Life is a continuum of learning. When you stop learning, your brain atrophies and it is a headlong slide into the grave. But, how do we really learn in life?
In a good many things we are prepared by formal teaching, followed by testing, and then consolidating the learning.
One would not want to try to learn how to fly an airplane by oneself. You agree? Continue reading
Back from a tour de force of the American South, I am struck by the issue of learning from lessons and tests. The matrix goes something like this:
1. When in school or other entities intended to “teach” us things (such as military training for young officers), we are presented lessons and then tested on the lesson.
Have we absorbed and retained the learning?
2. Often in life — business, families, military — we are tested first and from that testing we must learn a lesson.
Do we absorb and retain the learning?
Big Red Car here. Still cool but tomorrow and the weekend will be back in the 70’s.
So The Boss was discussing how a company “learns” from its successes and failures with two of his brilliant CEOs. It was an interesting discussion. It was all about learning organizations. Continue reading
Big Red Car here. Enjoying the wonderful mild weather here in the ATX — Austin, Texas. The ATX.
The Boss and one of his old Army friends were chewing the fat the other day and got to talking about all the interesting stuff they did all those years ago when they were young and dangerous men. Back when the Big Red Car was just a pup himself.
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