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Profound change necessitates and stimulates learning at every level of individual and group awareness. Individuals must shift their thinking from unconscious, instant analysis of issues to thoughtful, collaborative inquiry that challenges long-held assumptions. We must acquire new abilities in tasks outside our usual job responsibilities; become more knowledgeable in the art of group dynamics, organizational development and adult learning; develop new skills in critical think and ways to motivate and engage people and forever grow our individual humanity and organizational sense of self.
This change process is not about going from the old way to the new way. The organization is being transformed from a rigid framework of work and life to one that is always changing. As a team you will work together toward the ongoing goal of facilitating home for elders whatever that may be on any given day.
Below you will find a list of characteristics of a successful learning organization. Ask people to form groups of three. Each group should take one of the characteristics and plan an action to secure the characteristic in the organization or within their team.
• Responsive to its community
• Maintains enthusiasm
• Builds on itself and is sustainable
• Seamless in its feedback correction
lEarning organizaTion
The Dawn of Transformation: A Matrix Guide to Change by LaVrene Norton and Steve Shields, ©2005 Action Pact, Inc.
The Dawn of Transformation: A Matrix Guide to Change
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