An abridged version but

This is an abridged version of the book. However, it is really useful to listen to Peter Senge in person as he adds an additional emphasis to the printed book. I have both and find they work well together. It also increased the speed of my note taking from the kindle version.

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Great but you need the book as well

This is great to listen to, although he doesn't narrate the whole thing - hearing Peter Senge's enthusiasm is fantastic. A word of warning though, because systems thinking is a visual thing you should treat this as a companion to the book rather than a replacement. You won't get the idea of systems diagrams from just listening.

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Life changing

Although it is an abridged version it still affected me and slightly changed my life
Hope audible provide the full version soon

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Great book not enough details

audio book felt like a good summary of a big book. Over all lots of good info and most of the concept coverd.

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For anyone wanting to excel at work...

Where does The Fifth Discipline rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

First audiobook ever. Really good listening, thought provoking

What did you like best about this story?

The examples given to illustrate the educational aspects of it

What about Peter M. Senge’s performance did you like?

Good pace, easy to follow

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes, quite engaging

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Immensely useful and intelligently abridged

Senge's business best seller offers an accessible and very practical guide to improving organisational performance through a focus on conversational technique, an appreciation of various types of feedback loop and the ability to recognise our mental models and test if they're true or useful. I was a little concerned that this had been abridged but it loses nothing in coherence or useful detail and I've been able to put a number of fifth discipline techniques to work with good results since making this purchase. Anyone with an interest in organisational development, project management, team leadership or management development would benefit from listening to this book

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nice for business Oriente people

it was nice. specially the beer game story. learning is everywhere and you learn as you go

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A must read

Whatever your line of occupation and level, this is simply a must read before anything else…
Really like the authenticity in the authors voice!

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Overall a decent audiobook

The content of the books was interesting enough for me to finish it.
There is some fluff inside though and some examples look like retrofitted to underline some concept or idea but I can live with that in this case.
It's an old book but over all I've learned something from it.

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A must read for all!

I have had the pleasure of reading Peter Senges book as well as listening to this audio version. I say version as the book is more comprehensive with over 400 pages and therefore the 4 hours of narative does not cover all of the books content.

That said, I don't think the audiable version omits any of the pertinent points, in fact hearing Peter explain his thoughts increases (at least for me) comprehension of the theory behind the idea of a learning organisation.

If you want to learn more about learning organisations, mental models, shared vision, self mastery, team learning and systems thinking from Peter Senges perspective, I suggest purchasing both versions of his book like I did.

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