Don’t confuse experience with learning ![Dr Neil Thompson](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e839c708c5f2fc4668c7c06b7ddfcc55?s=70&d=mm&r=g)
It is commonly assumed that the more experience a person has, the more learning they will have done, and thus the more they will have to offer, but it’s important to realise that this is a very unsafe assumption to make. We don’t have to go far generally to come across someone who has a lot of experience, but has learned relatively little from it. There can be people with three years’ experience in a particular field who have done an excellent job of drawing out the lessons from that learning, of really making that experience count in terms of improving their practice and developing their confidence. But, there can also be people with thirty years’ experience who have done…
Dr Neil ThompsonAugust 2, 2018