Tailoring Mentorship (only slides)

This was a sponsored talk by Stitch Fix given at Railsconf 2017. Here's my abstract:

"In this talk, you'll learn how to establish effective, quality mentoring relationships where both parties grow their skills—and their career. Mentoring accelerates your personal and career growth. Come learn how much you'll grow by sharing your knowledge and experience using practices like inquiry-based learning, differentiated learning, and active listening."

Transcript

1. Tailoring Mentorship Achieving the Best Fit
3. http://twitter.com/jonathanwallace http://blog.jonathanrwallace.com jonathan.wallace@stitchfix.com
4. Tailoring Mentorship Achieving the Best Fit
5. "IMG_5275" by keightdee https://flickr.com/photos/katedollarhyde/6247782287 is licensed under CC BY-NC
6. What "Batman and Robin" by ktbuffy https://flickr.com/photos/ktbuffy/10612069916 is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
7. FORMAL "New Years Eve" by Kent Wang https://flickr.com/photos/kentwang/6610828273 is licensed under CC BY-SA
8. FORMAL INFORMAL "New Years Eve" by Kent Wang https://flickr.com/photos/kentwang/6610828273 is licensed under CC BY-SA "Overdressed" by twotoneams https://flickr.com/photos/twotone666/2237600895 is licensed under CC BY-NC
9. Altruistic "DuckTales animation cel signed by Carl Barks, 1998" by Tom Simpson https://flickr.com/photos/randar/33759033495 is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
10. "Money" by free pictures of money https://flickr.com/photos/pictures-of-money/17123251389 is licensed under CC BY
11. "Money" by free pictures of money https://flickr.com/photos/pictures-of-money/17123251389 is licensed under CC BY
12. "SAKURAKO - Piano Lesson. [Explored]" by MIKI Yoshihito. (#mikiyoshihito) https://flickr.com/photos/mujitra/12877613313 is licensed under CC BY
13. "Maestro" by Fitzrovia https://flickr.com/photos/fitzrovia/12607933895 is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
14. "HOT COAL" by EKIN4891 https://flickr.com/photos/93931093@N08/8542900793 is licensed under CC BY-SA
15. "HOT COAL" by EKIN4891 https://flickr.com/photos/93931093@N08/8542900793 is licensed under CC BY-SA
16. Screen grab from the 1985 movie “Back to the Future”
17. Why "DSC_0192" by rachidH https://flickr.com/photos/rachidh/8202264135 is licensed under CC BY-NC
18. "July 2012 Niagara Falls High Wire Tight Rope Walker Jay Cochrane" by George Socka https://flickr.com/photos/beachdigital/7681250612 is licensed under CC BY
19. "Stakes" by E. B. Walker Photography https://flickr.com/photos/premierehdr/11737050964 is licensed under CC BY-NC
20. "Stakes" by E. B. Walker Photography https://flickr.com/photos/premierehdr/11737050964 is licensed under CC BY-NC
21. "Elephant Ears I" by jomilo75 https://flickr.com/photos/jomilo75/2318869437 is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
22. "Bat Eared Fox_1" by guppiecat https://flickr.com/photos/guppiecat/33883088625 is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
23. https://images.nasa.gov/#/details-PIA13014.html
24. "Magic!!!" by wiennat https://flickr.com/photos/wien/2222664608 is licensed under CC BY-SA
25. "Magic!" by andyoakley https://flickr.com/photos/andyoakley/3786585098 is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
26. "Donald Rumsfeld" by Gage Skidmore https://flickr.com/photos/gageskidmore/5446795136 is licensed under CC BY-SA
27. “There are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns — the ones we don't know we don't know. And if one looks throughout the history of our country and other free countries, it is the latter category that tend to be the difficult ones.” —Donald Rumsfeld, 2002 "Donald Rumsfeld" by Gage Skidmore https://flickr.com/photos/gageskidmore/5446795136 is licensed under CC BY-SA
28. https://speakerdeck.com/pwnela/crossing-the-canyon-of-cognizance-a-shared-adventure
29. https://images.nasa.gov/#/details-PIA17563.html
30. https://images.nasa.gov/#/details-PIA17563.html
31. https://images.nasa.gov/#/details-PIA14444.html
32. https://images.nasa.gov/#/details-PIA14731.html
33. How "Fresh Mint Chip Ice Cream" by Isabelle @ Crumb https://flickr.com/photos/polkaroo/14953227022 is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
