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Hierarchies and Creative Deviance

LDRLB

One of Senge’s (1994) disciplines of a learning organization is the idea of mental models. If top-level managers are stuck in an inefficient mental model, some creative ideas may get struck down before they can properly examined to determine if they are truly innovative. It’s not different in creativity.

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Hierarchies and Creative Deviance

LDRLB

One of Senge’s (1994) disciplines of a learning organization is the idea of mental models. If top-level managers are stuck in an inefficient mental model, some creative ideas may get struck down before they can properly examined to determine if they are truly innovative. It’s not different in creativity. Mainemelis, C.

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Teaming: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Teaming: How Organizations Learn, Innovate, and Compete in the Knowledge Economy Amy C. Edmondson Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Imprint (2012) Why and how the most valuable organizational learning occurs: through teams Amy Edmondson characterizes “teaming” as “teamwork on the fly.”

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

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This step is an ongoing process—it is continuous improvement within the organization. It is understood that if an organization stays as it is, it is, in reality, falling behind. Innovation and experimentation become organizational values. We are a learning organization. Evaluating. Improvement can be measured.

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Smart Leaders Don’t Just Learn, They Teach

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here is an article written by William C. Taylor for BNET (January 4, 2011), The CBS Interactive Business Network. To check out an abundance of valuable resources and obtain a free subscription to one or more of the BNET newsletters, please click here. * * * Ever since the publication, nearly two decades ago, of [.].