Generative learning management. The case for evolutionary Origins of human goal setting and social creativity for problem solving
Human history extends at least six million years back in time. Findings suggest that our ancestors, the Australopithecus afarensis, a.k.a. as Lucy, butchered and ate meat some 3.4 million years before the present. Before this finding, common knowledge in anthropology is that a shift to animal source food started a process that reduced their guts, and expanded their brains. Slowly, our ancestors turned into cognitive beings, starting with social cognition, followed by symbolic thinking, and executive functions including playing with ideas, taking the time to think before acting, meeting novel, unanticipated challenges, resisting temptations, and staying focused. Evidence suggests that this application has successfully been applied. This is also true for an organizational setting. In 2004, I proposed Generative learning management - a hypothetical leadership model that influences social generative learning in organization. I validated the model, and also added a criteria - social creativ...