34. Find a Mentee "Fresh Mint Chip Ice Cream" by Isabelle @ Crumb https://flickr.com/photos/polkaroo/14953227022 is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
35. ""Warped Tour Mosh Pit"" by Ted Van Pelt https://flickr.com/photos/bantam10/12866120865 is licensed under CC BY
36. ""Warped Tour Mosh Pit"" by Ted Van Pelt https://flickr.com/photos/bantam10/12866120865 is licensed under CC BY
37. ""Warped Tour Mosh Pit"" by Ted Van Pelt https://flickr.com/photos/bantam10/12866120865 is licensed under CC BY
38. "Passion fruit" by stijn https://flickr.com/photos/stijnnieuwendijk/8350279416 is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
39. "Holding hands" by robscomputer https://flickr.com/photos/robscomputer/7405100280 is licensed under CC BY
40. "Holding hands" by robscomputer https://flickr.com/photos/robscomputer/7405100280 is licensed under CC BY
41. "Holding hands" by robscomputer https://flickr.com/photos/robscomputer/7405100280 is licensed under CC BY
42. "Young driver" by Leonid Mamchenkov https://flickr.com/photos/mamchenkov/209535779 is licensed under CC BY
43. Mentee Drives "Young driver" by Leonid Mamchenkov https://flickr.com/photos/mamchenkov/209535779 is licensed under CC BY
44. One Exception
45. One Exception "Hi, we’ve not talked since X - so I’m guessing that you’ve not got the time, or aren’t getting value, from our conversations or pairing. So probably best we stop for immediate future — can we have a 20m chat over coffee on X, Y or Z to review & finish up?"
46. Inquiry based Learning
47. Inquiry based Learning
48. Inquiry based Learning
50. "Socrates" by bencrowe https://flickr.com/photos/croweb/2836991287 is licensed under CC BY
51. Facilitate Autonomy
52. Autodidactic
53. Inquiry based Learning • patterns and meanings should not be deceptive to the beginners • useful knowledge about a field should be structured • knowledge which is structured should be applicable, transferable, and accessible to a vast range of situations • structured knowledge should be easily retrieved so that new information in that particular field could be gained without much effort
54. Inquiry based Learning • patterns and meanings should not be deceptive to the beginners • useful knowledge about a field should be structured • knowledge which is structured should be applicable, transferable, and accessible to a vast range of situations • structured knowledge should be easily retrieved so that new information in that particular field could be gained without much effort
55. https://speakerdeck.com/kyfast/amelia-bedelia-learns-to-code?slide=27
56. Inquiry based Learning • patterns and meanings should not be deceptive to the beginners • useful knowledge about a field should be structured • knowledge which is structured should be applicable, transferable, and accessible to a vast range of situations • structured knowledge should be easily retrieved so that new information in that particular field could be gained without much effort
57. https://www.codefellows.org/blog/this-is-why-learning-rails-is-hard/
58. https://www.codefellows.org/blog/this-is-why-learning-rails-is-hard/
59. Inquiry based Learning • patterns and meanings should not be deceptive to the beginners • useful knowledge about a field should be structured • knowledge which is structured should be applicable, transferable, and accessible to a vast range of situations • structured knowledge should be easily retrieved so that new information in that particular field could be gained without much effort
60. Inquiry based Learning • patterns and meanings should not be deceptive to the beginners • useful knowledge about a field should be structured • knowledge which is structured should be applicable, transferable, and accessible to a vast range of situations • structured knowledge should be easily retrieved so that new information in that particular field could be gained without much effort
61. Inquiry based Learning • Creating questions of their own • Obtaining supporting evidence to answer the question(s) • Explaining the evidence collected • Connecting the explanation to the knowledge obtained from the investigative process • Creating an argument and justification for the explanation
