By Nima Singh – 24th January 2022 Ok, this one’s a toughie because A/ for some people this might be bit too close to the bone and B/ given point A, I’d be lying if I was to say that I wasn’t a little concerned that I might be overstepping the mark…
We’re super-excited to officially announce that, after a considerable Covid-induced break, the Australian Learning & Development Network is back! Of course, it’ll take a while to get back to full-swing, but we’re looking to get some free local networking and keynote sessions organised soon. In the meantime, we’ve already resumed our daily L&D posts here…
By Nima Singh – 11th January 2022 ‘Where does Learning Matters get its Learning & Development industry information for its newsfeed from?’ you might well ask. Well, the short answer is ‘from a variety of sources’, such from experience, from our own L&D subject matter experts, from reading/referencing the books in our [constantly growing] instructional…
By Nima Singh – 9th January 2022 The NSW state government has announced that Australian Defence Force Veterans and their partners will be provided with access to free training to improve their career opportunities and assist in, often difficult, transition from service to civilian life. Via the newly created Veterans Skills Program (part of the Australian Government’s Smart…
By Daniel Stringer – 9th January 2020 Australia’s independent tertiary providers have been included in the federal government’s Short Courses Initiative budget extension with the announcement that there will be an extra 5000 places allocated to non-university higher education providers. Troy Williams, CEO of the Independent Tertiary Education Council Australia, said the new higher education short courses…
Learning & Development Network Session Information After a short extension (requested by Learning & Development Network members), the results of the L&D Network 2018 Industry Survey will be ready to be announced and discussed for next Friday’s network session in Brisbane. SESSION SNAPSHOT: One of the many benefits of being a member of the Australian…
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Written by: Karen Higginbottom, FORBES CONTRIBUTOR I’m a freelance journalist who writes about HR (human remains as I like to call it) and employment topics for Thomson Reuters GRC and supplements for The Times. I began my career as a reporter for HR trade journals in the U.K. before branching out in 2004 as a freelancer for…
This session will explore how culture maturity, particularly in relation to how risk and uncertainty is responded to within organisation, influences informal and formal learning. SESSION TITLE: The impact of culture maturity on learning TOPICS COVERED: * The concept of organisational culture on a maturity spectrum. * Fragility and the risk paradox. * Risk, learning and…
By Jon Younger Jon Younger is the founder of the Agile Talent Collaborative, a non-profit research organization, and works with several start-ups in the on-demand staffing space. He is the co-author of several books in talent management and HR, including Agile Talent (HBR Press, 2016). He teaches in the executive education faculties of the University of Michigan…
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