
From the website:
At Lectica, we’ve developed a sophisticated new technology that’s built around a powerful evidence-based learning model. This technology allows us to accurately diagnose people’s learning needs, then provide personalized learning recommendations that support robust learning—a kind of learning that is not only efficient and immediately useful but also helps build the skills and dispositions required for a lifetime of learning and development.
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From Theo’s LinkedIn profile:
I’m the CEO of Lectica®, Inc., a nonprofit dedicated to helping the world think better by producing and distributing sophisticated learning tools that support the kind of learning that matters.
Our non-profit mission is to deliver our learning tools free of charge to individual K-12 teachers everywhere. We support this mission through donations and our for-profit arm, the Developmental Testing Service (DTS). All of the profits from DTS are donated to Lectica.
Lectica makes diagnostic and formative learning tools for schools, colleges, and the workplace. These tools measure how well people work with their knowledge in real-world contexts, identify “what comes next”, and provide personalized learning recommendations.
It’s taken over 20 years and a fair bit of struggle to develop the technology and methods we use here at Lectica. For me, it’s a sandbox. But I do have a bit of a life outside of the “nonprofit that owns me”. I have 3 children and 3 grandkids to play with, and I spend a fair bit of time on the trail, on my bike, or in the garden.

From Zak’s website:
I am a scholar at the Ronin Institute, where I research the relations between education, human development, and the evolution of civilizations.
I serve as Co-President and Academic Director of the activist think-tank at the Center for Integral Wisdom, where I write and teach at the edges of integral meta-theory.
I act on the scientific advisor board of the Neurohacker Collective and other technology start-ups, where I use my expertise in ethics and human development to help guide innovation.
I offer human development and learning science consultations to schools, organizations, and educational technology companies.
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Recent Content
Last 50 posts on own channels (YouTube, Podcast, Medium or Website/Blog):
MindLog for Educators
Published on: 24 Mar 25 in Lectica – YouTube
by Lectica
FOLA whole group module 10 discussion: Transforming K-12 education—The DiscoTest Initiative
Published on: 4 Mar 24 in Lectica – YouTube
by Lectica
The relation between argumentation quality & growth trajectory
Published on: 4 Jun 21 in Lectica – YouTube
by Lectica
The calibration of CLAS—an electronic cognitive-developmental scoring system for texts
Published on: 4 Jun 21 in Lectica – YouTube
by Lectica
Lectica Institute Dialogue on “Is postmodernism a developmental stage beyond modernism?”
Published on: 10 May 21 in Lectica – YouTube
by Lectica
LAP Roundtable: Debriefing Lectical assessments
Published on: 10 Feb 21 in Lectica – YouTube
by Lectica
Lectica Institute Dialogue on “What is cognition and how does it develop?”
Published on: 11 Dec 20 in Lectica – YouTube
by Lectica
Lectica Institute LAP Roundtable on role analysis and role fit
Published on: 7 Dec 20 in Lectica – YouTube
by Lectica
Recruitment disrupted
Published on: 9 Oct 20 in Lectica – Medium
by Theo Dawson
Hi Jonathan,
Published on: 20 Sep 20 in Lectica – Medium
by Theo Dawson
VCoL in action: skill mapping
Published on: 15 Sep 20 in Lectica – Medium
by Theo Dawson
The facemask question: How people are thinking
Published on: 17 Jul 20 in Lectica – Medium
by Theo Dawson
You point to a problem that is ubiquitous in survey research.
Published on: 14 Jul 20 in Lectica – Medium
by Theo Dawson
Vagueness is a survey hazard! I love the “pod” idea. I hope it goes viral.
Published on: 12 Jul 20 in Lectica – Medium
by Theo Dawson
The facemask question: A survey
Published on: 12 Jul 20 in Lectica – Medium
by Theo Dawson
What would a rational recruitment process look like?
Published on: 4 Jul 20 in Lectica – Medium
by Theo Dawson
VCoL in action: Mastery vs. virtuosity
Published on: 20 Apr 20 in Lectica – Medium
by Theo Dawson
Private acts of forgiveness: A good-in-a-crisis micro-VCoL from Lectica
Published on: 19 Apr 20 in Lectica – Medium
by Theo Dawson
Donald Trump, role fit, & COVID-19
Published on: 14 Apr 20 in Lectica – Medium
by Theo Dawson
Look for the kernel of truth: A good-in-a-crisis micro-VCoL
Published on: 12 Apr 20 in Lectica – Medium
by Theo Dawson
How learning really works
Published on: 31 Mar 20 in Lectica – YouTube
by Lectica
How to impress CLAS
Published on: 23 May 19 in Lectica – YouTube
by Lectica
The Virtuous Cycle of Learning—full length lecture
Published on: 5 Jun 18 in Lectica – YouTube
by Lectica
Learning to ask
Published on: 16 Feb 18 in Lectica – YouTube
by Lectica
Fit-to-role, well-being, & productivity
Published on: 28 Jan 18 in Lectica – YouTube
by Lectica
LAP-2 preview: How to revolutionize recruitment
Published on: 6 Jan 18 in Lectica – YouTube
by Lectica
About Lectica’s recruitment accreditation course—LAP2
Published on: 19 Dec 17 in Lectica – YouTube
by Lectica
VCoL+7 in the classroom: Module 1 Lesson 2: Setting learning goals
Published on: 10 Sep 17 in Lectica – YouTube
by Lectica
From Piaget to Dawson: The evolution of adult developmental metrics
Published on: 3 Sep 17 in Lectica – YouTube
by Lectica
VCoL+7 in the classroom: Module 1, Lesson 1, Benefits & big ideas
Published on: 16 Aug 17 in Lectica – YouTube
by Lectica
LecticaFirst—Unlimited front-line to mid-level recruitment assessments, on demand
Published on: 2 Aug 17 in Lectica – YouTube
by Lectica
Lectica’s Human Capital Value Chain—for organizations committed to people development
Published on: 23 Jun 17 in Lectica – YouTube
by Lectica
About the LSUA (Lectical Self-understanding Assessment) report
Published on: 21 Apr 17 in Lectica – YouTube
by Lectica
About the Lectical Self Understanding Assessment (LSUA)
Published on: 21 Apr 17 in Lectica – YouTube
by Lectica
How to take a LectaTest (adult Lectical Assessment)
Published on: 1 Mar 17 in Lectica – YouTube
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