The Philosophy of Performance: Lessons from a Teacher-Turned-ID

𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲'𝘀 𝗮 𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗼 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻: 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨.

There’s overlap, sure, but the differences are far greater. And no one talks about those.

When I taught high school and community college, my job was to spark curiosity. To foster critical thinking. To help students fall in love with learning.

That’s the heart of teaching, no matter the subject or grade you teach.

But instructional design is about supporting people in doing their jobs better, whether that's:

• Clarifying the gray areas in a policy, or

• Making sure they can use a new tool or dashboard.

💡 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗲𝗱𝗮𝗴𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹, 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗽𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹: Kids have time to explore. Adults in the workplace want the shortest path to what they need to know.

We strive for INSPIRATION with kids and aim for RELEVANCE with adults in the workplace.

So, if you’re making the leap from teaching, it may help to think less like a subject matter expert and more like a performance consultant.

✨ 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘱𝘴 𝘥𝘰.✨️

To those who made the switch from education: What was the biggest mindset shift for you?

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The original post on LinkedIn is here.