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delta 5 Research 

delta 5 Research facilitates delta 5 research projects
(such as benchmark research) as well as research
further expanding the delta 5 methodology and applying
delta 5 to new contexts.

PhD Research on Learning Catalyst Networks

Currently, Michiel van Heusden, is conducting a delta 5 research on the success factors by which powerful catalyst networks strengthen the learning capability of a (potentially much larger) partner network. This study is a PhD research project and is conducted in collaboration with the Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

The results of this study are relevant for a range of networks and organizations; for instance, a QA/QC-department that wants to influence the organization wide learning capability regarding safety, or a group of R&D professionals who want to stimulate sustainable innovation beyond the borders of their own organization. The research question also relates to the heart of the current development debates: how to invest assets in such a way that they enhance the learning capability of a goal network, leading to sustainable effect and keeping the goal network independent from external support?

As part of this research delta 5 is applied to a total of four case studies, two commercial and two non-profit, in both Europe and Asia. One case study, for instance, identifies the success factors of a relatively small NGO that influences the problem solving capability of 750.000 families in slums, stimulating their self-organizing resulting in step-by-step improvement of their housing situation.

Success factors from the different case studies will be compared during so-called knowledge exchanges with experts on learning capability from different disciplines. Core members of these knowledge exchanges are Dr. Johan Boudewijns, Prof. Dr. Paul Hendriks and Dr. Max Visser, members of the delta 5 Scientific Board.

For a select number of organizations there is the opportunity to participate in the knowledge exchanges as a partner organization. If you are interested to participate or if you have any other question related to delta 5 Research, please do not hesitate to contact us.

delta 5 Research: finding keys to organizational learning 

 

 

 
delta 5 strengthens earlier professionalization attempts and improvement efforts using TQM, Kaizen, 6Sigma and Lean thinking.
In a learning organization, learning is embedded both in the organization’s culture and structure.
delta 5 strengthens your ambition with regard to social innovation, smarter working, innovation and knowledge management.
delta 5 makes learning, developing and innovation an intrinsic element of the organizational culture.
If a mistake may not be traced back to a person, no one is learning.
Helping people strengthen their problem-solving capacity.
delta 5 translates organizational goals into the organization’s ability to actually realize these goals while making the process more effective, more cost efficient, more intelligent, more innovative and more sustainable.
delta 5 provides control over learning processes.
delta 5 is applicable for all sectors ranging from industry, service providers and government institutions.
The obvious learning processes are also known by competitors.
Learning processes which focus on production to generate money should exist alongside learning processes which concern the organization itself.
Organizations create their own future. Organizations with a high learning and development capacity achieve the future they aim for.
What have you learned today? And your organization?
To embed organizational learning in an organization, a balance must be found between short-term and long-term success, between action and reflection, between talking and listening, between inside and outside, between theory and practice.
Process optimization of the ability secures the future.
A culture which allows employees to make mistakes is not the only requirement for learning. When a mistake cannot be traced back to its causes, learning is not possible in such an environment.
A learning organization is a group of people with a shared goal and which is getting better and better at realizing its goals.