A Lean Journey 
On Fridays I will post a Lean related Quote. Throughout our lifetimes many people touch our lives and leave us with words of wisdom. These can both be a source of new learning and also a point to pause and reflect upon lessons we have learned. Within Lean active learning is an important aspect on this journey because without learning we can not improve.
“What we have to learn to do, we learn by doing.” — Louis Pasteur
One
way to enhance learning is by doing. If you want to learn how to drive, you
have to drive. Humans are natural learners. They learn from everything they do.
When they watch television, they learn about the day’s events. When they take a
trip, they learn about how to get where they are going and what it is like to
be there. This constant learning also takes place as one works.
way to enhance learning is by doing. If you want to learn how to drive, you
have to drive. Humans are natural learners. They learn from everything they do.
When they watch television, they learn about the day’s events. When they take a
trip, they learn about how to get where they are going and what it is like to
be there. This constant learning also takes place as one works.
Learning
by doing, also known as experiential learning, happens when you use hands-on
learning to engage in an ongoing cycle of action and reflection, deepening your
understanding of concepts and mastering practical skills. As you take part in
meaningful activities—instead of simply watching them—and then later evaluating
what you have learned, learning is far more meaningful, memorable, and
long-lasting. Leaders/coaches assist in this process by facilitating
appropriate experiences through which you can learn, and by leading discussions
that reflect on those experiences.
by doing, also known as experiential learning, happens when you use hands-on
learning to engage in an ongoing cycle of action and reflection, deepening your
understanding of concepts and mastering practical skills. As you take part in
meaningful activities—instead of simply watching them—and then later evaluating
what you have learned, learning is far more meaningful, memorable, and
long-lasting. Leaders/coaches assist in this process by facilitating
appropriate experiences through which you can learn, and by leading discussions
that reflect on those experiences.
If
you do something often enough, you get better at it — simple and obvious. When
people really care about what they are doing, they may even learn how to do
their jobs better than anyone had hoped. They themselves wonder how to improve
their own performance. They innovate.
you do something often enough, you get better at it — simple and obvious. When
people really care about what they are doing, they may even learn how to do
their jobs better than anyone had hoped. They themselves wonder how to improve
their own performance. They innovate.
Since
mistakes are often quite jarring to someone who cares about what they are
doing, people naturally work hard to avoid them. No one likes to fail. It is
basic to human nature to try to do better and this means attempting to explain
one’s failures well enough so that they can be remedied. This self-correcting
behavior can only take place when one has been made aware of one’s mistakes and
when one cares enough to improve. If an employee understands and believes that
an error has been made, he will work hard to correct it, and will want to be
trained to do better, if proper rewards are in place for a job well done.
mistakes are often quite jarring to someone who cares about what they are
doing, people naturally work hard to avoid them. No one likes to fail. It is
basic to human nature to try to do better and this means attempting to explain
one’s failures well enough so that they can be remedied. This self-correcting
behavior can only take place when one has been made aware of one’s mistakes and
when one cares enough to improve. If an employee understands and believes that
an error has been made, he will work hard to correct it, and will want to be
trained to do better, if proper rewards are in place for a job well done.
Human beings can definitely learn by hearing, reading,
watching, seeing, and analyzing…but when it comes to getting results you simply
cannot learn better than to learn by DOING. The best way to learn about
continuous improvement is to simply try to make things better and learn from
our mistakes.
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