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Disciplines of a Learning Organization: Peter Senge

QAspire

If there is one book that has influenced my business thinking the most, it is Peter Senge’s “ The Fifth Discipline – The Art and Practice of Learning Organization ” and I have referred to it many times over past years on this blog. Each has an influence on the rest, and influence that is usually hidden from view.

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Leaders and the Learning Organization | You're Not the Boss of Me

You're Not the Boss of Me

There was a time when everyone was jumping onto The Learning Organization bandwagon. This usually happened when times were good, when organizations felt a little more ebullient about their prospects and generous toward their employees. Such declarations usually produce only cynicism.

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Fostering a Culture of Innovation and Organizational Learning

The Practical Leader

In an agile learning organization, problems are resolved quickly and used as opportunities for continuous improvement. A Zenger Folkman study showed how a very strong learning organization impacts commitment levels: Learning and adaptability lead to much higher discretionary effort.

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The Fearless Organization

Leading Blog

Psychological safety makes it possible for other drivers of success (talent, ingenuity, diversity of thought) to be expressed in ways that influence how work gets done.” Without it, people will withhold thoughts, ideas, and contributions that are vital to your growth, renewal, and the overall health of your organization.

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Are These Systems Serving or Subverting Organization Results?

The Practical Leader

As engineer and co-founder of the Center for Systems Awareness, Peter Senge, said in The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of The Learning Organization , “Structure influences behavior. ” Many organizations induce learned helplessness.

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Deming on Management: Appreciation for a System

Deming Institute

Circle of Influence. The Learning Organization: From Vision to Reality by Margaret Wheatley and Peter Senge. Optimize the Overall System Not the Individual Components. Standardization With a Systems View Allows Creativity to Flourish. Are you a systems thinker? Systems Thinking: Feedback Loops. The Degree of Interdependence.

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The Systems Thinking Leader

LDRLB

Systems thinking involves understanding how things influence each other inside a larger whole. Within globalization, it involves understanding how countries work to influence each other. The fifth discipline: The art and practice of the learning organization. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Publishing.

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