Helping future-focused organisations develop learning-centred cultures.

 

At 4C Organisations, we believe deep, ongoing learning is key to empowered and successful organisations.

Developing and sustaining a culture of learning in organisations means people are supported to continually grow and evolve. 

Learning-centred cultures ensure organisations can develop and sustain capabilities to navigate challenges and complexity with confidence.

 

However, learning-centred cultures don't come easy.
They require transformative leaders, who understand the power of learning.

Such leaders are expert communicators; enable the power of collaborative and creative processes to flourish;
and engage in critical reflection into their own, and the organisation’s, practices, approaches and culture.

These are the 4C capabilities - communication, collaboration, creativity and critical reflection.
They are vital to developing cultures of learning.

4C Organisations are leaders and experts in educational research and practice.
We support organisations to embed the 4Cs into daily practice, creating and sustaining a culture of learning to empower their teams.

What is a learning-centred culture?

A learning-centred culture defines an organisation that explicitly prioritises deep learning as a key capability to success.

It means the organisation understands:

  • explicitly how people develop the ability to learn, both individually and collaboratively.

  • how to make the right type of learning accessible at the right times in the right ways.

  • how to make learning authentic, to harness the motivation of its people.

Central to developing and embedding these understandings are the 4Cs - Creativity, Collaboration, Communication and Critical Reflection

In the words of James McKenna:
“Learning, after all, is what enables people to adapt to change and even become drivers of change. But…even even if people want to learn they may not know what to learn - or how to learn.”

 
 

Why are the 4Cs central?

In our research into learning capabilities, the 4Cs - Creativity, Collaboration, Communication and Critical Reflection - have shown themselves to be the central capabilities needed by individuals, organisations and societies in order to flourish amid the challenges and changes facing humanity in the 21st Century. 

These capabilities are inherent in all humans, but they must be engaged and developed, within the context and culture around us, to ensure we deepen our ability to apply them.

Our history in education and leadership research and practice has proven that each of the Cs can be taught and deeply learnt. For this to happen, leaders need to integrate the 4Cs into the day-to-day practice of the organisation.

Our passion is supporting organisations to do this.

 
 

Find out more…

 
 

Transform your organisation
with 4C Organisations

If you’re wondering whether a partnership of professional learning with 4C Organisations might be beneficial for your organisation, contact us and we’ll set up a conversation. Once we’ve learnt more about your organisation and where you see the potential for the 4Cs to enhance your culture, we’ll explore what might be possible if we work together.

Transforming Organizations

Read about the book, written by our co-founders, A/Prof Michael Anderson and Dr Miranda Jefferson.

A 2 Day Workshop for
Organisational Leaders

Join us for a deep dive into the capabilities of Critical Reflection and Communication to help organisational leaders generate learning cultures of wise action and empowerment.