Learning Fables Series
Stories That Bring Organizational Learning
Concepts Alive

Pegasus's celebrated Learning Fables Series, written by David Hutchens and illustrated by Bobby Gombert, both entertains and makes key concepts and practices of organizational learning immediately accessible to workers at all levels.

Each volume:
• features hilarious (and thought-provoking) plot lines and character illustrations
• concludes with a group discussion guide that encourages you to apply the ideas from the story to issues you face in your own organization
• comes in softcover or PDF format
• is available as a slide presentation

Volume and site license discounts are also available on orders of 5 or more books or sets.

Come meet Otto the sheep, Boogie the caveman, Emmy the lemming, Sparky the penguin, and Milo from Smoldering Pines, and see how they master the disciplines of organizational learning!


Outlearning the Wolves: Surviving and Thriving in a Learning Organization Third Edition
by David Hutchens; illustrated by Bobby Gombert

"A simple and appealing introduction to perhaps the most important yet perplexing possibility facing the modern corporation: how to learn."
—Timothy Gallwey, author, The Inner Game of Work

"A delightful parable on the nature of learning organizations."
—Gareth Morgan, author, Images of Organizations

Outlearning the Wolves is the story of an organization that might resemble yours—complete with bad habits, nagging vulnerabilities, and resignation to the status quo. As a flock of sheep build a culture for learning, the contributions of each individual are utilized in strikingly new and productive ways. Outlearning the Wolves and its discussion guide are a simple and powerful way to communicate how organizations can develop the capacity to learn. (Pegasus Communications, 2007)
Order #FT004RR, softcover, 68 pages, illustrated, $19.95
Order #FT004S, softcover, Spanish ed., illustrated, $19.95

Outlearning the Wolves Animated
E-Learning Module
Since its debut, our Outlearning the Wolves animation has been charming viewers in offices and classrooms around the world. Viewed on an individual desktop or projected for a group, its playful narration and sound effects provide a memorable way to share the lessons that emerge from the process of learning to learn differently. Also included in the module are a discussion guide and the newly developed “Sheep Game” to reinforce the fable’s key learnings. Use your Flash Player browser plug-in to view the animation and navigate the chapters. The digital file format allows for easy deployment to multiple workstations throughout your enterprise via an internal web server. Or use a laptop or digital projector for group training programs. Both multi-user and consultant licenses are available. Call for details. Full preview is available.
View clip (Flash Player is required)

Order # FT004EM • Consultant license • $499.00
(Call 781-398-9700 for multi-user pricing and to order)


Outlearning the Wolves: The Movie
This humorous 20-minute dramatization of the best-selling book is ideal for introducing the crucial concepts of organizational learning in group trainings, workshops, and classrooms across all ages. The actors and artful staging capture all the deliciously wicked humor and important lessons of the original fable, while providing a meaningful shared learning experience for viewers. Full preview is available.
View clip (requires Flash Player 8)

Order # FT004DVDI • $129 (introductory price),
$75 (for educators) • DVD • color • 20 minutes.
Also available in digital video file format for easy network deployment.

Outlearning the Wolves E-Book
Bring the fable's powerful introduction to organizational learning to everyone on your network in a vivid and convenient PDF format. The illustrations are clear and detailed, and the discussion guide has been redesigned for easy onscreen reading. No special devices or software are required. View the e-book on any computer with the free Adobe Reader 6.0+.
Order #FT004E, PDF format, 83 pages, illustrated, $19.95 (individual use only)

Outlearning the Wolves Slide Presentations
These slides capture the best illustrations and captions—enable you to create a transformative experience that will inspire learning and change in your department or organization.

Order #FT004D, PowerPoint® format, 14 b&w pages, $69.95


Shadows of the Neanderthal: Illuminating the Beliefs That Limit Our Organizations
by David Hutchens; illustrated by Bobby Gombert

"Shadows of the Neanderthal is a wonderful story about fear, complemented by a superb summary of principles for working with mental models."
—Peter Senge, author, The Fifth Discipline

"Finally, a clear and powerful resource that helps both sides of our brain understand how to expand our individual and organizational thinking."
—Dawna Markova, coauthor, An Unused Intelligence; coeditor, Random Acts of Kindness

Boogie the caveman is on a quest to understand how his people have become stuck in beliefs that drastically limit their ability to share insights and make progress. Join his hilarious journey of discovery and learn how to surface, share, and challenge your own and others' hidden beliefs and to recognize how they inform—and often misinform—what we do. With its detailed discussion guide, Shadows is a must-have resource for any organization on its own quest for clear and open communication. (Pegasus Communications, 1999)
Order #FT005, softcover, 82 pages, illustrated, $19.95


Shadows of the Neanderthal Animated
E-Learning Module
Boogie's adventures are more entertaining than ever in this brand new addition to our animated e-learning module series. With its engaging use of metaphor, detailed discussion guide, and reinforcing "Cave Game," the Shadows of the Neanderthal animation is a must-have resource for any organization on its own quest for clear and open communication. Use your Flash Player browser plug-in to view the animation and navigate the chapters. The digital file format allows for easy deployment to multiple workstations throughout your enterprise via an internal web server. Or use a laptop or digital projector for group training programs. Both multi-user and consultant licenses are available. Call for details. Full preview is available.

