Category Archives: Personal experience of action learning
Action Learning with the ‘unusual suspects’: taking our experience to conference
With thanks to Julie Luscombe of Jersey Hospice Care for contributing this article and sharing her experience of action learning in the workplace … More
Sharing questions and not cleverness: reflections of a newly accredited facilitator
A guest blog by Julie Luscombe, Head of Education and Training at Jersey Hospice Care. Along with a group of inspirational colleagues and … More
Action Learning for Boards
Seventeen years ago, I became CEO of ITC (Independent Theatre Council) – a brilliant job which I still love doing to this day! … More
Sowing seeds – from a single action learning programme to a Pan-European movement
By Alessandra Gariboldi Head of Research and Development at Fitzcarraldo, Italy 4 years ago, I took part in an international programme called ADESTE. … More
ILM higher level endorsed programme – your action learning reflective learning log
Participants of our action learning facilitator training programme often go on to complete their qualification with the ILM higher level endorsed programme. This … More
Encouraging evidence-informed practice through Action Learning
Janet Grauberg attended an action learning facilitator training programme in January 2018. At the time, she had just completed a Masters degree at … More
Action Learning for developing emerging leaders
Leadership is hard Leadership is hard, I tell my students. However, good leadership is really hard, and good impactful leadership is really, really … More
Exploring new horizons with action learning
We ran an action learning facilitator training programme last December (2016) for a group of 6 people. Some of the participants went on … More
Action learning helps managers of UN Agencies face daily challenges
I recently facilitated an action learning set for managers of United Nations agencies based in Geneva – these agencies included the World Trade … More
Reflections on action learning through haiku from guest blogger Katherine Waumsley
In order to reflect and present what I have learned through action learning facilitator training, I have decided to use the form of haiku. Haiku is a well known Japanese poetry form, which generally uses only seventeen syllables, often in a 5 – 7- 5 arrangement. I suspect this is a vast oversimplification of the form, but what I like about haiku is the way they can perfectly crystallise a moment in time… More