1. Action Learning: Action is NOT . . .
NOT ‘active’ learning in training
NOT ‘interactive’ management games
NOT ‘participative’ classroom instruction

2. Action Learning: Action IS . . .
Taken in the organisation
It completes real improvements in the organisation
It makes necessary changes in the organisation

3. Action Learning: What some learning emphasises
Institutes teach
We teach what we know
What is known now, though, is past history . . .
In action learning terms,
this emphasis is called P

4. Action Learning: LEARNING
“P is necessary but insufficient” (Revans)
Q is what we come to know
It is for the future, not the past, and is emphasised throughout action learning
L = P + Q