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Archive: January 31, 2000

Creating an Exceptional Learning Environment

Every year as we plan Convergence, we grapple with the question of creating a better learning environment. We thought this might be a question of interest to you not only as people who are affected by the learning environment around you but also as folks who are trying to create better learning environments.

We believe this is a critical issue. Mary Bateson in her book "Peripheral Vision" states:

Learning is perhaps the only pleasure that might replace increasing consumption as our chosen mode of enriching experience. Someday, the joy of recognizing a pattern in a leaf or the geological strata in a cliff face might replace the satisfactions of new carpeting or more horsepower in an engine,

*and the chance to learn in the workplace might seem more valuable than increased purchasing power or a move up the organizational chart.* (emphasis added)

*the chance to learn* ... hmmm ... more important than more money or more power. The workplace may just be our most viable learning environment and yet, in spite of Peter Senge and all the learning organization folks' efforts, how much time do we actually spend thinking about improving the learning environment at work? It seems like a good topic for some collective wisdom.

So, think about the most phenomenal learning environment you have experienced and try to capture its most important aspects and share what made it unusual and effective (as briefly as possible please).

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