62. Inquiry based Learning • Creating questions of their own • Obtaining supporting evidence to answer the question(s) • Explaining the evidence collected • Connecting the explanation to the knowledge obtained from the investigative process • Creating an argument and justification for the explanation
63. Inquiry based Learning • Creating questions of their own • Obtaining supporting evidence to answer the question(s) • Explaining the evidence collected • Connecting the explanation to the knowledge obtained from the investigative process • Creating an argument and justification for the explanation
64. Inquiry based Learning • Creating questions of their own • Obtaining supporting evidence to answer the question(s) • Explaining the evidence collected • Connecting the explanation to the knowledge obtained from the investigative process • Creating an argument and justification for the explanation
65. Inquiry based Learning • Creating questions of their own • Obtaining supporting evidence to answer the question(s) • Explaining the evidence collected • Connecting the explanation to the knowledge obtained from the investigative process • Creating an argument and justification for the explanation
66. Inquiry based Learning • Creating questions of their own • Obtaining supporting evidence to answer the question(s) • Explaining the evidence collected • Connecting the explanation to the knowledge obtained from the investigative process • Creating an argument and justification for the explanation
67. Inquiry based Learning • Creating questions of their own • Obtaining supporting evidence to answer the question(s) • Explaining the evidence collected • Connecting the explanation to the knowledge obtained from the investigative process • Creating an argument and justification for the explanation
68. Inquiry based Learning • Creating questions of their own • Obtaining supporting evidence to answer the question(s) • Explaining the evidence collected • Connecting the explanation to the knowledge obtained from the investigative process • Creating an argument and justification for the explanation
69. Differentiated Learning
70. Differentiated Learning
71. Differentiated Learning • Zone of proximal development • Exploratory learner vs. tutorials • Morale maintenance
72. Differentiated Learning • Zone of proximal development • Exploratory learner vs. tutorials • Morale maintenance
73. By Dcoetzee - Own work, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=20903046
74. Differentiated Learning • Zone of proximal development • Exploratory learner vs. tutorials • Morale maintenance
75. Differentiated Learning • Zone of proximal development • Exploratory learner vs. tutorials • Morale maintenance
76. "" by melolou https://flickr.com/photos/melolou/1239543050 is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
77. MORALE MAINTENANCE IS KEY "" by melolou https://flickr.com/photos/melolou/1239543050 is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
78. MORALE MAINTENANCE IS KEY "" by melolou https://flickr.com/photos/melolou/1239543050 is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
79. http://www.neulakko.net/?p=1172
80. Mentor Advice
81. Reciprocal
82. Beginner’s Mind
83. http://schneems.com/2017/04/19/the-four-year-typo/
84. "inspire" by xbettyx https://flickr.com/photos/bettytsang/3419527350 is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
85. "inspire" by xbettyx https://flickr.com/photos/bettytsang/3419527350 is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
86. Screen grab from the movie “The Dark Crystal”
87. "minions" by N@ncyN@nce https://flickr.com/photos/nancynance/15108747367 is licensed under CC BY
88. "minions" by N@ncyN@nce https://flickr.com/photos/nancynance/15108747367 is licensed under CC BY
89. "minions" by N@ncyN@nce https://flickr.com/photos/nancynance/15108747367 is licensed under CC BY
90. Mentor the Whole Person "Danio rerio" by Thierrry https://flickr.com/photos/thierrymarysael/5546556947 is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
91. Mentor the Whole Person "Danio rerio" by Thierrry https://flickr.com/photos/thierrymarysael/5546556947 is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
