Learning is not doing; it is reflecting on doing. T. S. Eliot writes in one of his poems, “We had the… — 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.
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