Every workplace is a place of learning... and all learning is recognised.
Our Vision
ALI has designed action learning programs for a wide range of contexts. Our design process involves a high level of stakeholder consultation and is centred around the ‘wicked’ problems or opportunities under focus. We believe strongly that the central philosophy of action learning should be upheld, that is, we endeavour to design action learning models that allow the facilitator to progressively ‘step back’ and promote greater self-direction. We draw on the experience of a broad community of practitioners, both in Australia and internationally, for new approaches and critical analysis of our own practice.
Business Action Learning Tasmania
ALI has been instrumental in establishing Business Action Learning Tasmania, a not-for-profit company and registered charity established for the purpose of advancing education through action learning programs in industry, community and education institutions. BALT is a world-first action learning cluster, which emerged from a group of diverse businesses in the Tamar Valley in Tasmania learning with and from each other through our award-winning Lean Action Learning program. This has a rich collection of case studies from action learning projects spanning over a decade since 2010.
Facilitation
There are a number of schools of thought on action learning facilitation. We subscribe to Revans’ philosophy, as described by Pedler and Abbott (2013), which presents the facilitator in three roles: Accoucheur, Set Advisor and Organisational development. The Action Learning Institute offers micro-credentials in facilitating action learning in workplaces and vocational training.
myLearningMap
myLearningMapTM is proprietary software, wholly owned by The Action Learning Institute, and built specifically to support competency-based assessment of learning. It uses evidence collected during learning activities, and the outcomes of learning activities, linked directly to relevant performance criteria for real-time assessment of demonstrated competency.