This document discusses organizational readiness to learn and contains three key questions learning organizations should ask themselves. It includes a self-portrait, descriptions of astrological signs, graphs showing progress, and instructions to download slides from a website. The document raises questions about an organization's goals, progress, and next steps to continually improve and learn.

1. How ready to learn is an organisation? (Eccles, 2000)
Application = value x expectation

3. This is a self-portrait by 3 year old Aelita Andre

5. Independent and Intuitive and Sharp and quick-
intellectual
Aquarius sympathetic
Pisces witted
Aries
Like to be different Vague & careless Procrastinator
Strongly Very versatile and Shrewd and
determined
Taurus adaptable
Gemini cautious
Cancer
Self indulgent Inconsistent Indecisive & moody
Broad-minded and Practical and Easygoing and
expansive
Leo diligent
Virgo sociable
Libra
Bossy & intolerant Overcritical & harsh Prone to daydream
Powerful and Intellectual and Very disciplined and
passionate
Scorpio philosophical
Sagittarius focused
Capricorn
Obsessive Tactless & restless Fatalistic

7. Using graphs to show progress
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8. Where are we going?
How are we doing?
What areournext steps?
Three key questions for learning organisations

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