The Future of Workplace LEARNING
This Training Journal (TJ) project explores the future of L&D. The role of the traditional trainer has been changing radically, and with the increasing involvement of line managers in delivering solutions it is timely to consider “What next for the profession?”.
This seminar features the Research and Events Director at TJ, the Principal Consultant to the L&D 2020 Project, and the Principal Consultant at the Institute for Employment Studies.
L&D 2020 was launched in the early part of 2008 with the aim of looking at the future of workplace learning. The Phase 1 Report showed some clear trends emerging in how L&D was changing and recent investigation into actual practice shows three groups of skills or knowledge as being crucial to the L&D practitioner’s success these focus on understanding business, L&D theory and practice, and consulting or business partnering.
In this interactive session Debbie Carter will introduce the background to the research;. Paul Fairhurst will talk about the emerging themes of the research and Martyn Sloman will look at technology’s role in learning. You will have the opportunity to learn about cutting edge practice, to discuss some of the new business-centric models that are emerging, and to explore new skill-sets for future professional development and long-term employability.
Debbie Carter is Research and Events Director of TJ (formerly Training Journal). Formerly editor of the magazine she introduced workshops, the TJ Awards programme and a yearly conference.
In 2008 Carter initiated the L&D 2020 research project; an on-going exploration into the future of workplace learning with the aim of considering the question:”What next for the profession?”.
Martyn Sloman is a research academic who specialises in learning training and development. He has extensive practical experience as a training manager.
Formerly an Adviser, Learning, Training and Development at the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), he produced groundbreaking work on the shift from training to learning. At the CIPD he was responsible for research into the role and contribution of learning and training in organisations, for e-learning and for the links between people management and technology.
As author, lecturer and conference speaker he has made a significant contribution the development of modern human resource concepts and practice, including a number of important books.
Martyn is currently a Visiting Professor at Kingston Business School, Kingston University and a Teaching Fellow in the Department of Management and Organizational Psychology Birkbeck College, University of London. He is the Principal Consultant on the L&D 2020 project at TJ (Training Journal).
Paul is a Principal Consultant in the Institute for Employment Studies consultancy team, responsible for helping clients gain sustainable benefits from the research and consultancy programmes they undertake.
He has over 20 years successful experience in business, most recently running his own Coaching and Management Development business.
Previously he was a Partner and member of the Executive Board of the UK Division of a European consulting firm responsible for People Development and HR. He has advised and consulted with leading blue-chip organisations in the areas of executive coaching, organisation design and development and business & marketing strategy. Prior to this he was a member of the management board of a leading edge subsidiary of Royal Insurance with responsibility for strategy and planning.
Paul is a certified NLP Coach and a Master Practitioner of NLP. He continues to maintain his skills at the leading edge and is an accredited Myers Briggs and Strengthscope psychometric user. He is a member of the European Positive Psychology Network and the European Mentoring and Coaching Council. He has a BSc in Maths with Engineering and an MSc in Operational Research. He has written and published work in the areas of personal development, positive psychology and organisational design.
His consultancy clients have included Norwich Union, Cambridgeshire CC, Thomas Cook, Scope, Yellow Pages, Legal & General, Siemens and the Office for National Statistics as well as coaching clients from a wide range of private and public sector organisations.
