One of the most powerful drivers of growth in an organization is often already inside it: its #people.
At OHB Italia S.p.A., internal knowledge does not remain locked. It circulates, advances and evolves. Often colleagues step into the role of trainers, sharing #skills, #experience and #passion with others, just like #MauraTermine, who supported two international colleagues by teaching them Italian; Davide Piazza, who delivered practical Excel training; Giampaolo Sablich, who shared his expertise in Project Management and Camilla Menescardi, who contributes to the development of soft skills and personal growth paths.
This internal “radiation” of knowledge, from inside to inside and naturally from inside to outside, strengthens not only the#organization, but also the individuals who carry these skills beyond the workplace.
It reflects a virtuous #learningecosystem grounded in well-established theories of human development and organizational learning.
According to #AlbertBandura’s “Social Learning Theory”, people learn most effectively through observation, interaction and imitation, especially when the model is close, credible and trusted. Learning from a colleague rather than an external trainer makes knowledge immediately relevant, reduces hierarchical distance and increases motivation. In this way, #teaching reinforces mastery, while hastag#learning builds both competence and confidence, activating a positive #loop between skills and self-belief.
This dynamic naturally expands into what E. #Wenger defines “Communities of Practice”: groups of people who share a domain of expertise, learn through shared #practice and build knowledge together over time. When skills “go around” internally, knowledge becomes collective, a common language emerges and learning shifts from being episodic to continuous. Competence is no longer just individual: it becomes cultural.
These interconnected learning processes actively reinforce the #Boeterf‘s “Competence Cycle”, which views #competence not as a static asset but as a dynamic process. Knowledge turns into skills, skills into experience, experience into reflection and reflection into application across different contexts. And “Peer-education” accelerates this cycle. Competence therefore becomes reusable, adaptable and transferable, both inside and outside the organization.
When colleagues become trainers, competence becomes shared culture.
And shared culture, once built, keeps moving forward.
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