Organisational learning Archives

Workplace draft for Indesign magazine

Please note: This is the first draft of this piece I submitted to Indesign magazine in October 2019 and will no doubt appear in a slightly modified form when it appears on the page in print. It is due to be published in mid-February, 2020. DOWNLOAD: Get a printable A4 pdf of this document here.

The transformation of the learning-driven, digital, networked workplace

As more of the people who gave the world of work its current shape retire, new notions of work, the tools it uses and where it will be done will transform the workplace to create a new economy of smarter businesses. This will make an entirely new breed of workplace entrepreneur richer. But, with the future of work increasingly in the hands of those who have never known... read more

Losing fiefdom in the transition to Activity Based Working

In the rush to Activity Based Working (ABW), can losing fiefdom from a two-speed implementation be good for learning across the organisational board? (more…)... read more

What is a learning organisation?

“The rate at which organisations learn may become only sustainable source of competitive advantage.”

Arie De Geus, former corporate planning director with Royal Dutch Shell (more…)

Research about the role of building and workplace design in creating and nurturing organisational learning

Today, I’ve just begun an exercise aimed at building a collaborative body of knowledge about the role of building and workplace design, coupled with the effect of workplace social technologies, in fostering purposeful organisational learning. (more…)... read more

An enormous opportunity for commercial developers

Because we are now in possession of the social technologies that can drive them, the internet-fuelled learning organisation has become an inevitable product of an age of accelerating workplace digitisation. It presents an enormous opportunity for commercial developers. (more…)... read more

How will the Learning Economy transform your workplace?

PLEASE NOTE: This post and others in our series in our research into workplace strategy and design for the modern workplace can now be found at their new home, on Medium.com: Workplace Strategy. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………........... The rapid growth of a breed of fast-learning, internet-enabled business organisations is likely to have a dramatic effect on our society at all levels, but how will the Learning Economy transform your workplace? (more…)... read more