As we all know, to stay ahead of competitors, companies must constantly enhance the way they do business. But more performance-improvement programs fail than succeed. That's because many managers ...

Being a new leader has offered me a chance to see every decision differently than I would have in the past. As a teacher, although concerned with the good of the whole and how I fit in it, my first ...

In the 1990s, many of us were reading and discussing Peter Senge’s work on creating learning organizations. Senge defines them as “organizations where people continually expand their capacity to ...

OAKLAND, Calif., Nov. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Five years ago, Kaiser Permanente set a goal to deliver best-in-class, high-quality performance. To support this, experts developed a performance ...

Dynamic organizations are ones with staff who appreciate the need for change and who embrace lifelong learning. Our world undergoes constant and rapid change, and those who do not welcome it find ...

In his book The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization, scientist and organizational-theory expert Peter Senge describes a learning organization as a place “where people ...

In 1994, after serving as an organizational consultant for General Gordon Sullivan, then U.S. Army Chief of Staff, Margaret Wheatley wrote an article about the U.S. Army becoming a learning ...

Originally published in 1990. Audiobook release in 2000. The Fifth Discipline holds up really well. First published all the way back in 1990, and revised in 2006, Senge’s book is still relevant for ...

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. You are an educator. You work in higher ed. Likely, you are involved in learning innovation in some ...

What’s the difference in organizations that are built to last versus organizations that exist for a period but disappear with the changing times? Just two words—learning agility. If organizations stay ...

Amid tightening economic conditions, businesses across the country have been faced with the steep task of balancing shrinking budgets, corporate restructurings and layoffs—which are up almost 200% in ...

Libraries are commonly seen as places that encourage learning and personal growth for patrons, yet sometimes the learning and growth of the library’s own staff may be overlooked. In this era of lean ...