Learn or Die: Using Science to Build a Leading-Edge Learning Organization
Edward D. Hess
eISBN: 9780231538275
2014 (280 pages 3)
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(pages 1-281)
Front Matter
(pages 1-7)
Table of Contents
(pages 8-9)
Acknowledgments
(pages 10-13)
Part I: The Science of Learning
(pages 14-15)
1. Learn or Die: Building a High-Performance Learning Organization
(pages 16-21)
2. Learning: How Our Mind Works
(pages 22-34)
3. Emotions: The Myth of Rationality
(pages 35-44)
4. Learning: The Right People
(pages 45-57)
5. Creating a Learning Environment
(pages 58-73)
6. Learning Conversations
(pages 74-86)
7. Critical Thinking Tools
(pages 87-101)
8. A Conversation with Dr. Gary Klein
(pages 102-119)
Part II: Building a Learning Organization
(pages 120-125)
9. Bridgewater Associates, LP: Building a Learning “Machine”
(pages 126-176)
10. Intuit, Inc.: “It’s Time to Bury Caesar”
(pages 177-191)
11. United Parcel Services, Inc.: Being “Constructively Dissatisfied”
(pages 192-205)
Epilogue
(pages 206-213)
Notes
(pages 214-239)
Bibliography
(pages 240-269)
Index
(pages 270-281)
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Learn or Die: Using Science to Build a Leading-Edge Learning Organization
To compete with today’s increasing globalization and rapidly evolving technologies, individuals and organizations must take their ability to learn—the foundation for continuous improvement, operational excellence, and innovation—to a much higher level. In Learn or Die, Edward D. Hess combines recent advances in neuroscience, psychology, behavioral economics, and education with key research on high-performance businesses to create an actionable blueprint for becoming a leading-edge learning organization.
Learn or Die examines the process of learning from an individual and an organizational standpoint. From an individual perspective, the book discusses the cognitive, emotional, motivational, attitudinal, and behavioral factors that promote better learning. Organizationally, Learn or Die focuses on the kinds of structures, culture, leadership, employee learning behaviors, and human resource policies that are necessary to create an environment that enables critical and innovative thinking, learning conversations, and collaboration. The volume also provides strategies to mitigate the reality that humans can be reflexive, lazy thinkers who seek confirmation of what they believe to be true and affirmation of their self-image. Exemplar learning organizations discussed include the secretive Bridgewater Associates, LP; Intuit, Inc.; United Parcel Service (UPS); W. L. Gore & Associates; and IDEO.
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Learn or Die: Using Science to Build a Leading-Edge Learning Organization
Author(s):
Hess, Edward D.
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