Coaching practices for Argyris Double Loop Learning

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• I keep making the same mistake over and over, and every time I just resolve to execute better next time
• I’ve held this view of someone for so long that it’s become self-confirming
• I only check in on whether something’s working every few months, and by then I can barely remember what I even tried
• Something in my life keeps spiraling
• I explained it once, it felt great, and I declared myself done

Practices that may help

1. Examine your assumptions, not just your actions
   When reflection reveals a pattern of repeated mistakes, look for the underlying belief that generates them.
   Kolb’s Experiential Learning Cycle: Learning by Doing and Reflecting
2. Slow the reflexive loop
   Your current beliefs shape which data you select, reinforcing themselves — interrupt this loop deliberately.
   The Ladder of Inference
3. Shorten your PDSA cycles until feedback is near-daily
   More loops beat longer loops: compress the cycle time to accelerate learning.
   Plan–Do–Study–Act: Deming’s Loop for Personal Improvement
4. Identify the reinforcing and balancing loops
   Find whether behavior is driven by amplification (R loops) or by correction toward a goal (B loops).
   Systems Thinking
5. Run the loop until it is smooth
   Repeat explain–diagnose–relearn until you can explain the whole thing without snags.
   The Feynman Technique, Step by Step
6. Identify where your Kolb cycle breaks down
   Know which of the four stages you consistently skip — that’s where your learning stops.
   Structured Reflection: Kolb’s Learning Cycle in Practice
7. Receive corrective feedback promptly after a test attempt
   For error-based learning to work, feedback must follow the error — delay weakens the effect and risks embedding the wrong answer.
   Errorful Learning: Why Making Mistakes Strengthens Memory
8. Plan a concrete experiment to test your new principle
   Close the loop by deciding specifically how you will apply the extracted lesson next time.
   Structured Reflection: Kolb’s Learning Cycle in Practice
9. Post-session reflection
   Immediately after a learning session, evaluate what you learned, what strategies worked, and what to do next.
   Self-Regulated Learning: Taking Control of How You Learn
10. Use the performance-feedback loop without Self 1
    Treat every outcome as information, not a verdict — adjust without judging.
    The Inner Game: Quieting Self 1

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