> Is anyone aware of any resource information, systems, or tools that will
> help us to identify our unknown learning needs?
1. Visit other types of businesses that have nothing to do with metal
working. Always ask those you visit to share stories of their most
important discoveries in their own area of expertise.
2. Host tours of your own facilities for other businesses. Feed your
visitors based on the number of questions they ask - the more questions,
the bigger the feast.
3. Record the number of "what if" type questions you ask each week and
seek to double that number.
4. Host community focus groups and meet more strangers.
5. Ask employees to bring in unusual articles about problems in the
world. Give a prize for the most unusual problem found each month. This
gets them in the habit of looking outside the normal channels of
information flow.
6. Ask "what do we know" and write down your answers. Then ask "IF
that's what we know THEN WHAT don't we know" and write down those answers.
Practice this drill.
--Lon Badgett lonbadgett@aol.com
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