General
learnings
What does learnings mean?
Things learned from a project or experiment, framed as a countable noun.
"Let's capture the learnings from this launch in a retro."
Origin
Marketing jargon nominalising 'learn'; often criticised.
Frequently asked questions
What does 'learnings' mean?
Lessons or takeaways from a project or experiment, treated as countable things you can list and capture, often in a retrospective.
Is 'learnings' proper English?
It's widely used in business but frequently criticised as jargon, since 'lessons' or 'what we learned' already do the job. It's an example of nominalising a verb.
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