Turning the large, siloed, hierarchical and bureaucratic into learning organizations: finding practical learning application in national security organizations

This special issue of The Learning Organization offers readers a view of learning in the setting of organization tasked with maintaining national security. Few contexts could have greater learning impact, or consequence, than those outlined in this issue. Learning failures within and across organizations in the effort to maintain national security can result in dire, publicly-observed outcomes. The authors of these articles define some familiar past failures and successes as they explain learning influence. Other authors offer case studies explaining how organizations learned to succeed in national security efforts. All articles are an insightful read with wide application outside the...