself and others is the main function of a supervisor.  Discuss!

I read an interesting article on this subject of insight a while back, called “The Eureka Hunt” by Jonah Lehrer.

I’d like to propose that instead of trying to do so many tasks themselves, the supervisor should delegate more, freeing up their time to help others to create insights – whether that be about their own purpose and direction (career management); or about work problems they are trying to solve (performance management).  We could create a workforce full of independent critical thinkers, who truly understand what motivates them and how to go after it; and how to think innovatively about the way forward.

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