The Learner Role

Mark W. Mccloskey

Chapter Chapter 16 in Learning Leadership in a Changing World, 2014, pp 167-175 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract In times of rapid change, the organization comes face to face with the two iron laws of learning: (1) The faster things change, the faster the value of what the organization presently knows diminishes; and (2) The greater the rate of change, the greater the performance difference between organizations that learn fast and those that do not. This places a premium on learning agility—both for individuals and entire organizations (Appelbaum & Paese, 2011; Eichinger & Lombardo, 2004; Prahalad, 2009). The capacity of the organization to learn, unlearn, and relearn quickly may well mean the difference between sustainable effectiveness and mediocrity, keeping one’s promises to the world, and lapsing into irrelevance. The organization that stays put or stands pat is fooling itself, living on borrowed time. When a L eader stops learning, it is time to stop leading. When the entire organization stops learning, it is time to go out of business.

Keywords: Early Warning System; Generative Learning; Normal Expectation; Organizational Life; Entire Organization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137476371_16

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