92. "Danio rerio" by Thierrry https://flickr.com/photos/thierrymarysael/5546556947 is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
93. "Danio rerio" by Thierrry https://flickr.com/photos/thierrymarysael/5546556947 is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
94. Actively "Listen" by ky_olsen https://flickr.com/photos/ky_olsen/3133347219 is licensed under CC BY
95. ". Attention" by Juliana Coutinho https://flickr.com/photos/ngmmemuda/3870988403 is licensed under CC BY
96. "attention" by no film https://flickr.com/photos/nofilm/8086425878 is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
97. "Listen carefully!" by Gúnna https://flickr.com/photos/gudmunda/861141754 is licensed under CC BY-ND
98. "Body language (photo 2)" by Lars Plougmann https://flickr.com/photos/criminalintent/3412918360 is licensed under CC BY-SA
99. "Nodding" by Istvan https://flickr.com/photos/i_csuhai/2806617968 is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
100. "P8070502" by Bryce Bradford https://flickr.com/photos/brb_photography/2998105694 is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
101. "Straight Jacket Guy" by Darin Barry https://flickr.com/photos/darynbarry/2468722239 is licensed under CC BY
102. "Yes." by ancient history https://flickr.com/photos/ancienthistory/5820222702 is licensed under CC BY-NC
103. "Feedback Loops" by hellocatfood https://flickr.com/photos/hellocatfood/16989473710 is licensed under CC BY-SA
104. "Reflection" by Jonathan Gill https://flickr.com/photos/jonathangill/33867529805 is licensed under CC BY-NC
105. "good question" by e-magic https://flickr.com/photos/emagic/56206868 is licensed under CC BY-ND
106. "I have a question" by The U.S. Army https://flickr.com/photos/soldiersmediacenter/4685688778 is licensed under CC BY
107. "I have a question" by The U.S. Army https://flickr.com/photos/soldiersmediacenter/4685688778 is licensed under CC BY
108. "Honest" by brunkfordbraun https://flickr.com/photos/brunkfordbraun/471946613 is licensed under CC BY-SA
109. "Honest" by brunkfordbraun https://flickr.com/photos/brunkfordbraun/471946613 is licensed under CC BY-SA
110. Mentee stuff (Bonus round) "Mints" by photobunny https://flickr.com/photos/photobunny_earl/2190648921 is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
111. Find a Mentor "Where's Waldo?" by IthacaBarbie https://flickr.com/photos/btf5/8560929002 is licensed under CC BY-NC
112. "Know Thyself" by Environmental Illness Network https://flickr.com/photos/environmental_illness_network/13962890138 is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
113. Respect
114. Respect
115. ASK
116. "Remote" by Stef Ming https://flickr.com/photos/amingportfolio/4077591795 is licensed under CC BY
117. Remote "Remote" by Stef Ming https://flickr.com/photos/amingportfolio/4077591795 is licensed under CC BY
118. Remote "Remote" by Stef Ming https://flickr.com/photos/amingportfolio/4077591795 is licensed under CC BY
119. Why "Raise your hand if you're sane..." by SAF EiNS https://flickr.com/photos/saf1/5133800960 is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
120. "Call Me" by Thomas Hawk https://flickr.com/photos/thomashawk/7662693246 is licensed under CC BY-NC
121. "Raise your hand if you're sane..." by SAF EiNS https://flickr.com/photos/saf1/5133800960 is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
122. "Raise your hand if you're sane..." by SAF EiNS https://flickr.com/photos/saf1/5133800960 is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
123. Credits and Thanks
124. Thanks • Four Athens Coffee Club • Athens Women in Tech • Stitch Fix • Friends and Family
125. Credit • https://www.codefellows.org/blog/this-is-why-learning-rails-is-hard/ • https://color.adobe.com/Jack-Nicholson-color-theme-4875497/ • https://www.mindtools.com/CommSkll/ActiveListening.htm • http://www.teach-nology.com/currenttrends/inquiry/ • http://madeofmetaphors.com/shapes • http://schneems.com/2017/04/19/the-four-year-typo/ • Pamela Vicker’s “Crossing the Canyon of Cognizance” video and slides . • Kylie Stradley’s Amelia Bedelia Learns to Code, https:// speakerdeck.com/kyfast/amelia-bedelia-learns-to-code?slide=27
126. Questions?