Learning as a Way of Being

PETER B. VAILL is professor of human systems and director of the Ph.D. program at the School of Business and Public Management, George Washington University. In 1985, Vaill was described in Training and Development Journal as one of the top ten organization development specialists in the United States.

• Introduction: An Ordinary Day on the River: Living in a World ofPermanent White Water. WAYS OF LEARNING: DOING VERSUS BEING. Learning as a Means to Doing: Institutional Learning and theInstitutionalized Learner. Learning as a Way of Being: All Experience Is Learning. WAYS OF BEING: STRATEGIES FOR LEARNING. Systems Learning. Leaderly Learning. Cultural Unlearning. Spiritual Learning. Epilogue: Discovery, Cultivation, Recognition, and the RealLearnings of Life.