Creating Learning Cultures

I attended the Metro DC ASTD Chapter dinner program on Thursday night...Rethinking organizational Culture and Implications for Performance. The program was presented by Joe Wilmore, Wilmore Consulting Group. Joe presented very useful information that, once again, caused me to reflect on a related topic that really interests me, learning culture.

I started thinking about my organization and my contribution to its learning culture. In other words, do I do the following:

• educate myself about the value of learning,
• take advantage of L&D activities
• share knowledge and skills obtained with co-workers
• view mistakes as opportunities to improve and learn to create a “safe” learning environment

The answer is “YES”! I can say that I contribute to creating a learning culture with my organization.

Could you say that you are positively contributing to creating a learning culture in your organization? If not, what can you do differently to start contributing? If so, what are you doing to contribute?