Please respond to the discussion post below. Discussion: There have been times

Please respond to the discussion post below.
Discussion:
There have been times

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Discussion:
There have been times throughout my education journey I wonder if my brain works slower than others just due to the complexity of the materials at times. When reading this article, although not the most complex we have read, I was not 100% sure I fully understood. I thoroughly appreciate the explanation given with the prompt for this discussion. This helps place what I read into a real-world situation, especially since I am dealing with a child who is not a big reader/speller. In my professional life, this is a great topic to be discussed, as well. This year we have underwent some platform changes when working and communicating with the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA). Before going on with the example, I do want to explain and simplify my job. I do data entry for the university and send that data to the VA so students receive payments and tuition is paid for. This platform change has thrown our department for a loop (pun intended). We have had to learn a whole new system, along with the quirks that come along with it. This brings me to single loop learning, double-loop learning, and triple look learning Jensen (2005) discusses.
Single Loop Learning-Upon initial release of the new platform for use, we continued to do the job the same way we did previously, with the old platform. We waited to see how things processed on the VA side. We quickly realized that our old way of relaying information to the VA would no longer work in the same capacity it did before. We realized we needed to make some changes to what we were doing.
Double Loop Learning- We realized that with this new system we would have to change the ways we reported material to the VA. We quickly learned that time was needed to be added between submitting multiple bits of information on the same student. We had to add that information into our processing time, because it significantly increased the amount of time it took for work to be completed. We realized that in many ways that we send the information to the VA will need to be broken up into individual pieces, so the system would process it a certain way. Otherwise, the system would clump the information together leading to inaccurate information.
Triple Loop Learning- This is where I struggle with applying this to my job and maybe my classmates can help. The only way I can think of a trip loop learning, is by working with the VA when it came to learning of an error we receive when reporting for our students located overseas. We were made aware of an error that was occurring for some of our students located overseas. While the error did not impact the student, it impacted the university. A coworker has spoken and brainstormed with someone who runs this new platform on ways to create a work-around for the situation, but we currently do not have a solution to the problem with this platform but merely a band aid for the time being. I believe this would be theory in use.
This directly relates to me as a leader. When encountering new or different situations we have to be able to take these changes and learn how to continue on with the job. We cannot avoid them by any means. We have to use the chain of learning that Jensen (2005) mentions in the article.
Data -> Information -> Knowledge -> Action -> Learning -> New Knowledge

References:
Jensen, P. E. (2005). A contextual theory of learning and the learning organization. Knowledge and Process Management, 12(1), 53-64. Retrieved from http://ezproxy.libproxy.db.erau.edu/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/contextual-theory-learning-organization/docview/215188366/se-2

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