Leading the Learning Function: Tools and Techniques for Organizational Impact

Foreword

Tony Bingham

“Learning is a force multiplier,” write MJ Hall and Laleh Patel in the introduction to Leading the Learning Function: Tools and Techniques for Organizational Impact. It’s a compelling statement because it evokes the power of what learning can accomplish. When harnessed, focused, and intentional, learning has the power to shift behaviors, beliefs, outcomes, systems, and societies. We were already in an era of unprecedented change before the coronavirus pandemic spread across the globe. In early 2020 we were seeing significant shifts in business, in science, in creativity, in technology, and in jobs. The global shutdown that resulted from the pandemic redefined almost every facet of society and it is apparent that we stand ...