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Amy Edmondson

Tactics and Techniques, Part 2: Techniques

Tactics and Techniques, Part 2: Techniques

...There are quite a few other techniques that I would broadly lump broadly into this category. Each could have their own essay, and some already do. Here are a few examples:

  • Knowing when to stop and fix something.

  • Knowing how to prioritize between competing priorities.

  • Knowing when to move on from a passage.

  • Knowing when practicing under- or at-tempo would be (in)effective....

The Intelligent Fail

The Intelligent Fail

Edmondson gives four characteristics of an Intelligent Failure

  1. The failure takes place in a novel situation.

  2. The context “presents a credible opportunity to advance toward a desired goal.”

  3. Due dilligence (practice, preparation, research, deliberate process, etc.) is undertaken….

Jordan Randall Smith is the Music Director of Symphony Number One.