Commitment to Learning

Solving an organizational problem provides immediate, short-term benefits to an organization. The greater, longer-term, multiplier benefit is the learning gained by the group members and how their learnings can be applied on a systems-wide basis throughout the organization.

Therefore, during the action learning process, individuals take responsibility for their own, the team's, and the organization's learning and development. Time is set aside to talk about personal learnings and how the team's learning can be utilized in other parts of the organization.

The process results in powerful, significant learning due to its adherence to a number of key learning principles:

  • Learning is increased when we reflect on what we did ...

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