Why Won’t Managers Learn?

Managerial learning

Managerial learning is the cornerstone for a learning organization.  A manager’s unwillingness to learn is the major impediment to organizational learning. Many managers believe that once they have attained a managerial position, they have “arrived”.  They see the appointment to the managerial role as an acknowledgement that they “know it all”. A corollary of this [...]

What Is Action Learning Really?

Action Learning

Action learning is learning with others through doing and reflecting on outcomes, both intended and unintended. Action learning had its origins in the UK  in 1946 when Reg Revans worked with managers in the mining industry and nurses in hospitals to improve the operations of those industries. Reg believed that the best way to solve [...]