Paul and Rick
I think we could develop useful and interesting case study threads using
organisations and practices as a focus.
In terms of the former, it would seem most practical and logical to select
companies whose organisations are generally in the public domain (i.e.
those about whom much has and will continue to be written). The best
example to start with here, IMHO, would be GE, which has been a learning
organisation for many decades, and which demonstrates that fact with
regularity through its ability to create and adapt to change. I've made
references to some of the things they have done and are doing in the past
but have had litle or no feedback from the active participants in this
list. Does anyone want me to try again (maybe the legion of LO lurkers
saw some value)? Does anyone want to adopt another company and start
their own thread?
In terms of the latter, I think there are a number of ripe candidates, the
first of which springing to mind from the top of my head being:
--the Knowledge Managment function
--Open Book comunication
--Balanced Scorecards
--Scenario Planning
--Company-wide involvement in strategy development
--top-to-bottom commitment to lifelong learning
--learning from diversity
I know that most (probably all) of these practices have been aired on this
list before. What I would like to see (and it is this concern which
sparked my original post on this thread) are real world examples. What I
would like to see is dialogue which is supported by empirical observation,
and which can be advanced by feedback grounded in real world experiences.
Thanks, Paul, for starting this thread and for your thoughtful and
practical contributions.
Continuously trying to continuously learn
Richard Goodale
> How about some case study threads then?
> Paul
>
> [Host's Note: I would be delighted to see some case study threads.
> ...Rick]
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