The Q and A below comes from an interview with Jeremy Allaire, CEO of Brightcove. The interviewer is Adam Bryant from the NY times.

Self direction comes through as a core value throughout the interview. For informal learning, the true benefit may not be the "what" that you learn but the affirmation that you can learn independently with peer support.

Amplify’d from www.nytimes.com

Q. What were your most important leadership lessons? A. One of the most important influences early on was being educated in a Montessori setting. The Montessori ethos was very formative for me because it built into me a belief in self-direction, in independent thought, in peer collaboration, in responsibility. Read more at www.nytimes.com