Learning is not doing; it is reflecting on doing. T. S. Eliot writes in one of his poems, "We had the experience but missed the meaning.” Reflection is about getting the meaning. (Henry Mintzberg)

Learning is not doing; it is reflecting on doing. T. S. Eliot writes in one of his poems, "We had the experience but missed the meaning.” Reflection is about getting the meaning.

Henry Mintzberg

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