Still Focusing

Spent about 30 minutes talking to JP yesterday about this project. He has good instincts and ideas, and with an MBA he's already been down this path and understands the process and the need for a bottomline deliverable!

One thing that emerged for me from the discussion was solidification of a core concept - that to have organizational learning you have to have individuals who learn. It seems obvious, but sometimes the obvious needs to be made explicit before one can progress.

So what are the behaviors that individuals must exhibit in order to create a learning organization? That seems to be the core question.

JP came up with a really cool idea of working with B and his directs. Using the LSI and Appreciative Inquiry, we could attempt to build Brad's team as a learning organization, which would then cascade out through the rest of the division.

I really like this idea, but it isn't what B and I discussed last week. I wonder if he would be open to a shift in focus like this?