"Most people define learning too narrowly as mere 'problem-solving', so they focus on identifying and correcting errors in the external environment. Solving problems is important. But if learning is to persist, managers and employees must also look inward. The need to reflect critically on their own behaviour, identify the ways they often inadvertently contribute to the organisationâ€™s problems, and then change how they act."

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Source : "Teaching Smart People How to Learn". hbr.org. June 1991.

Chris Argyris

#Errors Quotes #People Quotes #Focus Quotes

“If I were not a writer, I would spend more time doing the things that I am already doing, which include doing research in physics, teaching, and running a nonprofit organization with a mission to empower women in Cambodia.”
“I sort of feel I'm only as good as the last record I made. I was on as soon as I finish it I immediately put it aside and move on to the next project.”

Source : Source: brightestyoungthings.com
“...Americans...automatically equate dissension with disloyalty. They view any criticism of our existing social, economic, and political forms, as sedition and subversion. ...(" The growing reluctance of Americans to criticize, and their increasing tendency to condemn those who, in ever dwindling numbers, will still voice dissent") is disturbing, deplorable, and truly dangerous.”
“We cannot selectively numb emotions, when we numb the painful emotions, we also numb the positive emotions.”

Source : "The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are". Book by Brené Brown, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 27, 2010.
“I've destroyed my feet completely but I don't care. What do you really need your feet for anyway”
“We must Think what we Say, and Mean what we Profess.”

Source : Mary Astell, Patricia Springborg (1996). “Astell: Political Writings”, p.45, Cambridge University Press
“Our whole life is an attempt to discover when our spontaneity is whimsical, sentimental irresponsibility and when it is a valid expression of our deepest desires and values.”

Source : Helen Merrell Lynd (2013). “On Shame And The Search For Identity”, p.203, Routledge
“Be the best at what you do or the only one doing it.”

Source : Twitter post from Nov 18, 2015

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