Our Learning Organisation LO12691

Matthew Holmes (HOLMES_M@WMGMAIL.wmg.warwick.ac.uk)
Mon, 24 Feb 1997 19:09:56 -0000

Reply to LO12594

Barry

Sorry to have left it rather long to pick up on this.

You write that "...attributes are to "such a learning
organisation"......... I'd say it's the control of peculiarly adult fear
of being wrong."

Does this mean that we have abandoned the fear???? I hope so

To me abandoning the fear and the pain is the key to continuous learning.

Chris Argyris and others have written about levels of Learning.
Learning 0 can be described as not learning at all, Learning I is
learning a skill, Learning II is learning to change ones behavior
within existing beliefs and values, Learning III can be learning to
change ones beliefs and values. Given that these systems are created
by people in response to perceived threats - ditch the fear and it can
be a powerful enabler for Learning III.

I think that I am developing a personal model for learning which I
call the 4th Dimension (I understand that a book has just been
published under this title - anybody know any more about it?). In
this model the absence of fear or perceived risk allows me to learn
anything I like from any situation I encounter. If you imagine a
three dimensional matrix that describes all possible situations in
life (you can place whatever labels you like on the axes) - then the
4th dimension is that which enables you to move from any point in that
matrix to any other directly. - A bit like infinite improbability
drive (The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams).

Regards to all

Matthew

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