Comments on: Reflecting (the spectrum of learning) http://scarcityrent.com/2007/07/23/reflecting-the-spectrum-of-learning/ Digressive thoughts from an engineer & economist going for an MBA ;) Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:15:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Countdown to my first year exam (it all comes back to this) « Gabriel’s scarcity rent - it’s management stupid! http://scarcityrent.com/2007/07/23/reflecting-the-spectrum-of-learning/#comment-2022 Mon, 02 Jun 2008 20:50:46 +0000 http://scarcityrent.com/2007/07/23/reflecting-the-spectrum-of-learning/#comment-2022 [...] the whole spectrum of learning comes down to this, the whole personal development rhetoric melts and, what is left, is hard bone [...]

]]> By: Learning in a context of growing (mental ramblings of a saturday morning) « Gabriel’s scarcity rent - it’s management stupid! http://scarcityrent.com/2007/07/23/reflecting-the-spectrum-of-learning/#comment-1770 Sat, 15 Dec 2007 09:06:19 +0000 http://scarcityrent.com/2007/07/23/reflecting-the-spectrum-of-learning/#comment-1770 [...] I can’t help beckoning here one of my favourite ideas: Ackoff’s spectrum of learning. [...]

]]> By: A few questions to ask yourself (from strategy to reality, purpose and accountability) « Gabriel’s scarcity rent - it’s management stupid! http://scarcityrent.com/2007/07/23/reflecting-the-spectrum-of-learning/#comment-1722 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 11:30:05 +0000 http://scarcityrent.com/2007/07/23/reflecting-the-spectrum-of-learning/#comment-1722 [...] 30 November, 2007 As you probably know, lately I’ve been thinking a lot about organising people. That’s great because in fact I am studying Human Resource Management (again) and the content without the reflection is just data. And there’s much more than data to learning. (Remember my old post Ackoff’s spectrum of learning?) [...]

]]> By: Reflecting II (letting go) « Gabriel’s scarcity rent - it’s management stupid! http://scarcityrent.com/2007/07/23/reflecting-the-spectrum-of-learning/#comment-1292 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 20:11:57 +0000 http://scarcityrent.com/2007/07/23/reflecting-the-spectrum-of-learning/#comment-1292 [...] of the things I’ve thought about is Ackoff’s spectrum of learning, which I wrote about a couple of months ago. It was something like [...]

]]> By: Management (not) learning at a frantic pace « Gabriel’s scarcity rent - it’s management stupid! http://scarcityrent.com/2007/07/23/reflecting-the-spectrum-of-learning/#comment-961 Tue, 24 Jul 2007 20:58:59 +0000 http://scarcityrent.com/2007/07/23/reflecting-the-spectrum-of-learning/#comment-961 [...] 24th, 2007 Yesterday my friend Barun Moitra made a very important remark to my post about Ackoff’s spectrum of learning, learning it’s not about gathering data but about understanding information. I agreed [...]

]]> By: Gabriel http://scarcityrent.com/2007/07/23/reflecting-the-spectrum-of-learning/#comment-957 Tue, 24 Jul 2007 11:02:38 +0000 http://scarcityrent.com/2007/07/23/reflecting-the-spectrum-of-learning/#comment-957 Thanks for the comment Barun,

I agree completely.

What’s even more amazing about Ackoff’s model, and you know that all the models shouldn’t constrain the mind but rather expand our reasoning, is that there’s a value chain there, saying, ok, get the data, but don’t stop there, extract the information, but don’t stop there, from the information get the knowledge you need, but still don’t stop there, reflect and get a deep understanding, and experiment, learn, open your mind, interiorise, theorise, apply and many more and thus go deeper into understanding, let your mind diverge, interconnect, wander, learn, explore, reformulate, intuit, feel, see yourself in it, see from outside… and end up with wisdom.

So the whole process is both a chain and a cycle, there’s much more to learning than data or information or knowledge, there’s the whole system where the learner interacts and transforms himself towards a new person, ending up being more than he was. It’s an ongoing process to wisdom.

Wisdom that you can only acquire from an holistic perspective, parting from the western mind closer to data and the basics, and also including the eastern mind, more focused on the whole and on transformation.

This sort of summarises my whole view on learning :)

Best regards

Gabriel

]]> By: barun moitra http://scarcityrent.com/2007/07/23/reflecting-the-spectrum-of-learning/#comment-956 Tue, 24 Jul 2007 03:30:20 +0000 http://scarcityrent.com/2007/07/23/reflecting-the-spectrum-of-learning/#comment-956 Great thought Gabriel. I certainly find myself (mind) wondering sometimes amid sea of information. I think categorizing which requires immediate thought and which can be postponed is very important. Sometimes we try to grasp all at one go just to realise that we have learnt nothing. Gathering information and understanding information are two different entities. Lot of people gather a lot but hardly ever know how to utilize it and I think thats bad. I would like to know your views on this.

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