LearningTriad

by | Jan 18, 2026 | Blog, Thought Leaders

We tend to think of learning as just one process or event. In fact, the most impactful learning is a three-fold undertaking: 

Learning > UN-Learning > RE-Learning

Fundamentally, this triadic process is a state change. What we know gets modified, what we can do evolves. Some of the elements that trigger (and sustain) this process are:

  • Attention – a focusing of our brain by observing, by listening, by reading, by experimenting.
  • Agency – no one else can do the learning for us; we only own it when we do it.
  • Application – testing what we think we know and can do against real-world contexts.
  • Will – we triadicly learn best only when we want to.
Happy Tri-Learning!
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Nelson Coulter