The learning in these groups have now run their course and the network is no longer facilitating their particular activities. What we found was that it was nigh impossible to apply the learning from the groups if the employers of the participants, and society as a whole, was still rooted in traditional concepts.

We also observed was that there had been many many excellent improvement projects that had achieved significant gains, but when the champion of these projects moved on, then the gains secured were steadily lost and the thinking reverted to the status quo.

We came to the conclusion that as everything is interconnected we had somehow to addressing the thinking of society as a whole. A daunting task. Our progress on this front is on our web page www.learningsociety.org.uk