The Executive Learning Ladder: A Knowledge Creation Process Grounded in the Strategic Information Systems Domain

This paper reports on an approach developed since 1995 to promote and accelerate knowledge creation and sharing behaviours for business benefit within and between organisations. The approach, which is grounded in the information systems domain, has involved close collaboration between a business school and a consortium of organisations of various sizes. This project has involved developing and refining theories of executive learning in relation to the strategic application of IT, then implementing practical tools and methods based on these theories. Not all the components developed have yet achieved the objectives initially set and the reasons for practical success and failure are explored.