Your organization can't learn from mistakes
You run 'lessons learned' sessions, conduct post-mortems, and document best practices. Yet the same failures recur every few years. Knowledge exists but doesn't alter behavior. This isn't bad management—it's structural anti-learning.
The outcome we're working toward:
Learning that persists across leadership—structural, not just cultural.
You're experiencing this if:
These aren't failures of intelligence—they're symptoms of anti-learning architecture.
The Diagnosis
Institutions don't default to learning—they default to anti-learning.
Anti-learning is when lessons fail to alter behavior. It's not ignorance—it's structural resistance. Organizations produce reports, conduct reviews, and document findings. But the knowledge stays inert. Behavior doesn't change because nothing forces it to.
The problem is that learning requires what we call Learning Authority—structural permission and capacity to turn evidence into changed behavior. Without this, lessons learned programs are rituals, not mechanisms.
The Framework
What we've developed and want to test.
Learning Architecture Framework
A structural framework that makes learning the default rather than the exception. It defines Learning Authority as a design object—a role with explicit permission to turn evidence into changed behavior. It maps Learning Fragility Cycles and builds structural countermeasures against anti-learning.
Status: Framework developed. Seeking pilot implementations to test and refine.
What piloting involves
- Mapping your learning fragility cycles
- Identifying where anti-learning is the default
- Designing Learning Authority as a structural role
- Testing the framework through a real learning challenge
What we need from you
- An organization that keeps repeating mistakes despite lessons learned programs
- Leadership commitment to the pilot process (3-6 months)
- Access to historical decisions and outcomes
- Honest feedback on what works and what doesn't
Good pilot candidates
The Research Behind This
Working papers that develop these ideas in depth.
Interested in piloting?
If your organization keeps repeating mistakes despite lessons learned programs, we'd like to talk. No fees for pilots—just commitment and honest feedback.
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