Order # FT005EM • Consultant license • $499.00
(Call 781-398-9700 for multi-user pricing and to order )

Shadows of the Neanderthal E-Book
Bring the fable's powerful message to everyone on your network in a vivid and convenient PDF format. The illustrations are clear and detailed, and the discussion guide has been redesigned for easy onscreen reading. No special devices or software are required. View the e-book on any computer with free Adobe Reader 6.0+.
Order #FT005E, PDF format, 82 pages, illustrated, $19.95 (individual use only)

Shadows of the Neanderthal Slide Presentations
These slides capture the best illustrations and captions—enable you to create a transformative experience that will inspire learning and change in your department or organization.

Order #FT005D, PowerPoint® format, 14 b&w pages, $69.95


The Lemming Dilemma: Living with Purpose, Leading with Vision
by David Hutchens; illustrated by Bobby Gombert

"In The Lemming Dilemma, David Hutchens creates a charming story in which mindlessness is transformed by mindfulness ... and 'groupthink' by the power of an individual's quest for deeper meaning, higher aspirations, and truer values. It can inspire us to wake up and rethink the most basic premises of our lives."
—Robert Fritz, author, The Path of Least Resistance

"David Hutchens's imaginative resolution to an age-old dilemma is inspiring and clear: To discover our authentic, deeper nature, we must create from what we hold most deeply and passionately in our hearts. Living is our art, he suggests; and when we create from what we love, we offer the world the gift of ourselves."
—Michael Jones, pianist, composer, educator, and author of Creating an Imaginative Life

This volume introduces the crucial organizational learning discipline of personal mastery—the ongoing process of discovering what you really care about and working with resolve to achieve it. In this engaging story, Emmy the lemming wakes up to her own purpose and vision, and defies the age-old urge to follow others off the cliff. Through her own surprising choices, she inspires the other lemmings to pursue their deepest aims and visions, both individually and collectively. In this simply told story are profound lessons about what it means to be the leader of your own life and to share your vision with others. (Pegasus Communications, 2000)
Order #FT006, softcover, 86 pages, illustrated, $19.95

The Lemming Dilemma E-Book
Bring the fable's powerful message to everyone on your network in a vivid and convenient PDF format. The illustrations are clear and detailed, and the discussion guide has been redesigned for easy onscreen reading. No special devices or software are required. View the e-book on any computer with free Adobe Reader 6.0+.
Order #FT006E, PDF format, 86 pages, illustrated, $19.95 (individual use only)

The Lemming Dilemma Slide Presentations
These slides capture the best illustrations and captions—enable you to create a transformative experience that will inspire learning and change in your department or organization.

Order #FT006D, PowerPoint® format, 14 b&w pages, $69.95


The Tip of the Iceberg: Managing the Hidden Forces That Can Make or Break Your Organization
by David Hutchens; illustrated by Bobby Gombert

"Another in the wonderful Learning Fables series by Pegasus, and more evidence that systems thinking requires the child in the adult and the adult in the child. What is there to gain from this likeable story? managers might want to know. As it turns out, quite a bit."
—Peter Senge, author, The Fifth Discipline

"The Tip of the Iceberg is a great, easy-to-use tool that can help organizations understand and analyze causal connections crucial to effective strategic planning. It's also a fun and entertaining way to explore the complex concepts of systems thinking. Even my 10-year-old daughter loved it!"
—Wendy Skinner, director, Business Process Reengineering, Sabre, Inc.

A group of enterprising penguins with a yen for juicy clams teams up with some walrus colleagues to harvest a seemingly endless supply for all. The good news attracts penguins and walruses from icebergs far and wide who join in the work and the delectation. But on the way to establishing a clam lovers' paradise, territorial skirmishes arise, clumsy walruses flatten penguins, and confusion reigns. Can the penguins discover the hidden connections that have turned spiraling success into frustration and social upheaval? Only when they learn to see what is invisible are they able to stop their paradise from unraveling and take steps to create sustainable prosperity.

