Do you have a learning culture? Its important for Agile, DevOps and Digital
- group Admin
- event_available 03-Aug-2024
If you’re an Agile, DevOps or Digital practitioner or an organization thinking about or undertaking one of these transformations you may ask yourself why do I need to do an organizational learning assessment or even care about that. The answer is that it’s the key to succeeding with Agile, DevOps or Digital. The truth is that if your attempting one of these transformations and the organization does not have a learning culture in place (sorry, most companies don’t), then attempting Agile, DevOps or Digital is going to be like pushing a large boulder up a mountain. The result will be that you’ll push the boulder up a portion of the mountain, but at some point, you will tire, and boulder will roll back down the mountain. Unfortunately, many organizations and practitioners will continue to repeat this exercise in futility.
One of the steps anyone attempting Agile, DevOps or Digital should do is try and determine to what extent does the organization have a learning culture? We need to understand that before the organization undertakes their their Agile, DevOps or Digital journey, you need to know where you are starting in terms of the organizational learning culture. Yes, most management teams in organizations believe they have a learning culture, they’ll tell you about how they have programs to reimburse tuition, have training available and encourage employees to attend learning opportunities. Guess what, this does not mean you have a learning culture in place.