The Three Pillars of Learning

 

The Three Pillars of Learning

• Inquiry – We seek to understand.

• Opportunity – We create conditions for learning.

• Dialogue – We constructively exchange ideas.

- Learning the Wildland Fire Service, p. 9 -

[Photo: Kyle MIller/Wyoming IHC]

Inquiry and Its Tenets

 

Be Humble – Always allow for the possibility of improvement.

Know the System – Be able to articulate the formal and informal learning system around you and your part in it.

Be Accountable – Take inventory on what and how you are teaching and learning.

[Click here to download Learning in the Wildland Fire Service.]

Challenge #4 - 2022 WFLDP Campaign

 

Challenge #4 - The three chief pillars of learning within the wildland fire service:

• Inquiry. We seek to understand.

• Opportunity. We create conditions for learning.

• Dialogue. We constructively exchange ideas.

IGNITE: Resist the Urge

 

Resist the urge to delegate to the next warm body.

Great leaders seek to align before they assign.

♦ Mark Miller ♦ 

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The Three Chief Pillars of Learning

The three chief pillars of learning within the wildland fire service:

• Inquiry. We seek to understand.
• Opportunity. We create conditions for learning.
• Dialogue. We constructively exchange ideas.

For each of these three pillars [provided over the next couple of weeks], we identify the tenets that help us to understand and put into practice these pillars of learning. As you read through them, ask yourself if there are other ways you can think of to practice inquiry, opportunity, and dialogue.

Look for those opportunities, talk about them, then take action to help yourself and your team improve as students of fire.

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We Reap What We Sow - Preparation

 

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"We were planting seeds of change, the fruit of which we might never see." - Michelle Obama, "Becoming"

Undoubtedly you've heard the old adage, "We reap what we sow"? Good or bad, we may never know the results of our efforts.

Every stage of the process is critical and worthy of attention. Therefore, this will be a multi-part series using the leadership environment framework and a farming analogy.

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Leaders most important assets are their people. One of a leader's most important duties is developing their people for the future. Easily said, but not so easily done; otherwise, everyone would be doing it. Leaders have a duty to develop those they lead (including self), the integrity to know if they are fit for duty, and respect for the well-being of those they lead.

IGNITE: Teaching and Learning

 

“When one teaches, two learn.” 

♦ Robert Heinlein, Author ♦ 

Photo: Avi Barber, BLM 

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The Pillars and Tenets of Learning

Firefighters are to be both learners and teachers throughout their careers.

“Learning moments are so valuable. Teaching moments are so rewarding. Moments when we can do both at once—priceless.” - Dan Olsen, Forest Supervisor, Daniel Boone National Forest

Challenge #3: WFLDP Campaign

Challenge #3: Learning is vital to thriving in high-risk environments.

• Update your self-development plan.
• If you do not have a self-development plan, see our website.

IGNITE: What defines you?

 

Successes and failures don't determine who you are. They are experiences you grow from, but they don't define you. ♦ Frank Viscuso ♦

[Photo: LaGrande IHC]

No Black-and-White Answers

There are no simple, clear-cut, by-the-book instructions for learning. We must take direct action to identify and make the best use of every opportunity for learning. This takes study and practice.

This book [Learning in the Wildland Fire Service] is your guide, but it does not state policy. It cannot provide black-and-white answers to the unlimited volume and variety of situations related to learning in such a complex operating environment.

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IGNITE: What are you doing for others?

 

Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'

Martin Luther King Jr. 

[Photo: Tallac IHC]

Student of Fire

 

The Wildland Fire Service has not always used the term “student of fire.” This notion was coined by the late Paul Gleason, who also developed our LCES program.

Challenge #2 - 2022 WFLDP Campaign

 

Challenge #2: Prepare a leadership journal for 2022.

• Journalize your intentions for leadership development.
• Capture key points from the Learning in the Wildland Fire Service bi-weekly reading found on our blog or social media platforms available via our website @ https://www.nwcg.gov/wfldp.

#2022WFLDPCampaign

IGNITE: Listen to What Isn't Said

Hearing is listening to what's said. 

Listening is hearing what isn't said. 

♦ Simon Sinek♦ 

[Photo: Kye Funk/USFS]

Fundamental Learning Concepts

This book [Learning in the Wildland Fire Service] expresses the fundamental learning concepts specific to the wildland fire service. It outlines the pillars, tenets, and framework that guide learning in the wildland fire service across a broad range of missions.

Thinking About Time

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As we kick off the new year and a new campaign and influence a culture focused on the mental health and well-being of the wildland firefighter, we take a moment to reflect upon time.

IGNITE: Leadership is about Responsibility

 

“Leadership is always about responsibility, responsibility for the people they lead.” - Sam Silverstein [Photo: Kyle Miller/Wyoming IHC]

A Complex System is Difficult to Predict

 

Wildland fire operations have inherent risks that cannot always be eliminated, even in the best of circumstances. Incident management and response is a competition between human beings and the forces of nature. Leaders struggle to manage the effects caused by wildfire and other natural and human-caused events.

Challenge #1: 2022 WFLDP Campaign

 

Challenge #1 - Download/print a copy of Learning in the Wildland Fire Service.

• Follow along on the WFLDP social media/blog as we read the publication in 2022.

#2022WFLDPCampaign

IGNITE: Do What You Can

 

“Do what you can with what you have where you are.”

♦ Theodore Roosevelt♦

[Photo: Devil's Canyon Veterans Crew]

Preface - Learning in the Wildland Fire Service

Complex systems are systems whose behavior is intrinsically difficult to model due to the dependencies, relationships, or interactions between their parts or between a given system and its environment. Systems that are ‘complex’ have distinct properties that arise from these relationships, such as nonlinearity, emergence, spontaneous order, adaptation, and feedback loops, among others. (Wikipedia)

IGNITE: Your Contribution

 

Your contribution is not the scope of your reach. It's the depth of your impact.

~ Adam Grant, Organizational Psychologist ~

[Photo: Jessie Huck/BLM]

IGNITE: The Value of Our Learning

The value of our learning multiplies when we share what we learn with others. ♦ Simon Sinek♦

Photo: U.S. Forest Service