A learning culture is half the equation. What you want is a learning culture AND an application culture. Doing without learning leads to a culture that is high on efficiency but caps out on potential pretty quickly. If we can only do what we know, once we’ve reached peak effectiveness on what we know, we stop growing. And lack of growth leads to system death, slowly but surely.
On the flip side, learning without doing gets you trapped in a culture that rewards coming up with great ideas but takes very few risks to implement. It gets trapped in processes and discussions. Full of unrealized potential. Both cultures have an artificial cap on growth.
Learn AND do. When you hear a good idea, leader, celebrate it. Then ask the most important question – what next? How will it get implemented? What will stand in the way? Spend 90% of your time on the implementation. What will stop a great idea is the lack of follow through. Figure out the next baby steps and get after it.
BUILT TO LEAD 