Consider this . . .

What separate experts from amateurs? What does an expert bring to an interaction, or to a meeting or to a Q&A session – that amateurs don’t bring?

Let me suggest one key reason that separates an expert from an amateur is – that an expert brings well developed mental representation to the interaction.

Mental representation refers to the ability to easily and quickly:

– Deal with information.

– Understand and interpret the information.

– Hold the information in memory.

– Organise and analyse the information.

– Make decisions with information.