LSG Webinars

 

Organisations place so much emphasis, and focus so much attention on the quantum of an individual’s learning and  the measurement of an individual's competence that  there does not seem to be much time left to spend on organisational learning at all. There is a misplaced assumption that if everyone learns you will have created a learning organisation,  but this is simply not true and there is no evidence that I can find to support that.

 

So when you need organisations to pivot and demonstrate agility,  a bunch of competent individuals are more likely to leave than work together to solve those significant challenges. When the organization learns, insight, knowledge and expertise are shared and the insight is bigger than any single individual. Why have we forgotten this simple and well researched truth?

 

Let’s explore:

• Why individuals learning in an organization, is not the same as organisational learning
• What an organisational brain might look like
• How we might begin to build an organisational learning strategy
• When Etienne Wenger's communities of practice came of age
• If we do this, what happens?

With over 25 years of experience in corporate learning, Nigel is a regular speaker, writer and broadcaster on the topics of learning culture, technology and leadership. Between 2002 and2006 he headed up the BBC’s Learning and Development operation. Following this, he started his own company nigelpaine.com Ltd that is focused on building great workplaces that develop great people. He teaches on a doctoral programme at an Ivy League University, he has written three recent books, presents a monthly TV programme (Learning Now TV), and shares a weekly podcast (with Martin Couzins) called From Scratch. He splits his time between Europe, the US and Australia. He is a fellow of the CIPD, the UK’s professional body for HR and people development, The RSA (Royal Society of Arts Manufacturing and Science) and a Masie Fellow in the US. He was made a visiting Professor at Napier University in Edinburgh in 1998, and was recently awarded his Doctorate in Professional Studies from Middlesex University.