The rat race is over. here comes the learning organization.

The rat race is over. here comes the learning organization.

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September 19, 2019

Such an organization is made up of a group of people who voluntarily want to educate themselves, learn, improve, and develop their competencies in order to better fulfill a goal they believe in. “I don’t just blindly adopt something that worked for someone else, but I’m able to evaluate what from what works for others I can take for myself,” Hruda explains.

“You can pass on knowledge quite easily, but when it comes to skills, you need to get closer to the reality in which you perform them,” he adds.

Skills are exactly what Czech education lacks. When parents can’t supplement skills for their children (for example, when children don’t learn from them how to solve problems), it automatically leads to a huge gap and social inequalities. “You can read a lot of literature about riding a bike, but until you actually get on one, it’s completely useless to you,” Hruda describes with a practical example.

Who is Tomáš Hruda?

Tomáš Hruda is an advocate of lifelong free education, motivated by the desire for knowledge rather than the need to meet formal requirements. He graduated in economics and international relations at FSV UK. He started at CzechInvest as a project manager and gradually worked his way up to CEO. He also led the preparation and launch of the Central European Institute of Technology (CEITEC), one of the largest research centers in the country, for four years. He dealt with education issues as deputy minister for higher education and research. He is currently involved in the Education Republic project.

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