It’s one thing to say that you want to be a business or organisation with a learning culture, but to actually see it cultivated is another story. This requires the acceptance of particular attitudes, values and practices that support ongoing learning.
Training is a key part of the process when it comes to establishing a learning culture.
Learning serves to expand thinking, open minds and encourage individuals to reinterpret their world. Peter Senge identified five disciplines of a learning culture that contribute to building a vibrant and healthy learning culture.
- Personal Mastery: Cultivate an environment where individual goals are valued and achieved through partnership with the employee and the organisation.
- Mental Models: The idea that people’s perception of their environment shapes their decisions and behaviour.
- Shared Vision: Encourage teamwork and sharing by collaboratively setting goals and planning objectives.
- Team Learning: Valuing group conversation and thinking skills so that together employees create solutions and new ideas with their various skill sets.
- System Thinking: Bringing different departments together to see the bigger picture…not just their section of the business.
Benefits of creating a learning culture include:
- Employees are more prepared for change
- Employees expect and look forward to change and development
- Businesses are more responsive to the shifts and changes of the market
- Innovation brings growth
- Employees are more loyal and energetic
If you are interested in how to create a Learning Culture within your business or organisation, take the time to research and study how to implement strategies to make it happen.
Further reading
- The Fifth Discipline, The Art & Practice of the Learning Organisation. Peter M. Senge. Random House 1992.
- The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook, Peter M. Senge, Charlotte Roberts, Richard B. Ross, Bryan J. Smith, Art Kleiner. Nicholas Brealey Publishing 1994.
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