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Growth mindset

This section is all about shifting our perspective to unlock the opportunity within change for our continuous learning, and how curiosity can be a superpower to support us to navigate change.

When navigating new challenges, it is completely natural to experience self-doubt, confidence dips or want to stick to what we already know - or put a lot of pressure on ourselves to know and learn everything right away. This page helps explore opportunities for stretching our capabilities and building a resilient mindset by transforming how we approach feedback, mistakes, and development. It gives us practical tools and a shared language to tackle the daily friction of growth—like the discomfort of learning new things, the vulnerability of receiving feedback, or the fear of failing when trying something different.

Explore these targeted eLearning modules designed to help you shift your perspective on development, handle constructive feedback, and embrace intelligent failure as a tool for progress.

Growth mindset: an introduction

Distinguish between a fixed and growth mindset, understand why continuous learning matters in the current University of York context, and apply practical strategies to cultivate a growth-oriented approach in your daily work. (15 minutes)

Learn new things: The 1% rule

This module will show you how to learn new things using Kaizen - the Japanese philosophy of transforming, just one small step at a time. (30 minutes)

Can you give me feedback?

This module shares practical, neurological, and emotional tools to decode, seek, and process developmental input. (20 minutes)

Fail: First attempt in learning

This module will challenge you to look at mistakes through the lens of intelligent failure. It will explore how we can use failure as a tool and the actions we can take to build a learning culture at University of York. (15 minutes)