Learning Agility: Unlock the Lessons of Experience

Learning Agility in Action

It was early 2014, and the Ebola virus was beginning its deadly spread through portions of Western Africa. As the outbreak crept ever closer to Liberia’s crowded capital, Monrovia, Dr. Jerry Brown, medical director of the ELWA hospital, was concerned. What might be the consequences of the outbreak in a city of over four million people, with only a handful of ambulances and no established isolation wards?

Dr. Brown realized that something needed to be done and quickly translated his concerns into action. Without any direct training in the treatment of the virus and no infectious disease experts in the country to reach out to, Dr. Brown and his team went about preparing themselves—not yet knowing the scope of the problem ...