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Peter Senge: How to Overcome Learning Disabilities in Organizations

QAspire

Peter Senge , in his book “ The Fifth Discipline – The Art and Practice of Learning Organization ” outlines 7 organizational learning disabilities. These disabilities operate despite the best effort of bright, committed people. Every team meets the KPI numbers and yet, customers remain disgruntled.

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Disciplines of a Learning Organization: Peter Senge

QAspire

This question immediately reminded me of five disciplines of learning organizations that Peter Senge outlines in this book. Building shared vision – a practice of unearthing shared pictures of the future that foster genuine commitment and enrollment rather than compliance. Source: Wikipedia.

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How to Avoid 3 Big Mistakes About Being Biased

Lead Change Blog

If we believe people who take all their vacation time are less dedicated than we are, our unconscious bias may manifest itself as a deep-seated resistance to their ideas: They aren’t committed, so how can their input have value? Scientist Peter Senge wrote about how success messes with our ability to reason.

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Fear of Learning

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

Peter Senge wrote in his groundbreaking book, The Fifth Discipline , “When we see that to learn we must be willing to look foolish, to let another teach us, learning doesn’t always look so good anymore…Only with the support and fellowship of another can we face the dangers of learning meaningful things.”. Select a hosting tone.

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Gurus - Are They Worth the Price of Admission?

Building Personal Strength

Stephen Covey, American author (1932- ) On COMMITMENT - "Theres no scarcity of opportunity to make a living at what you love. - Edward de Bono, British author (1933- ) On CHARACTER - "Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconscious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character."-

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Transforming a Management System – A Case Study From the Madison Wisconsin Police Department

Curious Cat

Employee information sessions are held on the transformation, why it is needed, how it will take place, and what it will look like when it is in place — every department member attends, sworn and non-sworn employees and the chief personally teaches each session demonstrating the importance of this and his commitment. Year seven.

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Create a Growth Culture, Not a Performance-Obsessed One

Harvard Business Review

Learning organizations – Peter Senge’s term — classically focus on intellectually oriented issues such as knowledge and expertise. Continuous feedback – up, down and across the organization – grounded in a shared commitment to helping each other grow and get better.

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