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  • The Fifth Discipline Book Review – The Learning Organization “Bible”

    Posted by admin on February 28th, 2010 and filed under business organization | 8 Comments »

    See why the “The Fifth Discipline” from Peter Senge is mandatory reading for every organization that wants to be a “learning organization”. In the 21st, learning organizations will dominate the landscape. Are you a learning organization?

    See the example of M2MSys, which is a process re-engineering specialist for organization working in the complex markets such as healthcare and government (http://m2msysonline.com). The change is so intense, that we had to become ourselves a learning organization.

    You can see, that as a result of being a learning organization, M2MSys was able to spin-off in a record time, a new organization, to deal with the same business challenges but in the cloud. You like to know to learn more on how to become a learning organization? Then check out 3WCloud (http://3wcloud.com/products)

    Would like a copy of this presentation? Download the presentation on http://www.slideshare.net/M2MSys/peter-senge-fifth-discipline-book-review-presentation

    Duration : 0:9:27

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    Partners For Progress- The Power of Story

    Posted by admin on February 10th, 2010 and filed under organization strategy | No Comments »

    Storytelling is described as a tool or technique used to talk about a story as a strategy for competitive advantage. The challenge for organizations is to move away from talking about storytelling and incorporating it into two places within the business:
    - Different workshops or classes
    - Into the processes where business is conducted

    After storytelling is incorporated, the message should be taken to the leadership within the organization and address three areas where it could benefit the organization:
    1. Move forward strategy for the organization as a whole
    2. Sales and marketing
    3. Branding

    It is also important to understand where the systems fit into the work process, and how they could benefit from a competency perspective.

    A few years ago, DDI was struggling to embed the organization’s three strategic priorities in employee thinking. An employee in the communications department came up with the idea to turn in six stories every two weeks, two stories on each of the three strategic priorities. The idea was to send a story on a Friday afternoon in a voicemail. Employees could do any of the following:
    - Listen in real-time
    - Save it and listen to it later
    - Download it to their computers
    - Download them online

    The President loved the idea and currently, each employee knows the three strategic priorities.

    Duration : 0:2:18

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    Tracy Huston- Coaching, Leadership Development, Facilitation

    Posted by admin on January 17th, 2010 and filed under leadership organization | No Comments »

    Tracy Huston argues that training is comfortable but that it does not change behavior very much. If this is true, this leads to the question of why we do we continue to do it? A group of CEOs came together through the Society for Organizational Learning to discuss this as well as how to develop and sustain a learning organization culture.

    Duration : 0:2:40

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    The Importance of Learning in Organizations

    Posted by admin on November 28th, 2009 and filed under organizations | 13 Comments »

    An interview with David Garvin and Amy Edmondson, Professors, Harvard Business School. Learning organizations generate and act on new knowledge. The ability to do this enables companies to stay ahead of change and the competition.

    Duration : 0:10:5

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    Classroom Organization and Management Program (COMP) – Awareness Video

    Posted by admin on November 28th, 2009 and filed under organization management | No Comments »

    The Classroom Organization and Management Program (COMP) is a research-based professional development program that can help you learn to create and manage an effective learning environment in your classroom.

    More information available at http://www.comp.org

    Duration : 0:10:31

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