The focus of the Library is on resources for personal, professional learning and development. At the core of these is personal development. Without personal development, it’s difficult to sustain professional and organizational development. Sections on This Topic Include Adult Learning Concentrating Continuous Learning Creative Thinking Critical Thinking Learning in Courses Defining Learning Group Learning How …

Learning Organization (Organizational Learning) This method (or movement) focuses on enhancing organization systems and people to increase the organization’s capacity for performance. It includes extensive use of principles of systems theory. In and of itself, this is not an overall comprehensive process assured to improve performance. Its effectiveness toward reaching overall results for the organization …

Advancement of Action Learning: Breaking Stability © Copyright Carter McNamara, MBA, Ph.D., Authenticity Consulting, LLC. (This article appeared in the January 2000 issue of the International Federation of Action Learning’s newsletter Action Learning News.) Attention to the action learning process has increased dramatically over the past ten years. The amount of applications and literature has …

© Copyright Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD, Authenticity Consulting, LLC. Note that the reader might best be served to first read the topic Group Dynamics to understand the basic nature of most groups and their typical stages of development. (It’s not clear at this time if online groups have similar nature and stages.) Sections of This …

Join / Form Peer Learning Group One of the most powerful and low-cost (even free) sources of help is a peer learning group. You might join a current group or form your own group — often, it’s much easier than you think. Members in a group are considered to be peers because each is equal …

Much of the content of this topic came from this book: © Copyright Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD, Authenticity Consulting, LLC. Recommended Pre-Reading All About Internal and External Consulting – Types, Skills and Approaches Sections in this Topic Description What is Collaborative Consulting? Dynamics of the Collaborative Consulting Major Benefits of Collaborative Consulting How Much Should …

Assembled by Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD Information referenced from this page provides a basic overview of small computer systems, including hardware and software. (The library includes a related, comprehensive set of subtopics in All About Computers, Internet & Web.) Sections of This Topic Include Overview of Small Computer Systems Advanced Guide About Managing Technology Online …

Action Learning — Recommended Books Recommended Books – Action Learning Basics and General Information The following books are recommended because of their highly practical nature and often because they include a wide range of information about this Library topic. Also, a convenient search window is included below the rows of books. As an Amazon Associate, …

It’s fascinating how two people can be talking about groups and individuals in almost any form of learning and development, but be talking about very different things. You can sense their confusion and frustration. Here’s a handy tip that we all used in a three-day, peer coaching group workshop in the Kansas Leadership Center, and …

In the early 1980s, I started facilitating Action Learning where all set members were working on the same problem or project (single-project Action Learning, or SPAL). My bias in Action Learning has always been to cultivate self-facilitated groups, somewhat in the spirit of Reginald Revans’ preferences for those kinds of sets, too. However, at least …