What is a Learning Organization?

Learning, in its simplest form, is the process of an individual increasing their knowledge capacity. This process, which starts on an individual level, gradually expands to team learning and eventually reaches the organization as a whole. A learning organization is a group of people who continuously develop themselves both individually and collectively to reach a shared future vision.

What Stage Are You at on the Path to Becoming a Learning Organization?

Just Starting Out

• Employees do not care much about new training opportunities.
• Employees are more interested in mandatory training than personal development.
• They talk more about the past rather than the future.
• Instead of educating themselves, they expect the training department to educate them.
• They have forgotten how to brainstorm.
• They find it difficult to see the motivating aspects of their work.
• They avoid taking on any additional responsibilities.
• They do not strive to improve their work or bring innovations.
• They do not take the initiative.
• They passively watch all developments and progress within the company.
• They get disappointed when things do not go as planned.
• They are rigid in their thinking and insist on their own ideas.
• Training is just an obligation for employees.
• Employees attend classroom training for socializing rather than for knowledge and development.
• There is no common training and development platform, or the existing systems are inactive.

A Bit Further Along the Path