14 Facts About Reg Revans

Reginald William Revans was an academic professor, administrator and management consultant who pioneered the use of Action learning.

Reg Revans was a long jumper who represented Britain at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, where he finished 32nd in the long jump event.

Reg Revans was born at Portsmouth, where his father was a marine surveyor.

Reg Revans recollected attending the memorial service for Florence Nightingale with his mother in 1910.

Reg Revans moved into education to become assistant education officer for Essex and then director of education for the National Coal Board from 1945 to 1950.

Reg Revans then moved to the Acton Society Trust where he worked with Teddy Chester.

Reg Revans is recognized as one of the top management professors by the International Institute of Management for his contribution to the field of corporate training by introducing of the Action Learning formula and methods: Learning = P + Q; where L is learning, P is programmed knowledge and Q is questioning to create insight.

Reg Revans strongly held that the key to improving performance lay not with 'experts' but with practitioners themselves.

Reg Revans was awarded with the nation's top honour by the King of Belgium.

Reg Revans was made a Freeman of the City of London for the work which he did.

Reg Revans is not remembered as one of the best known gurus of management education or organisational development, not least because of his scorn for experts and his championing of ordinary people.

Reg Revans's techniques have been applied in many organisations and by management consultants and academics including Richard Brimble, Mike Pedler, Alan Mumford and Richard Hale in the UK, and Michael Marquardt, Yury Boshyk, Robert Kramer and Joe Raelin in the United States.

Recently the Reg Revans Centre has moved to Manchester Business School becoming the Reg Revans Academy.

The Reg Revans Collection is to be found at Salford University.