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he illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn--Alvin Toffler The state of perfection is when the system and the environment balance each other to confirm a stable form of art. Corporate houses strive to match this equation by enriching business process excellence and thereby maturing to higher latitudes to cope with the ever changing environment – small and big. What is great today may not be great tomorrow. As the problem changes, so does the solution. This defines the platform for new model of business – Learn – Unlearn - Relearn. Learning the existing, Unlearning the same when it calls for change and then Relearning the new to cater the current dynamics is the law of corporate ecosystem. Human resource forms the key element of the Learn – UnLearn – ReLearn (LUR) model. Although the three words may seem very simple but to inculcate such a process is a highly challenging task. The underlying essence of LUR is that organizations should inspire employees to stretch and instil within them an urge to excel and move the organization to the next level. After all it’s the people of the organization that makes the big difference. To achieve the goal, key attributes that an organization should possess are: •
Transparency of Process
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Agility in Practice
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Flexibility to accept mindshare of People
To build strong commitment for persuading the goal, an organization should establish its vision and mission aligned with the new way of business, to set a direction to its associates. While organization should be proactive to venture in fresh opportunities, a creative ambience to nurture out of the box thinking is a key to success of LUR model. Phase wise elaboration of the LUR model is as follows –
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