Eric Hoffer - "Learners Inherit the Earth"

How would you rate the overall effectiveness of your team when it comes to learning something new and applying that knowledge?

D. Brown Management

November 18, 2018 2 minute read

How would you rate your own effectiveness at learning?

“If you dislike change, you're going to dislike irrelevance even more.” - Eric Shinseki, Retired US Army 4 Star General

Quote: In times of change, learners inherit the Earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists. Eric Hoffer.

There are few things that will give contractors more of a competitive edge than developing better learning and implementation disciplines across their teams.

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