The global workforce of today has drastically evolved through never-ending challenges it faces on a daily basis – competitive talent landscape, digital revolution, pay/skill differences, age gaps; all of which are pressing issues that “talent” will always be a company’s most valuable asset. The need for learning and development is paramount in retaining and nurturing talent. So how do L&D practitioners demonstrate and execute initiatives that are valued as an investment? What are the returns and gains of having to invest in such activities? And how do we keep these initiatives sustainable?

Speaker: Ward Niou, Regional Learning and Development Director, Richemont

Work has entered a paradigm shift and L&D practitioners are playing catch-up with the new needs of every reworked process involving their employees. And with technology as another catalyst, the L&D landscape has entered a new era of maximizing and executing its schemes.

And so, here’s our take on what L&D practitioners should look out for –

• Continuous learning as a Plan B
• Mobile experiences (real-time feedback, adaptive learning, microlearning)
• Personalized, tailor-made learning
• Soft and hard skills training, data analysis
• Millennial engagements

Moderator: Gerard Timbol, Senior Events Producer, HumanResources Online

Panellists:

• Sanghita Bhakta, Group Head of Digital Learning, Jardine Matheson
• Wendy Yip, Learning & Development Lead, APAC, Jones Lang La Salle

It’s a shopper’s paradise now when it comes to work enabling technologies. There’s literally an app/program for every work-related function, however mundane or complicated it may be – and L&D is no exemption to this. So, join us as we present insightful case-studies and real-life scenarios as to how technology enabled and empowered L&D enterprises throughout this period of technological transition.

It’s no secret that the best L&D leaders have two things in common; empathy and the greatest communication skills! Being able to effectively communicate while empathizing with your clients/learners makes it a win-win engagement on any level. So, join us as we give you a quick run-down of what specific soft and hard skills (or even a combination of both) should L&D practitioners’ possess to be engaging and successful.