The Tip of the Iceberg vividly illustrates how organizations can be trapped by systems when they fail to understand them. The story and discussion guide will help managers sort through the complexity of surface-level events and discover how to take effective actions that create the results they desire. (Pegasus Communications, 2001)
Order #FT007, softcover, 77 pages, illustrated, $19.95

The Tip of the Iceberg Animated
E-Learning Module
Endearing penguins and walruses come to life in this brand new addition to our animated e-learning module series. The Tip of the Iceberg animation includes a discussion guide and "The Iceberg Game" to reinforce the lessons that will help your group sort through the complexity of surface-level events to create the results you desire. Use your Flash Player browser plug-in to view the animation and navigate the chapters. The digital file format allows for easy deployment to multiple workstations throughout your enterprise via an internal web server. Or use a laptop or digital projector for group training programs. Both multi-user and consultant licenses are available. Call for details. Full preview is available.

The Tip of the Iceberg E-Book
Bring the fable's powerful message to everyone on your network in a vivid and convenient PDF format. The illustrations are clear and detailed, and the discussion guide has been redesigned for easy onscreen reading. No special devices or software are required. View the e-book on any computer with free Adobe Reader 6.0+.
Order #FT007E, PDF, 77 pages, illustrated, $19.95 (individual use only)

The Tip of the Iceberg Slide Presentations
These slides capture the best illustrations and captions—enable you to create a transformative experience that will inspire learning and change in your department or organization.

Order #FT007D, PowerPoint® format, 14 b&w pages, $69.95


Listening to the Volcano: Conversations That Open Our Minds to New Possibilities
by David Hutchens, illustrated by Bobby Gombert

"Listening to the Volcano delightfully enlightens us to the importance of investing in purposeful conversations before the Mount St. Helens in our work worlds erupt."
—Scot Herrick, production management, Washington Mutual

"This lovely fable helps all of us become more aware of the importance of dialogue in shaping the way we live our lives--in our families, in our communities, and in our organizations."
—Juanita Brown and David Isaacs, co-originators, The World Café

Rumblings from a long dormant volcano provoke a crisis in the village of Smoldering Pines. Desperate to escape the flow of molten lava, the inhabitants meet to create a plan—and are soon at each other's throats! But led by Milo, a group of neighbors discover a new way of talking and listening that taps fresh sources of creativity and unleashes the magic of collective thinking.

While everyone knows how to engage in conversation, few of us practice the kind of meaningful dialogue that is crucial to leveraging an organization's best thinking. Listening to the Volcano offers an engaging introduction to conversation as a disciplined workplace practice for sparking generative thinking, improved decision-making, and effective action.
(Pegasus Communications, 2005)
Order #FT008, softcover, 82 pages, illustrated, $19.95

Listening to the Volcano E-Book
Bring the fable's powerful message to everyone on your network in a vivid and convenient PDF format. The illustrations are clear and detailed, and the discussion guide has been redesigned for easy onscreen reading. No special devices or software are required. View the e-book on any computer with free Adobe Reader 6.0+.
Order #FT008E, PDF, 82 pages, illustrated, $19.95 (individual use only)

Listening to the Volcano Slide Presentations
These slides capture the best illustrations and captions—enable you to create a transformative experience that will inspire learning and change in your department or organization.

Order #FT008D, PowerPoint® format, 14 b&w pages, $69.95


Learning Fables Set
Get the entire set of softcover books for only $74.00.
Order #FTST05, 5 softcover books, illustrated

Get the entire set of e-books for only $74.00.
Order #FTST05E, 5 books in PDF format, illustrated


Volume Discounts
When you purchase the softcover fables in bulk, you receive the following discounts:
5–19 copies, $17.96 each
20–49 copies, $15.96 each
50–149 copies, $13.97 each
150–299 copies, $11.97 each
300+ copies, $9.98 each

When you purchase the set of 5 softcover fables in bulk, you receive the following discounts:
5–19 sets, $66.60 each
20–49 sets, $59.20 each
50–149 sets, $51.80 each
150–299 sets, $44.40 each
300+ sets, $37.00 each

Site Licenses
A fable site license is an agreement that entitles an organization to receive a fable in PDF format and to place it on one secure network for use by the readers who are licensed under the agreement. The cost of the site license depends on the number of readers who will have access to the fable.
1–4 readers, $19.95 per reader
5–19 readers, $17.96 per reader
20–49 readers, $15.96 per reader
50–149 readers, $13.97 per reader
150–299 readers, $11.97 per reader
300–999 readers, $9.98 per reader
1,000–4,999 readers, $7.98 per reader
5,000+ readers, $5.98 per reader

When you purchase the set of 5 fables in PDF format, the cost of the site license is as follows:
1–4 sets, $74.00 per reader
5–19 sets, $66.60 per reader
20–49 sets, $59.20 per reader
50–149 sets, $51.80 per reader
150–299 sets, $44.40 per reader
300–999 sets, $37.00 per reader
1,000–4,999 sets $29.60 per reader
5,000+ sets, $22.20 per reader

For details, contact us at sitelicense@pegasuscom.com.