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"Conversations are the way workers discover what they know, share it with their colleagues, and in the process create new knowledge for the organization. In the new economy, conversations are the most important form of work...."
Awesome introduction to the idea of LEARNING NETWORKS and LEARNING CONVERSATIONS as a critical idea for state-of-the-art knowledge management, with easy directions and a guide to the implementation.
An amazing tool to prompt innovation, build leadership and enhance group collaboration, as old as mankind... The art of asking questions!
In July 2008, THE SYSTEMS THINKER detailed our signature methodology (the Learning Construction Site) in their feature article.
An article published by ParticipAction principal Adriano Pianesi in the newslettter of Global Learning Partners about Jane Vella's powerful principle about resistance to learning. Here you'll find advice on how to deal with opposition and obstructionism from your learners in a compassionate and "learning-centered" way.
"Conversations are the way workers discover what they know, share it with their colleagues, and in the process create new knowledge for the organization. In the new economy, conversations are the most important form of work...."
Awesome introduction to the idea of LEARNING NETWORKS and LEARNING CONVERSATIONS as a critical idea for state-of-the-art knowledge management, with easy directions and a guide to the implementation.
An amazing tool to prompt innovation, build leadership and enhance group collaboration, as old as mankind... The art of asking questions!
In July 2008, THE SYSTEMS THINKER detailed our signature methodology (the Learning Construction Site) in their feature article.
An article published by ParticipAction principal Adriano Pianesi in the newslettter of Global Learning Partners about Jane Vella's powerful principle about resistance to learning. Here you'll find advice on how to deal with opposition and obstructionism from your learners in a compassionate and "learning-centered" way.
A website on the HBS DISCUSSION METHOD, in which ParticipAction principal Adriano Pianesi became certified in 2006. By engaging students in business conflicts developed from real events, cases immerse students in the challenges they are expected to face. These challenges require thoughtful analyses with limited or even insufficient information, effective responses within ambiguous circumstances or complex economic and political contexts. Most of all, these challenges demand decisive action that must be articulated – and even defended – among other talented, ambitious individuals.
A great article. Action learning is grounded in the approach pioneered by Reg Revans which holds that there can be no learning without action and no knowing without the effort to practice and implement what is claimed as knowledge.
A great website dedicated to the process of social learning that occurs when people who have a common interest in some subject or problem, collaborate to share ideas, find solutions, and build innovations.
Great friends! A company in Toronto that uses the Dialogue Education Approach to adult learning based on the work of Dr. Jane Vella, who has synthesized the work of theorists like Paulo Freire, Malcolm Knowles, and Kurt Lewin into a series of principles and practices for curriculum design and facilitation.
Check ParticipAction Consulting pricipal Adriano Pianesi's community profile on the latest Pegasus Communication's catalog.
Pegasus offers an array of resources and opportunities for advancing your knowledge and skill in systems thinking and other innovative approaches to management. Here is their new catalog. Can you see who is on the cover?... 
Last October a course on Federal Records Management we developed and delivered at the PBGC (The Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation) was featured in the agency's internal newsletter THE INBOX. The course - talking about a dry subject! - was supplemented by an e-learning portal and online materials.
Join this community ansd see in action the power of conversation about .. conversations!
A great resource for everyone that is interested in hosting a conversation that matters. Great pointers and great ideas... Highest recommendation if you believe in the power of conversations and reflections for learning!
An article on the difficulties of unlearning in the workplace published as the feature in the August Issue of THE SYSTEMS THINKER.