Action Learning, Business, Culture and Organizational Learning

Key Elements of a Learning Culture

The Performance Improvement Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2013

A “learning culture” is a community of workers continuously and collectively seeking performance improvement through new knowledge, new skills, and new applications of knowledge and skills to achieve the goals of the organization. In a learning culture, the pursuit of learning is woven into the fabric of organizational life.

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A Productive Learning Culture

The Performance Improvement Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2014

In a blog post titled, "Building a Productive Learning Culture", Thomas Handcock and Jean Martin say that businesses, because of need and demand, are increasing employee participation in training but failing to increase productivity. The authors believe that a culture change is required.

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Eight Leader Habits of a Learning Culture

The Performance Improvement Blog

JULY 31, 2014

Eight leader habits are essential to a learning culture. These are behaviors ingrained in the routines and rituals of organizations that are continually learning and learning how to learn. This message is in the guiding principles of the business.

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Becoming a Learning Culture: Competing in an Age of Disruption

The Performance Improvement Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

The only thing holding companies back from learning at the speed of change is their organizational culture which, for many, is a barrier to learning. Most companies have a training culture, not a learning culture. Most companies have a training culture, not a learning culture.

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No Time to Learn

The Performance Improvement Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

One of the concerns that worry training and learning professionals most about leading culture change in their organizations is that managers will say that they don’t have time to facilitate and support employee development. These managers don’t value learning. What is our business, and what should it be? What is the task?

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This Is What I Believe About Learning in Organizations

The Performance Improvement Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

The Purpose of Business is Learning. Yes, the purpose of business is to make a profit, retain customers, be sustainable, satisfy shareholders, and, for some, make a difference in the community. But none of this is possible without learning. It’s the Culture. To learn, people must have a growth mindset.

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Learning to Compete

The Performance Improvement Blog

JULY 21, 2014

If you are learning more rapidly than the competition, you can get ahead and stay ahead. Retail businesses compete for space and for customers. Learning all the time” means making learning part of the culture of an organization. Employees tell stories that dramatize what they are learning.

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Manager's Role in Learning and Performance Improvement

The Performance Improvement Blog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Google did a study of its employees and found that managers are successful in Google, not because of their technical expertise, although that’s important, but because of what they do to help team members learn and develop and achieve success. Four trends are making continuous learning an essential part of doing business today.

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Leaders Learning about Learning

The Performance Improvement Blog

MARCH 30, 2016

I explained the limitations of formal training and the need for taking an organizational learning perspective. I argued that in order for any kind of learning intervention (training, coaching, mentoring, action learning, etc.) We discussed what leaders can do to ensure that these elements are addressed.

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Reprise: Learning to Compete

The Performance Improvement Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2015

If you are learning more rapidly than the competition, you can get ahead and stay ahead. Retail businesses compete for space and for customers. Learning all the time” means making learning part of the culture of an organization. Employees tell stories that dramatize what they are learning.

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50 Ways to Lever Learning

The Performance Improvement Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2015

In a learning culture , formal training is just one of many methods used to facilitate employee learning. Game –engaging employees in learning by applying principles of gaming (scoring, competition, rules of play, etc.) Reflection-in-action – learning from reflecting on an activity while doing it.

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Reprise: Learning to Compete

The Performance Improvement Blog

JUNE 25, 2015

If you are learning more rapidly than the competition, you can get ahead and stay ahead. Retail businesses compete for space and for customers. Learning all the time” means making learning part of the culture of an organization. Employees tell stories that dramatize what they are learning.

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Learning Trends for 2022: What to watch and why

Learning Pool

JANUARY 11, 2022

In the wake of the pandemic in 2020, we saw the mass movement of learning into digital with learning technology providing the only way to adapt to lockdowns and enable organizations to support the tremendous upheavals to work, operating models, and business practices. Two things stood out that relate to business acumen.

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Aligning Employee Learning with the Organization

The Performance Improvement Blog

AUGUST 12, 2016

I wish it were otherwise, but learning is not just a classroom activity anymore, it must be a total system activity that takes into account strategic goals of the organization, the culture of the organization (values, beliefs, artifacts, structure, etc.), A similar argument is made by Michael Beer , of the Harvard Business School.

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6 Steps To Creating Learning Ecosystems (And Why You Should Bother)

Learnnovators

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

We can shed our obsession with isolated formal learning and embrace the real question: how can we best support organisations and individuals to develop a culture of continuous learning and high performance. Central to this cultural shift is the understanding that learning happens by learners, not to them.

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A Manager's View of Employee Learning

The Performance Improvement Blog

APRIL 6, 2016

This is especially true for those organizations with a culture of hierarchy, command-and-control, departmental/functional silos, active and sometimes manipulative competition between managers for recognition and promotion, and less-than-excellent history of departmental collaboration. .

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The Essential Guide to Learning Analytics in the Age of Big Data

Lambda Solutions

JUNE 14, 2020

Most of the time, companies collect big data from external sources to help the business serve customers more effectively, become more efficient, and increase profits. This use of big data to improve online learning is called learning analytics. Learning analytics can have another, indirect impact on your organization, as well.

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Are Managers Too Busy to Learn?

The Performance Improvement Blog

APRIL 10, 2015

One of the barriers to creating and sustaining a learning culture in organizations is the no-time myth. Managers resist attending formal training events and participating in other kinds of learning activities (elearning, mentoring, coaching, action-learning, communities of practice, internal wikis, etc.)

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Partnering With the C-Suite

CLO Magazine

MAY 3, 2013

The CLO is strategically positioned to focus on business objectives, outcomes and costs. Partnering with line of business leaders is a natural next step. Successful chief learning officers understand that business longevity is defined by an ability to innovate and adapt. Coined a decade ago by the U.S.

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This Is What I Believe About Learning in Organizations

Learning to Compete

Manager's Role in Learning and Performance Improvement

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Reprise: Learning to Compete

Learning Trends for 2022: What to watch and why

Aligning Employee Learning with the Organization

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Are Managers Too Busy to Learn?

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