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Unlearning with People and Organizations
Our ability to open the future will depend not on how well we learn anymore but on how well we are able to unlearn.—Alan Kay
On January 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger—one of five shuttles built by NASA—was set to lift off for its relatively short flight into orbit around the earth. The space shuttle program had been phenomenally successful, and Challenger had logged nine previous missions—taking its crew of seven astronauts into low-earth orbit to conduct experiments, deploy and service satellites, and gather scientific data. Previous Challenger missions had led to a number of firsts, including the first spacewalk during a space shuttle mission, the first American woman in space (Sally Ride), ...
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