Institutional Learning
Is Your Organisation in an Anti-Learning Regime?
Answer these ten questions to assess whether your organisation can genuinely update itself—or whether learning is structurally suppressed.
Does admitting error in your organisation typically trigger reputational damage or loss of credibility?
Are reviews and evaluations conducted repeatedly without leading to substantive policy or structural changes?
Would updating how success is measured threaten the status or position of senior leaders?
Is dissent or challenge to dominant views typically marginalised rather than integrated?
Would acknowledging past mistakes require writing off significant sunk investments or redirecting budgets?
Are funding decisions primarily driven by what's fundable rather than what evidence suggests works?
Would new evidence that contradicts your organisation's foundational story be difficult to accept publicly?
Does your organisation recycle preferred interventions despite weak evidence of their effectiveness?
Does evidence accumulate in your organisation (reports, data, feedback) without leading to changed behaviour?
Do the same types of failures tend to repeat, despite previous lessons learned exercises?
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