I think this post is a case study in how a cryptic beginning can turn people off. Particularly these lines:

> Learning is not like seeing lions in a safari. More humble surfing. Less self-deluding chess.

> Reminder to self beginning.

> This is pedantic, but it's important.

The author mentions that storytelling is "near and dear to their heart." My guess is that they are trying to do the storytelling "hook" technique (where you start off by not explaining something fully so that people are compelled to read to the end and get closure). To their credit I did read to the end but I feel like that is a cheap trick. Like a UX dark pattern, but for writing.

The gist of the article is summed up in the title. I suppose this idea has implications for how you think about organizational learning but the author doesn't go into those implications whatsoever.