Sabotaging Learning

Every organization wants to be a learning organization, but stories abound of employee skill gaps and stunted development despite expensive training programs. In this episode, Andy and Mon-Chaio utilize research on learning along with their own leadership experiences to reveal the blind spots that cause engineering leaders to unintentionally sabotage the ability of their organization to learn.

References:

•  The impact of workplace learning on job satisfaction in small US commercial banks

• Pair programming

• Communities that Undermine Learning

• The Importance Of Practice – And Our Reluctance To Do It

•  The Relationship Between Deliberate Practice and Performance in Sports: A Meta-Analysis

• TDD, test-driven development

• Right-BICEP

• Information radiators

• Does fun promote learning? The relationship between fun in the workplace and informal learning