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Developmental learning: Learning as a developmental activity
David Kolb’s Experiential Learning Cycle reminds us that developmental learning is different from gaining skills or knowledge. We have to become actively involved in our learning, reflecting on our own experience and experimenting with new
practices or ideas.
The materials in this series will help you reflect on your own leadership and offer a wide range of new approaches to try out in your day to day work.
Working with the content
Each module is set up in the same way so you can work through the content by following your interest:
The big idea: A brief summary of the key concepts
The core content: A video to guide you through the ideas and stimulate your thinking, together with more detail on the ideas, illustrations and examples
Deep dives: More detail on specific learning areas with guided reflections, exercises and suggestions for further activities
Pauses for reflection: Spaces to inquire – on your own or with your colleagues. Guided exercises scattered through the videos and other content.
Top tip: It really helps to create and update your own ‘learning journal’ for the series so you can capture your learning and remind yourself of your own reflections.
Personal vs social learning
You can use these materials on your own, with a buddy or partner or in a group – with your own team or other interested colleagues.
Learning on your own allows you to work at your own pace and follow your interest.
Recommendation – make sure you pause regularly to reflect on the content and do the exercises. This will help you embed your learning.
Learning with a buddy is great for challenging your thinking in a safe way and motivating you to make the time.
Recommendation – watch the module video together and then drill down and compare notes as you do the exercises.
Learning in a group gives the most diversity of perspectives and creates a support network for your development.
Recommendation – start by holding a one hour session around the video content and working through the reflective questions together.
Introducing the Leading Libraries series. It covers the findings from the C21st Public Servant research, the origins of the four 'Leading for' capabilities and explains how to use the materials.
This set introduces you to resilience and why it is important for leaders. It covers emotional resilience; mental resilience; relationship resilience and social resilience.
It covers the key concepts of dialogue and why it is important for leaders, listening and inquiry skills, an introduction to 'conversational moves' and how to create a space for dialogue.
Emphasising the need for inclusive practice in our services and communities. It covers the foundations of inclusion, barriers to inclusion, power and privilege and allyship skills.
Building creativity and design skills for leaders. It covers the innovation cycle, diagnosis and perspective shifting skills, creative idea generation and safe-to-fail experimentation.
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