1. Learning Organization
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2. Agenda 01 02 03 04 05 06 What is a learning organization?
The 7 learning disables to Identify 02
The five counteractive disciplines 03
How does this relate to OD? 04
Summary 05
Questions 06
Senge, P. M. (1990). The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization. New York, Ny: Doubleday/Currency.

3. Learning Organization
Learning Organizations Defined
“A learning organization is a place where people are continually discovering how they create their reality and how they change it.” (Senge 1990).
Characteristics of Learning Organizations:
Expand learning capacity
Discover how to create reality
‘Metanoia’ Grasp deeper meanings
Suspend assumptions and start thinking together
The organizations that will truly excel in the future will be the organizations that discover how to tap people’s commitment and capacity to learn at all levels in an organization
-Senge
Senge, P. M. (1990). The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization. New York, Ny: Doubleday/Currency.

4. The 7 Learning Disabilites
“The fixation of events”
“The enemy is out there”
“The delusion of learning from experience”
“The Illusion of taking charge”
“The myth of the management team”
“I am my position”
“The boiling frog parable”
Senge, P. M. (1990). The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization. New York, Ny: Doubleday/Currency.

5. The 5 Disciplines 1 2 5 3 4 Systems Thinking Personal Mastery
Team Learning
Mental Models 4
Building a Shared Vision
Senge, P. M. (1990). The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization. New York, Ny: Doubleday/Currency.

6. Relating to OD
As OD practitioners, integrating the practices of a learning organization can help us to positively impact our organization’s culture. By fostering a learning organization, we can find deeper meanings within our systems, better understand our organization and create a greater impact on efficiencies and results.
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Senge, P. M. (1990). The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization. New York, Ny: Doubleday/Currency.

7. Summary The 5 Disciplines The 7 Learning Disabilities
Integrating the 5 disciplines into your organizations is a great way to cultivate a committed learning organization and truly tap an organization’s potential starting with the people.
The 7 Learning Disabilities
It is imperative to identify the learning disabilities in order to best implement a strategic change.
Learning Organization
Relating to OD
“A learning organization is a place where people are continually discovering how they create their reality and how they change it.” (Senge 1990).
Creating a learning organization helps us to better understand our organization and have create a bigger impact on change and efficiencies.
Senge, P. M. (1990). The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization. New York, Ny: Doubleday/Currency.

8. Questions?
Senge, P. M. (1990). The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization. New York, Ny: Doubleday/Currency.