From Plateau to Progress: Eduardo Briceño on Building a True Learning Culture

On this solo episode of Truth Works, host Jessica Neal sits down with Eduardo Briceño, author of The Performance Paradox: Turning the Power of Mindset into Action and one of the world’s leading voices on growth mindset. 

From Caracas to Silicon Valley, VC to education, Eduardo unpacks how living in constant performance mode stalls progress—and how deliberately switching into the learning zone unlocks long-term excellence.

We get tactical: redesigning meeting agendas so learning isn’t an afterthought, building daily habits for reflection, modeling feedback, and balancing short-term execution with bold, long-term goals. Jessica shares inside stories from Netflix—farming for dissent, the informed captain model, leading with context, and why over-communication beats under-communication every time—while Eduardo shows how to turn those ideas into repeatable systems that compound.

You’ll learn:

• The difference between learning vs. performance zones—and when to be in each
• Simple agenda tweaks that make every meeting smarter
• How to normalize feedback and dissent without slowing execution
• A daily question leaders can use to keep teams unblocked and aligned

Find Eduardo’s TED Talks, newsletter, and more—and don’t forget to check out The Performance Paradox.