The purpose ofaction learning setsThe action learning set is at the heart of the actionlearning process and is the main vehicle for learning and action. It is in theaction learning set that members...
Revans was clear that the problem is the starting placefor learning and action. Sometimes the word ‘problem’ is unhelpful: in ourorganisation you are not allowed to have a problem – just a challeng...
Actionlearning sets operate with a high level of trust and this community and thetrust-building process start at the first set meeting with establishing theground rules or the ways of working that ...
Thedifficulty – and indeed rarity – of good listening was recognised by one ofhumanistic psychology’s founders, Maslow: To beable to listen, really wholly, passively, self effacingly listen without...
Nobel Prize winner Isidor Isaac Rabi credited his successto learning how to ask good questions. ‘Every other Jewish mother in Brooklynwould ask her child after school, “So, did you learn anything t...
During the process of all individuals presenting theirchallenge or problem there will be an opportunity for you to give feedback toyour colleague. This does not mean just positive feedback; negativ...
At the end of the set meeting there will be a period ofreview, both individual and collective. Useful questions to consider are: • Were realproblems being addressed here today?• Were ideas beingtes...
