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\n How do you sustain a creative perspective while revisiting the same characters over and over again?\n <\/p>\n
\n Showrunner, animator, and writer of “Bob’s Burgers,” Loren Bouchard, says working on a television show for years is like being in a long-running band.\n <\/p>\n
\n “It’s not that you’re chasing your greatest hits, it’s more that you still like the sound of your band. You still want to play together,” he said on the latest episode of the Creative Control podcast.\n <\/p>\n
\n Watch more Fast Company video content here<\/a> and listen to the full podcast episode here.<\/a>\n <\/p>\n 3 learning habits backed by neuroscience that high performers use<\/p>\n \n Fully 70% of U.S. workers<\/a> feel unprepared for today\u2019s workforce. That\u2019s not a data point you encounter and move past. It sits with you, especially when you\u2019ve spent a career thinking about how learning works.\u00a0\n <\/p>\n \n What separates high performers today isn\u2019t natural talent. The differentiator is how people use the brain science of learning to develop that kind of adaptable capacity, and how they\u2019re starting to use AI<\/a> to scale it.\n <\/p>\n \n After earning my master\u2019s degree in education policy from Columbia University\u2019s Teachers College, I dedicated my career to understanding how people learn and how we can translate learning science into better outcomes. For more than 25 years\u2014as an educator, higher education leader, and now chief learning officer at Instructure\u2014I have worked alongside teachers, students, and organizational leaders to better understand how people learn and how we can best apply learning science.\u00a0\n <\/p>\n \n In my experience, high performers consistently rely on three learning habits: practicing active retrieval, using AI as a partner for deliberate practice, and metacognition\u2014meaning reflecting on their own thinking and diagnosing what worked or didn\u2019t.\u00a0\n <\/p>\n \n 1. Activate neuroplasticity\u00a0\n <\/p>\n \n As we work together to design learning experiences that reinforce the importance of being resilient, we must first understand how the brain works. Neuroscience shows that the human brain is designed to adapt. Neuroplasticity<\/a>, the brain\u2019s ability to reorganize itself, thrives on novelty, relevance, and meaningful feedback. Repeated, intentional practice reshapes neural pathways.\n <\/p>\n \n That\u2019s the good news. The challenge is that most learning environments don\u2019t reflect this science. We lose people after about 20 minutes of a traditional lecture<\/a>. Not because they\u2019re lazy, but because our brains are wired to preserve cognitive resources. Passive consumption of information doesn\u2019t activate the mechanisms that build durable memory.\n <\/p>\n \n High performers know this intuitively, even if they don\u2019t use the neurological vocabulary. They practice retrieval. They don\u2019t just review notes; they close the book and force themselves to recall. They space their learning over time rather than cramming. They return to what they\u2019ve learned and apply it in new situations. This is how short-term exposure becomes long-term capability.\n <\/p>\n