The Learning Organization – Lessons from our Archive

Summary

Al Simmonite, Managing Director of The Advance Consultancy has a particular interest in knowledge management and learning, which made his choice of reports from the Association’s archive, The Learning Organization (1999), a bit of a no-brainer. As he reviews the report, he reflects on what has changed in the last 20 plus years and how technology has both facilitated and complicated the challenge of learning.

Read the original report: The Learning Organization (Members Only)

The Enduring Significance of the Learning Organization

Al Simmonite kicks off his Lessons from our Archive series with a short video explaining the enduring significance of the learning organization and his choice of the 1999 report.

How much has changed (and how much has stayed the same) since 1999

In his second Lessons from our Archive video based on the Major Projects Association report: The Learning Organization (1999), Al Simmonite, Managing Director from Advance Consultancy highlights the prevailing themes and the big changes in approaches to organizational learning over 20 years.

The Language of Learning

In his third recording, Al Simmonite talks about changes in the language of projects and of learning and the challenge of translating lessons into learning

The early ideas on leadership and psychological safety

In his final, Lessons from our Archive, recording, Al identifies some early ideas around psychological safety and leadership.

View the complete series of Lessons from our Archives interviews