2026 Community of Human and Organizational Learning 32nd Annual Conference

Note:  There is an afternoon offering of the same session.

A highly interactive workshop where participants practice Humans at Work tools to redesign systems, improve planning, and learn from everyday work—moving beyond concepts to real-world application


This four-hour workshop is designed as a hands-on, project-based learning experience where participants practice Humans at Work (HAW) methods, apply tools, and leave with tangible skills they can use immediately.


Participants will explore ten key philosophical and practical shifts that distinguish the Humans at Work approach from traditional performance improvement processes, and will actively connect organizational practices—planning, learning, controls, and leadership behaviors—to the principles that drive them. Through guided exercises, small-group projects, and real-world scenarios, participants will redesign tasks, surface system constraints, map gray zones, and practice everyday learning and error management methods.


The workshop emphasizes learning how to do, not just learning what to remember. Participants will work with tools for improving planning prior to task execution, learning from everyday work, identifying performance-influencing factors and latent organizational conditions, and applying the Control Paradox to organizational design.


Exercises will focus on discovering structural blind spots, redesigning defenses, and shifting from person-focused fixes to system-focused improvements.