Improve Practical Business Education on the Job

Move from classroom theory to work place reality, close to the action, the real world providing the case studies, on the fly. Be realistic, practical.

Workplace "teachers" -- consultants, advisers, coaches or something else -- are often outside professionals.

But senior managers and other insiders have the benefit of already being much more familiar with the company, and with appropriate tutoring (teacher development training) where needed, can be even better teachers, more permanent than outside professionals.

There is value in having an outsider's out-of-the-box point of view, but all teachers don't have to be, and should NOT be outside professionals.

The organization's leaders are ideally positioned to be master teachers, and if at all possible, servant leaders.

Since "teachers learn more than the students," give everyone an opportunity to teach, at least to some extent, with the protection of teamwork, support, and appropriate collaboration.

Teaching is a learn-able, cross-trainable skill, and worthy of being an ongoing part of overall company leadership, which is also learn-able.

Look for teaching and self-learning moments and seize them as improvement opportunities.