Terrapin Station

The division's Learning Organization project is the center of gravity right now, so I'm starting this blog with a post on that.

Reading Senge's The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook is like reading a prayerbook. He makes creating a learning organization sound like a spiritual aspiration, and I think that it is.

But exactly what is a learning organization? Is it a journey or a destination? I believe it is a never-ending journey, which makes it hard to build a structured "project" around it . . . what are the milestones? What are the deliverables? How will I know if we've been "successful?"

I need to talk to Eric before I set off on such a journey.

It is an activity that excites me, though. What if through this experience I got a chance to take it to another organization . . . and another . . . and another? I could be a part of human transformation in a way that makes my heart beat faster. Wow - to engage in joyful, meaningful work every day - what a concept!