Illustration by Fanny Luor.

The mind at work

The Mind at Work: Alison Gopnik on learning more like children

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Published on October 07, 2019

A conversation with cognitive psychologist Alison Gopnik on what stressed out workers can learn from children that can lead to innovation.

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“In an information economy, those preschool abilities to go out and get lots of new information turn out to be really, really important.”—Alison Gopnik

“The secret is that the supervisor has to be able to give the right combination of nurture and autonomy.”—Alison Gopnik