This will be a forum for discussion of three corporate cases, and I hope
it will help people draw conclusions about how to proceed with learning
initiatives in their own companies. I hope the conclusions will be worth
reporting here.
As described in the Pegasus brochure and web site:
>... By collectively distilling generalizable principles from
>three disparate cases, you can apply the lessons people have learned
>across a variety of business settings. In this stimulating track, you
>engage in dialogue, inquiry, reflection, and community building to
>create new knowledge. The Society for Organizational Learning joins
>with Pegasus to offer this learning opportunity. Studies will be
>presented by Ford Motor Company, Shell Oil, and
>Harley-Davidson--organizations with long-term commitment to
>transformational change. The sessions are facilitated by Rick Karash.
>This pilot project requires participants to attend all three of the
>concurrent sessions offered in this track, as well as to do some
>outside reading and activities. Advance registration is necessary and
>space is limited.
I wrote in my intro letter to participants:
>Our approach for these sessions is to review three cases of corporate
>efforts to apply the organizational learning ideas in real settings.
>Each of the cases has developed over a considerable period of time and
>has a rich history. We'll examine experiences at Ford, Shell Oil
>Company, and Harley Davidson. Our objective is to draw our own
>conclusions about how to approach a learning initiative in our own
>organizations.
>
>Rather than present three cases neatly fitting into an artificial
>framework, we will concentrate on the experiences of these
>organizations as recorded in learning histories and as told by people
>who were directly involved. Enclosed is an excerpt from the AutoCo
>Delta learning history (AutoCo is Ford).
>
>One ever present question is the role of leadership and we will
>examine this in the cases presented. To support this, enclosed is
>Peter Senge's article, "Leading Learning Organizations: The Bold, the
>Powerful, and the Invisible" which discusses leadership for
>organization learning initiatives at three levels, based on the
>experiences of SoL member companies.
-- Rick
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