I have long loved the famous quote attributed to Mahatma Gandhi: “Be the change you wish to see in the world.” What is it I want to change? The list is long and contains many noble pursuits, but the one I most lament is that here in the US we are not a culture of learners. From our struggles with revamping our national education system as we fall further and further behind other nations academically, to the reductions I see in corporate training budgets, to the meager amounts of time adult students now are willing or able to spend in training, the lack of value we place on learning is staggering. ... [more]