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Societal Learning: Creating Big-Systems Change
Innovative approaches to solving large societal problems are producing some impressive results. Banks are teaming up with community groups to find ways to generate…
The Learner’s Path
In my previous article, Confessions of a Recovering Knower(The Systems Thinker Vol. 16, No. 7), I described my journey from being a knower to…
Learning to Create New Knowledge
For many people, the purpose of pursuing organizational learning is to create new knowledge for competitive advantage. Although researchers and managers alike often assume…
Capturing the Knowledge of “100,000 of the World’s Brightest People”
When Sir John Browne, CEO of oil and gas giant BP, wrote the above words, he captured the promise of knowledge management in arrestingly…
Transforming Leadership: The Story of Robert Greenleaf
When we read the stories of extraordinary leaders, we may be inspired to see new possibilities for ourselves. The biography Robert K. Greenleaf: A…
Follow the Yellow Brick Road: The Journey of a Learning Organization
One sunny summer day in July of 1994, the executive team of Gerber Memorial Health Services (GMHS) set off to attend a three-day seminar…
How Do YOU Gauge Achievement?
How are your kids doing at school? If you are like most parents, this question makes you think about grades. We generally judge achievement…
Leading and Learning from the Future
In Theory U: Leading from the Future As It Emerges (SoL, 2007), C. Otto Scharmer, senior lecturer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, takes…
Aren’t Learning Organizations Curious?
For all the powers of computers, Picasso considered them useless because “they give only answers.” Isn’t one of the remaining advantages of being human…
Getting to the Root: Meadows Fellows Build Capacity in Systems Tools
The first snow of the year fell on the eve of the Fellows’ arrival. This was the fourth and final workshop of the second…