Learn or Die: Using Science to Build a Leading-Edge Learning Organization
Edward Hess
Abstract
To compete with today's increasing globalization and rapidly evolving technologies, individuals and organizations must take their ability to learn—the foundation for continuous improvement, operational excellence, and innovation—to a much higher level. This book combines recent advances in neuroscience, psychology, behavioral economics, and education with key research on high-performance businesses to create an actionable blueprint for becoming a leading-edge learning organization. This book examines the process of learning from an individual and an organizational standpoint. From an individua ... More
To compete with today's increasing globalization and rapidly evolving technologies, individuals and organizations must take their ability to learn—the foundation for continuous improvement, operational excellence, and innovation—to a much higher level. This book combines recent advances in neuroscience, psychology, behavioral economics, and education with key research on high-performance businesses to create an actionable blueprint for becoming a leading-edge learning organization. This book examines the process of learning from an individual and an organizational standpoint. From an individual perspective, it discusses the cognitive, emotional, motivational, attitudinal, and behavioral factors that promote better learning. Organizationally, the book focuses on the kinds of structures, culture, leadership, employee learning behaviors, and human resource policies that are necessary to create an environment that enables critical and innovative thinking, learning conversations, and collaboration. It also provides strategies to mitigate the reality that humans can be reflexive, lazy thinkers who seek confirmation of what they believe to be true and affirmation of their self-image.
Keywords:
globalization,
learning,
learning behavior,
human resources,
self-image,
learning organizations,
critical thinking,
innovative thinking
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2014 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780231170246 |
| Published to Columbia Scholarship Online: November 2015 |
DOI:10.7312/columbia/9780231170246.001.0001 |
