ABSTRACT
This chapter describes learning, and development through the application of learning. It looks into self-development and the need to understand oneself and also focuses on other people and organizations. The barrier for most people is not in developing learning skills, it is reducing the perceived risks of admitting a lack of knowledge or expertise. How one manages the transition to an environment that allows development needs to be championed, owned and therefore acted upon constructively is one of the major challenges facing all organizations. There are a number of important steps that should be taken which will help shift organizational thinking: go back to basics in training, reduce training programmes and increase learning opportunities, move from control to empowerment and role-model the commitment. The final piece of the jigsaw that makes up the development picture is career development. Developing learning organizations, they will be well prepared for anything as their ability to adapt quickly, learning lessons from new experiences.
