The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization

very important to grasp the assumptions underwritten the book, especially about such a influential book. It is not voluntary for your organization to apply five disciplines mentioned in this book(and maybe more disciplines that are not mentioned) and become a 'learning organization', it is crucial. As Peter Senge mentions it will become the new language. If our society doesn't have learning organizations, it is one step behind the industrial revolution.

I have read other books in the Google Play format. However, this one was horrible. I often found that more than a sentence was missing between page turns. I constantly needed to change font size in order to read all the content. The book may be good, however, the execution on Google Play will prevent me from completing it.

There are a handful of books that have inspired me to latch onto it and try to drain every bit of goodness out of it. This was one of them. Although my version was the 1990 original rather than the 2006 update, I still found it to be fresh and relevant. The five disciplines (systems thinking, sharing visions, personal mastery, mental models, and team learning) are introduced well. Senge makes the synergies between them clear and compelling. I found myself making notes about nearly every page and there were a ton of great quotes. If you are involved in organizational change efforts and have not read this book, you're limiting your toolset. Beg, borrow or steal a copy and do yourself a favor!