More Lies About Learning: Leading Executives Separate Truth From Fiction

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Final Words: Parting Shots

Larry Israelite

I often start these projects with some idea of how I would like to end them. And I had planned to name this last chapter something like “Some Truths About Learning.” That’s how I ended Lies About Learning, and I figured it would work for this one too. But then I started reading and working with the chapters, and my plan started to change. Allow me to take you through my thought process.

The Lies and the Liars Who Tell Them

Once I started reading the chapters, I realized that I have heard this all before—old lie, new liar; new lie, old liar. So I built a matrix of the lies and the people who told them (Figure 11-1).

Figure 11-1. Lies and Liars Matrix

I operated under the impression that, since 2006, ...