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Reshaping Business by Tricia Bisoux Society for Organizational Learning, a community he founded at MIT, takes on both practical and philosophical overtones and focuses on a singular goal: to help businesspeople fulfill their individual and collec- tive potential to accomplish great things. Senge took an unconven- T tional educational path to business—he earned his bach- elor's degree in aerospace engineering from Stanford University in California and a master's degree in social systems modeling from MIT. His study of philos- ophy also inspired him to develop the concept of systems think- ing, considered seminal by business leaders and academics alike. The model, which emphasizes "the learning organization," takes center stage in Senge's book, The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization. In the book, he views the organization as an integrated whole of individuals who, as they learn and work together, are greater than the sum of their parts. he term "management guru" may suit Peter Senge, a senior lecturer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, more than it suits many other top thinkers in business. Senge's work at the Peter Senge hopes to redefine what it means to be successful in business—and wants business schools to do the same. 18 BizEd MAY/JUNE 2010