The Path to Knowledge — How to Build a Continuous Learning Culture
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Describes concrete practices to build a Continuous Learning Culture: dedicate 4 hours per week per person for learning, run a 24-hour ShipIt-style hackday (which produced a mini test framework and a toilet-occupancy IoT prototype), and use Kanban to limit WIP to two items. Also recommends offsite team retrospectives, rotating book circulation, treating experiments with PDCA and accepting failures, and expects leaders to protect time and space so learning is measurable and repeatable.
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chapters (21)
- 0:00Introduction
- 2:56Author’s experiences
- 8:15Learning need and experiments
- 10:25Personal learning responsibility
- 13:17Passion and engagement
- 15:04Leader’s role in sharing
- 18:14Team growth over projects
- 20:40Space for experiments
- 22:50Myth of no time
- 24:32Time management for learning
- 27:3824-hour hackathon initiative
- 31:56Team initiative example
- 34:28Knowledge-sharing culture
- 36:57Mentors and peer learning
- 40:16Supporting ideas
- 42:02Team collaboration exercises
- 44:12PDCA cycle and experiments
- 47:03Rotating book method
- 48:29Team diversity importance
- 50:15Finding fulfilling work
- 51:18Summary
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