If we do not develop a culture of lifelong learning in our organizations, there will be no fuel with which to power innovation. This is the second webinar in a four-part series focused on building your innovation framework.

1. Creating an
Innovation
Framework
Using the analogy of a train
Webinar #2
Lifelong Learning

2. Ready . . . open
• 'Intelligent people are always ready to learn. Their ears are open for
knowledge.' Proverbs 18:15

3. Jesus is our teacher
• At that time Jesus prayed this prayer: “O Father, Lord of heaven and
earth, thank you for hiding these things from those who think
themselves wise and clever, and for revealing them to the
childlike…Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and
carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you.
Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you
will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy to bear, and the
burden I give you is light.” Matthew 11:25-30

4. What is a
framework?
A basic structure underlying a system,
concept, or text.
Source: https://jooinn.com/abstract-framework-background-3.html

5. Stakeholders
Vision
Risk
Tolerance Lifelong
Learning
Best
Practices
DNA
Values
Individual
Learners
Learning Orgs
Risk Tolerance - September 27 9 a.m. Mountain Time
Best Practices - November 12 9 a.m. Mountain Time

6. • Text here
Innovation Requires Constant Fuel
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7. What is that fuel?
• knowledge is information organized, accessible and applicable to life’s
opportunities.
• Insight goes one step beyond knowledge and can be defined as
information that is organized, accessible, applicable and actionable to
address life’s opportunities.

8. Learning = the Process
of using the Fuel
Constructively
“Innovation is the extraction
of economic and social value
from knowledge.”
Pasi Sahlberg, European Training Foundation
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9. Learning Organizations
• “places where people continuously expand their capacity to create
the results they truly desire, where new and expansive patterns of
thinking are nurtured, where collective aspiration is set free, and
where people are continually learning how to learn together.” Peter
Senge, The Fifth Discipline
• Expanding capacity
• New patterns nurtured
• Collective aspirations set free
• Continual learning
• Learning together

10. Characteristics of
Learning for Innovation
ONE . . .
Value: Humility
Posture: Curiosity
Discipline: Connections

11. The Environment
• “innovation is about creating an environment where
• people can be exposed to different concepts,
• interact productively,
• experiment safely and
• be allowed time to reflect.”
Clark Quinn, http://www.clomedia.com/2017/05/11/learnings-role-innovation/

12. Steelcase Example
“Where do you think
knowledge sharing happens
more naturally?” he asks. “In
the kitchen or the
boardroom?”
Leif Edvinsson
https://www.drucker.institute/monday-issue/instilling-a-
culture-of-lifelong-learning/
Steelcase helps leading organizations
create places that unlock the promise
of their people – places that inspire
people to bring purpose to life. This is
who we are. It’s also what we do.

13. Individual Learners
“Lifelong learning implies an
ongoing and self-motivated
pursuit of knowledge;” UNHCR
http://www.unhcr.org/innovation/secret-innovation-lifelong-
learning/
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14. People are Looking
for Learners
• Comfortable with
Complexity
• Creative
• Negotiating ideas and
relationships for success
• Flexible approaches

15. Characteristics of a
Lifelong Learner
• Empathy: Walking in the shoes of
others
• Intentionality: Able to think
strategically about learning
• Tenacity: Learning even when there
are obstacles

16. Who Can We Learn From?
• Co-workers
•Spiritual Leaders
•Partners
•Beneficiaries
•Donors
•Industry Experts
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PhotobyrawpixelonUnsplash
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18. Case Study: Direct Relief
• Every interaction is a chance to learn
• Learning from donors and corporations rather
than simply asking for resources
• 2011 Recipient of the Drucker Prize
• https://www.drucker.institute/monday-issue/instilling-a-
culture-of-lifelong-learning/

19. Learning
Infrastructure
• Leaving space for
learning
• Designing learning
metrics
• Applying learning in real
time
• Celebrating and sharing
learning

20. Key Questions
• Where is learning happening in your organization right now?
• What small change can you make to affirm lifelong learning this
week?
• Are you prepared organizationally to act on the learning of those
around you?

21. Your
Questions?
Understanding the
fuel that drives innovation.