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What is Learning Organization?

I have many times mentioned Learning Organization and now it is about time to introduce it.

Learning Organization has its root in companies such as Shell, but it became world famous after Peter Senge’s The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization- book, which described five characteristics of Learning Organization. Basically, it means an organization where people continuously drive learning in all ways in order to achieve what they truly desire. Also, as I see it, it means organization which looks after its people: you cannot achieve extraordinary results without them. Think about it the other way around, what does it require from individual to achieve extraordinary results?

For example: happiness, stable personal life, vision, continuous learning and so on. Not understanding the meaning of individuals is one of the biggest problems of our time.

The famous five disciplines:

• Self Mastery
• Systems Thinking
• Shared Vision
• Team Learning
• Mental Models

I’ll dig deeper in to these disciplines later in my posts.

This is how Peter Senge himself explains Learning Organization: “Organizations where people continually expand their capacity to create the results they truly desire, where new and expansive patterns of thinking are nurtured, where collective aspiration is set free, and where people are continually learning to learn together” (Peter Senge, 1990)

Where to start?
I recommend starting your journey from the Peter Senge’s book, The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization. It is a great book that will also grow you as a person.