Action Learning Gurus

Discussion: Action Learning Gurus
In the background materials you viewed two short animated videos that helped introduce you to the basics of
action learning. For this discussion take a look at some more “serious” videos from some of the leading
authorities on action learning.
Reg Revans is one of the early founders of action learning and his videos tend to be extremely serious in tone.
Several of his classic videos are available on YouTube. More recent videos are also available by Michael
Marquardt, another leading authority on action learning and author of one of the required background readings.
Take a look at some videos from both of these action learning experts and share the links to couple videos that
you found the most interesting or at least kept you awake.
What are your overall impressions of Drs. Marquardt and Revans? Which one seemed to be more authoritative
or better at explaining the concepts? Anything useful in the presentations that helped you learn or absorb the
concepts covered in the required background materials? Or did you just have trouble staying awake? Let your
classmates know what your recommendations are regarding these videos. This post should be in the first week
of the module.
For the second week of the module, compare and contrast the reading from Dr. Marquardt listed in the
background readings to one of his videos. Is his written style similar to his speaking style? Was the material in
the video and book chapter consistent with each other?