Definition

Lessons learned from projects or initiatives, unnecessarily pluralized to sound more substantial. One lesson becomes multiple learnings through linguistic multiplication.

Example Usage

Our key learnings from this failed product launch will inform future failures.

Origin

Corporate retrospective culture, 1990s-2000s

Fun Fact

Traditional English used 'lessons learned,' but corporate America decided learning needed to be countable.

Source: Project management and corporate learning terminology

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