Tag: Education

When Seeds Take Root Across Continents

by sheilasingapore

**Twenty-five years ago, two teachers changed the way I see the world.**

This tribute is for **Daniel Kim and Diane Cory** — mentors and catalysts who shaped how I understand *The Fifth Discipline*, and how I have carried it across continents and generations.

From our first sessions together in Singapore to the work unfolding today through **STRLDi in Africa**, their influence continues to echo — in every system mapped, every dialogue convened, and every leader learning to see anew.

I wrote this piece to honour not only their memory, but the larger *Learning Organisation* community that keeps their work alive — in boardrooms, classrooms, and ministries alike.

🕊️ *“There are teachers who change what we know, and teachers who change how we see.”*
Daniel and Diane did both.

Read the full reflection here:
👉 [When Seeds Take Root Across Continents – A Tribute to Daniel Kim and Diane Cory](https://strldi.weebly.com/strldi.html)

Builders or Bystanders? Three Strategic Scenarios for Botswana’s STEM Future

by sheilasingapore

Your thinking is incisive — and it touches a painful global fault line. ✳️ Introductory Paragraph: The world is not waiting. Nations are restructuring their economies, education systems, and regulatory frameworks to meet the demands of an AI-powered, STEM-led global future. That shift was happening as far back as 200 years ago. In the span … Continue reading Builders or Bystanders? Three Strategic Scenarios for Botswana’s STEM Future

Addressing Persistent Unemployment in Botswana: A Systems Thinking Approach (Part 2)

by sheilasingapore

Botswana’s unemployment crisis is rooted in systemic issues like labor absorption gaps, skills mismatches, and household instability. Solutions require rebalancing educational priorities towards STEM, improving family structures, and fostering cross-sector economic coordination. A holistic design is essential to energize key sectors, ensuring sustainable employment and economic resilience amidst persistent challenges.

Holding the Line of Transformation: From Steam Engines to Systems Thinking

by sheilasingapore

This post explores transformative innovations throughout history that significantly reshaped society, emphasizing their intentional impact beyond mere technological advances. It highlights the evolution of ideas leading to The Fifth Discipline, which fosters complexity and tacit knowledge essential for effective adaptation. The text calls for a deeper engagement in transformative practices to address modern challenges.

Mastery Is Not a Metaphor: Honouring the Depth of The Fifth Discipline

by sheilasingapore

THE ANTI-THESIS: The Misjudged Simplicity of Deep Work Too often, we assume that knowledge—especially the kind required for leadership and systems transformation—can be transferred in slides, soundbites, or summaries. But The Fifth Discipline is not that kind of work. It was never meant to be packaged, diluted, or consumed at speed. UNDERSTANDING TACIT KNOWLEDGE Tacit … Continue reading Mastery Is Not a Metaphor: Honouring the Depth of The Fifth Discipline

ONE-PAGE CALL TO ACTION

by sheilasingapore

Learning Must Lead: A Call to Systemic Leaders in an Age of Acceleration By Sheila Damodaran | STRLDi – Systems Thinking Research & Leadership Development Institute – An invitation into shared responsibility and leadership. 🔍 The Moment We Are In We are moving faster than ever—technologically, economically, socially.But the question is not how fast we … Continue reading ONE-PAGE CALL TO ACTION

Building the Second Arm of Humanity: When Learning Must Lead

by sheilasingapore

TWO ARMS OF HUMANITY: ONE TO MOVE FAST, ONE TO LEARN WELL 🔷 Refined Summary of My Reflections In the mid-1990s, I encountered The Fifth Discipline at a time when the world—and particularly the Global North —was being swept into deeper currents of industrial management thinking. Although Senge’s work sparked waves of fascination among those … Continue reading Building the Second Arm of Humanity: When Learning Must Lead

When Community Speaks …. Transitioning from Hustling to Industry Requires More Than a New Dress Code—it Demands a New Way of Thinking … By All Hustlers.

by sheilasingapore

Here are the key themes and main topics covered here: 📘 Themes Covered Mindset Transformation Emphasis on shifting from survival-based hustle to structured, growth-driven thinking. Cultural & Psychological Dimensions The need to reframe identity, autonomy, and risk to integrate into organized manufacturing. Structural Barriers & Social Biases The role of systemic inequity, including gender, education … Continue reading When Community Speaks …. Transitioning from Hustling to Industry Requires More Than a New Dress Code—it Demands a New Way of Thinking … By All Hustlers.

National Article 15: Is one choosing to work because one needs to eat?

by sheilasingapore

Or does one choose to work because one wants to carve a career (to advance the public or private good) for oneself and for others?

National Article 14: What is the right answer?

by sheilasingapore

Focussing on how one teaches or how one learns?  Can one exclude the other?  Which would lead the other within the school system? When a student shows he has understood (by his grades) what the teacher has taught him, would that mean he is learning? Would that mean should the teacher stop teaching (such as … Continue reading National Article 14: What is the right answer?

National Article 5: Is life one big party … and then four days of study? When do we learn? Or did the dead cat just killed our curiosity?

by sheilasingapore

“What would it take to see the levels of education in the country rise without having the need to set standards (and the government having to invest in) for it?” Hmm …. have we thought of this question?  As a country? To appreciate the question, first we will need to find out what is causing … Continue reading National Article 5: Is life one big party … and then four days of study? When do we learn? Or did the dead cat just killed our curiosity?