A Leading Mind in Learning

Emma Weber

The US magazine, ‘Fast Company’ has recently published a list of the ‘100 Most Creative People in Business’ which included at number 35 Peter Senge, the Management Strategist, probably best known for work creating learning organisations.

http://www.fastcompany.com/100/2009/peter-senge

His book, ‘The Fifth Discipline – The Art and Practice of the Learning Organisation’ was first published in 1990, 19 years ago. In my mind it remains a classic text. He stresses how essential it is for organisations to learn at every level in order to survive and thrive.

I wonder how far organisations have come in terms of living the notion of being learning organisations in the last 20 years?

How is your company really living learning? Certainly worth considering.

Emma Weber is a recognized authority on the transfer of learning. As CEO of Lever–Transfer of Learning, she has helped companies such as Telstra, Oracle and BMW deliver and measure tangible business results from learning. She has also been a guest speaker at learning effectiveness conferences worldwide and authored the hugely successful book “Turning Learning into Action“. Much more detail around the issues and solutions examined in this article are available in the book – please feel free to download a free chapter. Emma and her team also developed Coach M, a coaching chatbot that delivers fully scaleable learning transfer. She is also a co-author of the books Making Change Work, and Designing Virtual Learning for Application and Impact. Her work and approach is also featured in Data and Analytics for Instructional Designers by Megan Torrance (Author), Foundations of People Metrics and Analytics – by Renjini Joseph and an ATD 10-minute case study series – Chatbot Coaching for Learning Transfer.