International Online-Lecture: Future of Work Trends: Learning, Skills, and the Business

Businesses spend countless hours defining future-of-work strategies, which are a set of initiatives to address uncertainty and implications of future events that lead to changes in how, when, and where work is done. Why is the time spent on this activity so necessary? Because it is imperative that leaders design a comprehensive future-of-work strategy that plans for and shapes the future of their organization and that includes technology, skills challenges, learning expertise, and modalities.

Defining your future-of-work strategy must include a look to what’s trending. Here are some trends to consider:

• Artificial intelligence (AI), including ChatGPT
• Important skills to address the future
• Questions to ask the way your organization measures success
• Defining a result driven learning strategy

As organizations review expenses, learning must demonstrate return on investment by connecting training to business priorities, leveraging the right content employees need in the right way and at the right time.

EBA Management Development Centre invites you to take part in the International Online-Lecture: Future of Work Trends: Learning, Skills, and the Business.

In this lecture, Rita Sookrit, VP Solutions Architect at Hemsley Fraser Canada will share research, case studies, and best practices to help attendees learn how their organization can successfully extend learning beyond employees to maximize impact and results.

Speakers:

• Rita Sookrit, Globally experienced L&D leader who has been in L&D for more than two decades building capacity, facilitating engagement, and achieving measurable business results that matter. Skilled in aligning business goals with L&D strategy. Implements innovative solutions using technology, tools, and frameworks. Combines business and commercial acumen with portfolio skills to build trust, align stakeholders, tackle challenges, and inspire creativity for workplace learning. Has worked in many industries including government, professional services, not-for-profit, chemical, and oil & gas. Most of Rita’s career has been in leadership roles with clients in Oceania, Europe, Africa, Asia, and at home in Canada.

• Garima Gupta, the Founder & CEO of Artha Learning Inc., a full- service award- winning Learning design firm. She enjoys leading her team to create learning solutions that are innovative, effective, engaging, and impactful. Garima brings over 18 years of experience in Learning & Development, training, digital marketing, content creation, education, and software engineering. She is passionate about effective use of technology in educational space, writes for industry leading publications, and speaks regularly at international conferences. Garima holds an MEd in Adult education and certified training & development professional (CTDP) designation and is a board member for the Institute for Performance and Learning Chapter.

Topics under discussion:

• Future-of-work trends in 2023 – AI, upskilling, and reskilling.
• Top-down vs bottom-up L&D approach.
• Employee engagement and retention challenges.
• Case study and best practices to increase value of learning programs.
• How to demonstrate return on investment.

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