Learning

Learning : Traveling the Order of Consciousness

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Learning (Old Article – 1999) – My First Blog  Life is a series of decisions made on choices. Choices are made available by opportunities. Learning creates opportunities. Quality of our life is an index of our learning. Relatively, ‘Learning’ is among the easiest phenomenon. But it is arduous to put it into action. It is in […]

Learning Lessons Learned

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#orgintelligence Adapted from my contribution to a Linked-In discussion on “Lessons Learned”.There are several strands of learning from experience, and it may be useful to call these out explicitly.1. Signals. What signals (that turned out to be import…

Beliefs and Capabilities

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Beliefs are powerful. Sometimes, to achieve something, all we need is to hold on to our beliefs. Then there are times when we can’t get where we want to be, unless our beliefs are seriously shaken and eventually changed. Beliefs can influence our capabilities. And the evidence of our capabilities can change our beliefs. Let’s […]

Learning by Doing with Labs

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Every summer, I spend a week camping with my kids’ Boy Scout troop.  This year, we had the opportunity to camp, hike and fish in the Colorado Rockies near Pike’s Peak. A by-product of a week away from constant email, phone calls and meetings is time to think. A few summers ago, one of these thoughts was how to apply first aid lessons to better project management. This summer’s camp was alongside the South Platte […]

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Reinvent Your Training Methods

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I was recently at the MIT Center for Information Systems Research (where PwC is a Patron) for their summer briefings.  Andy McAfee, is one of the regular guests and told some stories contrasting the degree of difficulty in finding the information we want in our own organizations with that of searching the public internet – night and day for most. The contrast reminded me of a discussion I had with an insurance CIO about the […]

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