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1. 2014 Survey for Organizational Learning
Your Company
and Systems Thinking in IT:
This organization enjoys a well-above average level of
Organizational Learning, especially with regard to team
learning and understanding its intellectual capabilities,
it also benefits from effective planning and communication
Strengths
Opportunities
The Good
Mental
Models
Team
Learning
Comms
Shared
Visions
Personal
Mastery
Systems
Thinking
The organization is based on
teamwork and has developed
a good understanding of its
intellectual capabilities
Not So Good
People may not clearly
understand their contribution
to the whole and perhaps fail
to understand the holistic view
Engagement and holistic awareness will undoubtedly
improve through involving the whole organization in
drafting a shared vision. Having a clear understanding
of the current reality and setting long-term personal
goals will help to drive the shared vision forward
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2. Synopsis
123/144
H
125/144
106/144
M
118/144
99/144
L
93/144
Opportunities
Systems Thinking
Personal Mastery
Shared Visions
Your Company
110/144
77% vs. 59% IT industry benchmark
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3. Recommendations
Engage the whole organization
in drafting a shared vision
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Visit a ranch for a couple of days with the whole
team and come up with a shared vision
Create a value network analysis
mapping out the tangible
and intangible interactions
and relationships
2
Allow people to understand the formal and informal /
internal and external relationships that add value
Launch cross-team / crossdiscipline work-teams to
solve systemic problems
3
Get people working together (who normally work in
different areas) on common systemic problems
Bring people together to
translate the shared vision
into goals and objectives
4
Empower people to make the
shared vision come alive
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Lead by example and show people
how to overcome adversity
with personal mastery
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Personal mastery can propel a growing organization
forward―it just needs a Survey Report
2013 role model or two

4. systems thinking
The cornerstone of any learning organization is the fifth discipline ―systems thinking.
This is the ability to see the greater holistic picture, to look at the interrelationships
of a system as opposed to simple cause-effect chains―allowing continuous processes
to be studied rather than single snapshots. The fifth discipline shows us that the
essential properties of a system are not determined by the sum of its parts but by
the process of interactions between those parts.
Systems thinking is a way of helping a person to view systems from a broad perspective
that includes seeing overall structures, patterns and cycles in systems, rather than seeing
only specific events in the system. This broad view can help to quickly identify the real
causes of problems in systems throughout organizations and to know just where to
work to address them effectively.
personal mastery
Personal mastery is the process of continually clarifying and deepening an individual's
personal vision. This is a matter of personal choice for the person and involves continually
assessing the gap between their current and desired proficiencies in an objective manner
and practicing and refining skills until they are internalized.
This develops self-esteem and creates the confidence to tackle new challenges bringing
an important development factor to organizations, especially today when budgets
for training and development are scarce.
This requires a break-through in traditional and sometimes very ingrained paradigms and
views of how the world really is. To be able to admit to oneself what the reality really
is and to be able to keep long-term goals and objectives in mind at the same time as
balancing everyday tasks and challenges. To become aware that one is improving and
seeking to improve and to enjoy the feeling of progress that is achieved.
Always attempt to use the mind as a mirror of the current status and reflect on the
purpose of everything one does, but before actions are taken that could be detrimental
to the desired result.
shared visions
To create a shared vision large numbers of people within the organization must draft
it, empowering them to create a single image of the future. All members of the
organization must understand, share and contribute to the vision for it to become reality.
With a shared vision, people will do things because they want to, not because they have
to.
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