I enjoyed reading your perspective. Comparing the old waterfall and agile models of software development. The need for flexibility in today's organizations and businesses is key to success. Thus a New Mindset. Empowering employees and individuals to be proactive in learning & setting goals. Requires a New Skillset. I see the learning organization's answer in a Coaching Approach. Promoting the change in mindset to open, flexible, agile methods. OK to try & make mistakes, even fail & learn. Promoting managers to lead employees to autonomy. Leaving time for networking and community building. Maybe the model to do this is to follow the software & project management's success in moving from Waterfall to Agile modes. To show how a person can learn and integrate best at his own pace & with the support of others around for collective learning. Benefitting the business bottomline. Thanks for the insights!