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simply explained: Learning Organisation

Gabriele Vollmar — Sun, 11 Jan 2026 16:37:12 +0000

In what is now the eighth episode of my short series on basic terms and concepts in knowledge management, I take a look at the so-called learning organisation: How does organisational learning differ from individual and collective learning? How does organisational learning manifest itself? What do single-loop, double-loop and deutero learning have to do with it? What are the five disciplines of the learning organisation according to Senge? And finally, what is absorptive and dissemination capacity all about?

Enjoy! (Duration 4’47 min.)
As always, my thanks go to Pauline Tempel for the successful visual implementation!

Simply explained: Knowledge Work – new video

Gabriele Vollmar — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 09:42:46 +0000

Here you go with part 6 of my little series on Knowledge Management basics. This time I try to simply explain what the term Knowledge Work actually means. Enjoy!
(duration 3’26 min).

And also this time: Thanks to my daughter Pauline for the creative part in it!

New simply explained video: Personal Knowledge Management

Gabriele Vollmar — Mon, 11 Nov 2024 10:53:19 +0000

There is a new video available in my little series on basic terms and concepts in knowledge management. This time it is about Personal Knowledge Management. Enjoy!

New video: Simply explained – The organizational knowledge base

Gabriele Vollmar — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 12:34:44 +0000

Finally, I found some time (and inspiration) to continue my little series Simply explained. The new video is about the concept of the organizational knowledge base. Enjoy! (Time 3’29 min).

A big thank you to my daughter Pauline for the creative visualization.

Simply explained: another short story on competence

Gabriele Vollmar — Tue, 20 Apr 2021 15:58:46 +0000

The third episode of our little series Simply explained is now online. This time we talk about the term Competence and answer the question whether there is a difference between competence and knowledge (duration 2’34 Min):

For the creative graphics I have to thank Dr. Paolo Ravalli. Good job, Paolo! As always. It is a pleasure to work with you.

And again: All videos are published under Creative Commons and may therefore be used freely, integrated into own learning platforms etc. But of course we are happy if you mention the source.

Simply explained: second episode launched

Gabriele Vollmar — Tue, 28 Jul 2020 07:46:04 +0000

The second episode of our new series Simply explained is now online. This time we talk about the difference between explicit and implicit knowledge (duration 3’16 Min):

For the creative graphics I have to thank Dr. Paolo Ravalli. Good job, Paolo!

And again: All videos are published under Creative Commons and may therefore be used freely, integrated into own learning platforms etc. But of course we are happy if you mention the source.