Thank you for sharing that. I agree that discomfort is helpful for learning, especially when we need to work on changing beliefs and attitude. I also think that when we design interventions meant to create a discomfort it is very much important to properly communicate to participants before and after the intervention. I've seen cases where discomfort was so big, that people were in too much of a distress to learn and they also lost their trust towards the facilitator. It's worth to keep it in mind.
I couldn't agree more. I think psychological safety has a big role to play when creating discomfort, as well as navigating it. I can totally see how it can go wrong if people are left not understanding why, or if they're left alone with their feelings. I think what I'm worried about is that because meaningful and impactful discomfort is so hard to create, we just stay away from it and just try to make every learning experience feel only fun and entertaining. Sometimes, it's good for learning to be a bit hard and annoying. ☺️
Thank you for sharing that. I agree that discomfort is helpful for learning, especially when we need to work on changing beliefs and attitude. I also think that when we design interventions meant to create a discomfort it is very much important to properly communicate to participants before and after the intervention. I've seen cases where discomfort was so big, that people were in too much of a distress to learn and they also lost their trust towards the facilitator. It's worth to keep it in mind.
I couldn't agree more. I think psychological safety has a big role to play when creating discomfort, as well as navigating it. I can totally see how it can go wrong if people are left not understanding why, or if they're left alone with their feelings. I think what I'm worried about is that because meaningful and impactful discomfort is so hard to create, we just stay away from it and just try to make every learning experience feel only fun and entertaining. Sometimes, it's good for learning to be a bit hard and annoying. ☺️
Thanks for pointing that out!