Peter Senge and learning organizations

Mind map of learning organization disciplines

Mind map of learning organization disciplines

Who is Peter Senge and what are learning organizations?

Professor, MIT

The 5 disciplines:

  1. Systems thinking
  2. Personal mastery
  3. Mental models
  4. Team learning
  5. Building shared vision

What is important about Peter Senge and learning organizations?

Organizations must become better at learning to survive and thrive. Senge et al. identify principles and practices for learning organizations.

Where can I learn more about Peter Senge and learning organizations?

Overview of the five disciplines of organizational learning

A collage of answers to the question “Why bother trying to create a learning organization?”

Websites

Fifth Discipline Fieldbook website
Society for Organizational Learning website
Generon Consulting website
Otto Scharmer’s website

Books

The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization, Peter M. Senge, 1990, Currency, NY, NY

The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook: Strategies and Tools for Building a Learning Organization, Peter M. Senge, Art Kleiner, Charlotte Roberts, Richard B. Ross, Bryan J. Smith, 1994, Currency, NY, NY

The Dance of Change: The Challenges of Sustaining Momentum in Learning Organizations, Peter Senge, Art Kleiner, Charlotte Roberts, Richard Ross, George Roth, Bryan Smith, 1999, Currency, NY, NY

Synchronicity: The Inner Path of Leadership, Joseph Jaworski, 1996, Berrett-Koehler, San Francisco, CA

Presence: Human Purpose and the Field of the Future, Peter Senge, C. Otto Scharmer, Joseph Jaworski, Betty Sue Flowers, 2004, SoL (Society for Organizational Learning), Cambridge, MA

Solving Tough Problems: An Open Way of Talking, Listening, and Creating New Realities, Adam Kahane, 2004, Berrett-Koehler, San Francisco, CA

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