To understand the difference between single-loop and double-loop learning, consider how organizations typically react to challenges. Single-loop learning is akin to adjusting a thermostat: It ...

Double loop learning is essentially a form of forced self-examination where ... Professor Argyris called the most common response single loop learning — an insular mental process in which we ...

The concept of triple loop learning does not have a single clear originator but rather evolved from earlier ideas about single-loop and double-loop learning introduced by Chris Argyris and Donald ...

Single-loop learning, Argyris wrote, ... Double-loop learning creates conflict. If there’s no conflict, then there’s probably no innovation.

Both these require progressing beyond single-loop learning with ongoing feedback, and focusing instead on double-loop or even triple-loop learning. Double-loop questions the rules and assumptions ...