Action Learning
Comments for John S Veitch of Open Future Limited
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| John S Veitch |
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| The Network Ambassador |
If more people understood action learning everyone would be doing it.
Action learning has many parents. It's a ubiquitous idea based on the natural way all adults love to learn.
If a little discipline and training is incorporated in your own learning process, you will make much more progress with much less cost and effort.
It's critical that team members are on the same task, and that they understand where in the learning process they are.
The Deming Wheel, is a simple four step process which ensures that progress is made in a deliberate fashion and not in a series of random hops.
Prof. Reg Revans, from the UK, was the first academic to prove the value of action learning and to write a book about it.
The key to the method is understanding that you don't know.
Revans says, "People had to be aware of their lack of relevant knowledge and be prepared to explore the area of their ignorance with suitable questions."
There is a research process. It involves asking yourself questions.
Other people with similar responsibilities to yourself often have useful responses to your questions once you understand what it is you need to know.
Today several universities around the world claim to use action learning methods.
Action learning remains a simple concept that everyone can use with minimal training.
If the idea interests you do a Google search and read what Wikipedia says.
If you need the original article it's here.
Comments for John S Veitch of Open Future Limited