learning – The Musings of the Big Red Car https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com 53 years and 204,000 miles of business, CEO, leadership, startup, political, military wisdom Wed, 05 Jul 2023 18:18:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.11 From Whence The Lesson? https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/from-whence-the-lesson/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=from-whence-the-lesson Wed, 05 Jul 2023 18:18:28 +0000 https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=11221 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? The Lesson >>> The Test >>> The Learning In a good many things we are prepared by formal teaching, followed by testing, and then consolidating […]

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]]> Lessons v Tests For CEOs Only https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/lessons-v-tests-for-ceos-only/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lessons-v-tests-for-ceos-only Wed, 01 Jan 2020 18:25:55 +0000 https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=8584 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 […]

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]]> Learning Organizations https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/learning-organizations/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=learning-organizations https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/learning-organizations/#comments Thu, 05 Feb 2015 11:18:18 +0000 http://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=3983 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. If you’re having a tough day today, […]

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]]> https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/learning-organizations/feed/ 5 Explosives https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/explosives/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=explosives Sat, 13 Apr 2013 16:05:46 +0000 http://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=1566 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 […]

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