Chuck Wallace's Thoughts on Learning Organizations
Consultant metamodel:
"A learning organization is the emergent qualities resulting from the dynamically complex interaction of people, processes , principles and shared meaning."
Biological slant:
A LO is the organism resulting when we are the cells.
Spiritual realm:
A LO is the actualization of the Holy Spirit as it works on the individual souls in an organization towards a higher shared goodness.
Systems Thinker:
It's the system, stupid!
Practical approach:
The whole is greater than the sum of the parts
Disney Approach:
A LO is a neighborhood we just purchased
Bill Gates on LO:
It will be contained in an upcoming windows version
Square Wheels Reality:
The Round Wheels of today are the Square Wheels of Tomorrow!