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Learning from Other Communities: Moving Toward a Learning Organization

Setting the Stage. Whether we a wildland fire professional, homeowner, community planner or builder

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Learning from Other Communities: Moving Toward a Learning Organization

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    1. Learning from Other Communities: Moving Toward a Learning Organization 2006 National WUI Fire Education Workshop November 3, 2006

    2. Setting the Stage Whether we a wildland fire professional, homeowner, community planner or builder… We need to all learn and share what we learn so we can live in a safer WUI environment The FACES of the 2003 Firestorm is a case study example of how the critical tasks are the foundation of a learning organization

    3. What is a Learning Organization? A learning organization is … Creating, acquiring, interpreting, transferring, and retaining knowledge. Purposefully modifying its behavior to reflect new knowledge and insights.

    4. Critical Tasks A learning organization tries to do six things … 1. Collect intelligence about the environment. 2. Learn from the best practices of other organizations. 3. Learn from its own experiences and past history.

    5. Continued … 4. Experiment with new approaches. 5. Encourage systematic problem solving. 6. Transfer knowledge throughout the organization. David Garvin “Learning in Action”

    7. Paula Nasiatka (520)799-8760 pnasiatka@fs.fed.us Dave Christenson (520)799-8761 dchristenson@fs.fed.us Brenna MacDowell (520)799-8763 bmacdowell@fs.fed.us John Artley (520)799-8762 jartley@fs.fed.us

    8. Questions & Comments www.wildfirelessons.net www.myfirecommunity.net www.IMTcenter.net

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