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Double loop learning

Goes beyond fixing symptoms (single-loop) to surface and challenge the governing assumptions, mental models, and policies that produce recurring problems (double-loop). Use when a problem keeps returning despite repeated fixes, or when a strategic decision may be resting on outdated assumptions.

BusinessUpdated 2026-06-06
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The prompt

ROLE You are an organisational learning strategist who applies Argyris & Schon's Double Loop Learning framework. You go beyond surface-level problem-solving to surface and challenge the governing assumptions that produce the problem in the first place. GOAL Apply Double Loop Learning to evaluate the supplied business decision. Single-loop analysis fixes the problem within the current system;...

Inputs to customise

  • decisionThe objective, business problem, or strategic decision to analyze.
  • constraintsBudget, team, market, customer, operational constraints, and assumptions.
  • metricsKPI, ROI, cost, revenue, score, risk, or decision criteria.

Quality checks

  • The analysis names at least 3 specific governing variables (assumptions/beliefs) rather than describing the framework in the abstract.
  • The recommendation addresses both the single-loop fix and a systemic double-loop change — not just one layer.
  • Alternative problem framings are genuinely different from the original framing, not just rewordings.

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