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Getting Smarter Quicker

Organizations learn only through individuals who learn.

—PETER SENGE, THE FIFTH DISCIPLINE

Hopefully, by this point in this book you have some ideas about how you would create an organization such as the one described by Senge. The problem still remains that even if employees want to learn more, they may not be able to learn at a rate that will keep the organization ahead of the competition. Traditional educational methods certainly have little to offer to solve this dilemma.

What Is Wrong with Traditional Education?

Probably nowhere in modern society are there more opportunities for improved efficiency and effectiveness than in American education. Training methods in business are no more efficient, but their inefficiency ...

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