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 Creating
a Learning Culture:
Strategy, Technology, and Practice
Marcia L. Conner and James G. Clawson (editors) Paperback: 380 pages, 3 line diagrams, 4 tables, 16
figures
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Press Release Contributors: Douglas K. Smith (Foreword); John Seely Brown and Estee Solomon Gray (Introduction); Harlan Cleveland; William M. Snyder and Etienne Wenger; Eileen Clegg and Clark N. Quinn; Karen Kocher; Mitch Ratcliffe; David Grebow; Laurie Bassi, Karen L. McGraw, and Dan McMurrer; Edgar H. Schein; Rob Cross, Lisa Abrams and Andrew Parker; Wendy L. Coles; Marc J. Rosenberg; Dori Digenti; Brook Manville; Brenda Wilkins; Gunnar Brückner; Garry O. Ridge; Cliff Figallo; Marcia L. Conner and James G. Clawson (Afterword)
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“I would suggest the traffic warning ‘Read Slowly: Curve Ahead.’ Each essay develops learning culture from a different perspective. In the world’s current change-acceleration mode, we had better learn about learning from all angles.”
John Sall, Co-founder and “… an exemplary, clear guide for all leaders who seek to create organizations where people thrive.” Ken Blanchard, Chief Spiritual Officer “A must read for leaders who want sustained performance in today’s environment where new challenges arise faster than our responses.”
Art Glenn “Quite simply the best book I have read on all that matters for getting better at getting better...Should be mandatory reading for educators and organization leaders everywhere. A superb synthesis of perspectives and intelligence from individuals who have demonstrated an extraordinary understanding of what matters most in learning and excelling. Read it to learn how to create excellence and success around you.” Kantha Shelke “As organizations take learning to the next phase, to meet the learning challenge at the global level, they will benefit from the insights and lessons presented in this excellent book. Creating a Learning Culture will help them cost-effectively provide learning resources and interactive learning environments to employees anywhere in the world.” Eilif Trondsen, Director “Organizations that excel at learning will be the only ones that survive in the 21st century. This book points the way for those who realize that this is not just another ‘management fad.’ Continuous, accelerated organizational learning represents the key discriminator between ‘winners’ and ‘losers.’ I strongly recommend this book to those who want to be counted amongst the ‘winners!’” Richard Bozoian “You will want to have Creating a Learning Culture within your grasp at all times. One of the great things about this collection is that you can spend a second flipping open to almost any page, or take a whole sabbatical to really absorb it all, and in either case your time will be amply rewarded with new insights, inspiration, and ideas.” Wayne Hodgins, Strategic Futurist “Creating a Learning Culture takes a deep dive into a topic that no business leader can afford to ignore—or delegate to HR. We’ve all been told that learning is the source of competitive advantage—but how do we get there?...From technology to metrics, from trust to tools—it’s all here, with frameworks, philosophies, and plenty of real life stories. There’s something of interest for anyone ready to take learning from talk to action.” Jeanne Liedtka, former Chief Learning Officer, Red Herring: No telecommuter is an island: On July 19, 2004 Red Herring featured Creating a Learning Culture. "In Creating a Learning Culture, a new book edited by Marcia Conner and James Clawson, John Seely Brown and Estee Solomon Gray write: Designing social software is much more like designing a constitution than designing an operating system. The constitution needs to exhibit the right balance between supporting dissenting opinions and guaranteeing the community's real work can get done. This is a perfect description of how core groups can, if they eliminate contending opinion, kill the enthusiasm and energy of a team." Interwise features a short video presentation of Marc Rosenberg explaining the core themes from Creating a Learning Culture. Terrific! PersonnelZone features a fabulous article by Gunnar Brückner about informal learning and learning culture entitled, "Harnessing the potential of informal learning in your organization!" Contact me if you're interested in talking with the editors or contributors about speaking at an upcoming event
The idea for this book came from a colloquium held at the Darden
Graduate School of Business Administration in 2001.
Papers written for that
event are available online. |
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Marcia L. Conner
is managing director of Ageless Learner, a think-tank and advisory service
practice, and a fellow of the Batten Institute, Darden Graduate School of
Business Administration, University of Virginia. She is the author of
James
G. Clawson is a professor at the Darden Graduate School of Business
Administration, University of Virginia. He is the co-author of
