Teaching Smart People How to Learn (HBR OnPoint Enhanced Edition) [Download: PDF] [Digital]

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Chris Argyris is a director of Monitor and Professor Emeritus at Harvard Business School. He is known for his seminal work in the area of organizational learning and is the author of numerous articles and books on the subject, including Knowledge for Action and Overcoming Organizational Defenses. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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• Publisher: Harvard Business Review (March 3, 2009)
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4.0 out of 5 stars Smart people can't learn, December 14, 2002

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Martin Schray (West Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Teaching Smart People How to Learn (HBR OnPoint Enhanced Edition) (Digital)

The title is very interesting and so is the article. The article walks through the reason why smart people can't (won't) learn and describes an approach for breaking through this mode of thinking.

The basic premise is that people with high levels of education have learned to play the learning game. They can't or won't admit they don't know something because in essence they would have to admit failure. They often become defensive in the face of failure and displace (rationalize) the blame for failure rather then looking for the root cause and examining their own involvement in the failure.