Single-loop learning is akin to adjusting a thermostat: It focuses on fixing errors within the existing system without questioning the system itself. For example, if an organization struggles with ...

Single-loop learning, Argyris wrote ... without questioning “underlying causal mechanisms.” In basketball, for example, the team simply practices and improves its execution of plays and ...

Rather than single-loop learning, in which we make no or only ... the underlying thinking being used to achieve it. Consider the example of a leader who believes his team is dependent upon his ...

When we fail or run into obstacles, our first response, according to research from Harvard Business School Professor Emeritus Chris Argyris, is a process called "single loop learning" in which we ...

Third, Chris taught me the difference between single and double-loop learning. Single-loop learning focuses exclusively on actions and outcomes. When we find an outcome we do not like, we tend to ...