The Practical Leader

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

In his article “Building a Learning Organization,” he writes, “Experimentation involves the systematic searching for and testing of new knowledge … A study of more than 150 new products concluded that ‘the knowledge gained from failures (is) often instrumental in achieving subsequent successes.’

Innovation 59

Innovation Agility Strategic Planning Core Competence 59

QAspire

JANUARY 22, 2012

Look for professional integrity while hiring, because that is at the core or self-organization. If the purpose of your project/initiative does not excite people, they will not be able to give their best. Have a strong purpose: Smart people subscribe to a compelling purpose. Related Posts at QAspire. -

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Team Delegation Agility Constraint 178

HR Digest

AUGUST 13, 2023

Utilizing collaborative tools, such as project management platforms or team communication apps, to facilitate ongoing communication and keep team members connected. Creating dedicated channels or forums for specific projects or initiatives, allowing team members to collaborate and share updates effectively.

Environment 52

Environment Positioning Strategy Diversity 52

QAspire

JANUARY 5, 2015

We all make mistakes all the time but a learning team constantly apply lessons from past mistakes to prevent them from happening in future. Constant learning also allows people to apply their knowledge to the specific business context. Here are more ideas to build a learning organization. ” – John F.

Leadership 70

Leadership Senge Blanchard System 70

QAspire

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Through sketchnote project, I have learned that immersing the self in an engrossing activity puts us in flow. Self-Directed Learning: A Necessity of Our Times. How to Learn More Effectively. Why Organizations Don’t Learn? 5 Disciplines of a Learning Organization: Peter Senge.

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Self-aware Senge Learning-by-Doing Goleman 133

Mills Scofield

MAY 20, 2013

As a part of his recent massively open online course (MOOC) on business strategy , Professor Lenox invited small enterprises, nonprofits and other organizations to join the course and solicit students to provide strategic analysis and insights as a part of their final projects. We’ve been inspired by the results so far.

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Education Innovation Course Learning-by-Doing 164

Coaching Tip

JANUARY 22, 2015

An example might be an organization putting together interesting project groups, setting a defined goal but letting the members of that group approach the goal as they see fit. This should be a high-risk, low-blame environment. See more at: [link].

Skills 70

Skills Leadership Creativity Self-aware 70

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

Do you want to move an important project ahead faster? How do you plan to handle this project? What can we do to make this project run more smoothly? Would you rather motivate and engage than give orders and ride herd? How about inspiring greater accountability? Why do I ask so many questions? Experience the Power of Coaching.

Motivation 62

Motivation Tactics Learning-by-Doing Bottom-up 62

N2Growth Blog

JULY 21, 2016

Learning Organization – A learning organization is one that acquires knowledge and facilitates the learning of its team members, in order to continuously improve, innovate, and transform. Unlike a project (which is executed and driven to completion, not to be done again), programs are ongoing by design.

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Strategic Planning Network Organization Project Reference 175

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 5, 2016

One rarely advances more than one rung on the ladder during the course of service to the organization in question: Resource. Duties, activities, tasks, behaviors, attitudes, contracting, project fulfillment. Learning Organizations Are More Successful. Equipment, tools, materials, schedules. Skills and Tasks. Role and Job.

Leadership 50

Leadership Benchmarking Learning-by-Doing Ethics 50

You're Not the Boss of Me

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

There are all kinds of teams… independent teams, interdependent teams, multi-disciplinary teams, sports teams, project teams, self-managed teams. However, I think that in order to have a raison d’être a real team always needs to be able to easily connect to a tangible purpose. Of course, nothing is simple. Each has its challenges.

Team 50

Team Blog Teamwork Learning-by-Doing 50

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Despite the amount they invest in corporate learning, organizations continue to struggle to connect these programs with the day-to-day work of strategy execution. Learning departments are frequently part of the problem. Like many parts of large organizations, they are captive to a rich and debilitating status quo.

Skills 11

Skills Agility Learning-by-Doing Content 11

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

The problem is that technologies for collaboration are improving faster than people’s ability to learn to use them. A year ago we set out to find the answer, drawing on the collective experience of dozens of collaborative communities and learning organizations. When you want a status update, you go to the project manager.

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Learning-by-Doing Tools Team Efficiency 8

Management Excellence

JANUARY 25, 2012

Few would argue that a nimble, quick-to-learn and quick-to-adapt organization is a bad thing. Why then has the approach to strategy and the notion of “strategic planning” in so many organizations remained mired in a 1960’s kind of static, top-down event-focused model?

Strategy 73

Strategy Strategic Planning Organization Planning 73

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2016

It’s a brain when we talk about a learning organization. In the beginning of the project, Explorers and Planners are helpful to set the strategy and structure the work effort. (The word corporation comes from the Latin corporare , to combine in one body). It’s a machine when we talk about high-performance.

Team 14

Team Construction Learning-by-Doing Agility 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 30, 2012

For example, employees wanted more transparency and say in project prioritization. But they're not failing fast to learn. It's definitely not a learning organization. Executives also want quick wins, so they scope projects to be done in a year. After four months of meetings, the VPs surfaced even more issues.

Company 8

Company COO CFO Insurance 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 24, 2016

In the 1960s and 1970s, we embraced participative leadership ; in the 1990s, we were lured by the learning organization. For example, you don’t tell people that your primary interest is reducing project implementation time and that the only ideas that will influence you are ones that achieve that goal.

Influence 8

Influence Six Sigma Open-book Diversity 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2015

And yet, this function remains critical to the long-term health and productivity of the organization. As part of a recent research project into how top executives view training and development programs, executives overwhelmingly said the most urgent problem they face is igniting their managers to coach employees.

Management 8

Management Mentor Content Training 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

The LOFT (Learning Organization for Tomorrow) program is a collection of initiatives and tools designed to promote locally-grown insights and practices and to turn shop floor workers into peer coaches (some 810 volunteers at 102 sites in 40 countries).

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Management McKinsey Letter Retail 11

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

Many of the things we need to know to be successful – to innovate, collaborate, solve problems, and identify new opportunities – aren’t learned simply through schooling, training, or personal experience. only an expert sharing with a novice), they consistently receive higher client ratings on their performance.

Company 8

Company Licensing Knowledge Management Transportation 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2011

And it's how companies become learning organizations. It takes just a few short minutes to shoot off an email — or three — to share your appreciation for a kindness someone extended, to ask someone a question, or to keep someone in the loop on a project. That's how people become life-long learners. And we often do.

Long-term 15

Long-term Short-term Brand Proposal 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2012

It is self-awareness that allows the best business-builders to walk the tightrope of leadership: projecting conviction while simultaneously remaining humble enough to be open to new ideas and opposing opinions. Without self-awareness, you cannot understand your strengths and weakness, your "super powers" versus your "kryptonite."

Self-aware 18

Self-aware Drucker Analysis Learning-by-Doing 18

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2012

It is self-awareness that allows the best business-builders to walk the tightrope of leadership: projecting conviction while simultaneously remaining humble enough to be open to new ideas and opposing opinions. Without self-awareness, you cannot understand your strengths and weakness, your "super powers" versus your "kryptonite."

Self-aware 16

Self-aware Drucker Analysis Learning-by-Doing 16