AITD conference, Sydney
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Tuesday, 20 April 2010 - 2:00pm - Wednesday, 21 April 2010 - 2:00pm
AITD's annual conference has become the "go to" event for Australia's training and L&D community. By integrating a huge selection of keynote and concurrent workshops, AITD's conference enables you to choose the sessions that will most benefit you and your organisation.
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You will gain insights from both Australian and international perspectives.
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You will have the opportunity to network with Australia and the region's most influential L&D professionals.
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You will mix with your professional community and re-charge your enthusiasm for our profession.
The Conference exhibition allows you to interact with cutting edge L&D services providers. Our exhibitors and sponsors are the who's-who of Australian L&D vendors. Come along and see what services are shaping the L&D industry.
AITD members who book and pay for the conference can attend either a full day pre OR post conference workshop free of charge. This IS an essential professional development experience!
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 | E-Learning is what? Dr Allison Rossett, Professor of Educational Technology, San Diego State University What is e-Learning today? Most would conjure a picture of online exercises, preferably problem and scenario based, with opportunities to practice and grow. But is that all there is? | | |
| Developing talent post-recession Michael Solomon, Chief Executive Officer, Learning Seat So here’s what we know - the world’s population is ageing. And the onslaught of the GFC means hungry talent willing to work longer, harder, faster. Yet we are still resting on our laurels. Why? |  | ||
 | Being helpful is the new black! Emergence of a participatory culture to accelerate organisational learning Annalie Killian, Director Innovation, Communication and Collaboration, AMP | ||
| Dimensions of organisation development Julian Gross, managing partner, International Management Institute |  | ||
 | E-Learning 2010: Innovation & Implementation Janet Clarey, Industry Analysy and Researcher, Brandon Hall Research Get inspired with a sampling of the best of innovative learning technology, games, mobile learning, video, virtual worlds, blended learning, and use of Web 2.0 tools. | ||
| Creative Thinking and Leadership – tools for turning L&D professionals into leaders Tania de Jong AM, Founder Creativity Australia and Creative Universe One of the greatest challenges we face today is overcoming the barriers to stimulating creativity and innovation. How can we create opportunities to connect with one another in new and meaningful ways? |  | ||
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E-Learning is what? Today, employees increasingly reach for lessons, information, and guidance, as they need it, in the workflow. A recent ASTD report put it like this, “As learning becomes more integrated with work, the learning function’s activities and impact are becoming more transparent and integrated with other performance improvement strategies.” And then there’s lots of talk about Web 2.0. What is the reality? We did a study of nearly 1000 practitioners. When they say they are doing e-learning, what are they doing? Dr. Allison Rossett, long time Professor of Educational Technology at San Diego State University, is in the Training magazine HRD Hall of Fame, was recently a member of the ASTD International Board of Directors, and was honored by selection as an ISPI Member-for-Life. Recipient of ASTD’s recognition for lifelong contributions to workplace learning and performance and designated a 2008 LEGEND, Allison co-authored Job Aids and Performance Support: Moving from Knowledge in the Classroom to Knowledge Everywhere in 2007. She was featured in eLearn magazine in December, 2008. Rossett edited The ASTD E-Learning Handbook: Best Practices, Strategies, and Case Studies for an Emerging Field. She also completed a white paper for the American Management Association, Blended Learning Opportunities and another, on learner engagement, for Adobe Systems. She is the author of four award-winning books, including Beyond the Podium: Delivering Training and Performance to a Digital World and First Things Fast: A Handbook for Performance Analysis. Prior award-winning books are Training Needs Assessment, and A Handbook of Job Aids. Some of Allison recent articles are “Performance Support Tools: Delivering Value When and Where Needed,” “Moving Your Class Online,” "Confessions of a Web Dropout," and “Training and Organizational Development, Siblings Separated at Birth.” She has conducted research and published articles on needs analysis, learner engagement, and persistence in online learning. Her client list includes IBM, HP, the Getty Conservation Institute, Fidelity Investments, Deloitte Consulting, BP, the IRS, Amgen, Royal Bank of Scotland, National Security Agency, Transportation Security Administration, and several e-learning start-ups. View a presentation from Dr Allison Rossett, Beyond Kirkpatrick - a fresh look at analysis & evaluation, by clicking here | |||
| Developing talent post-recession Michael Solomon, Chief Executive Officer, Learning Seat So here’s what we know - the world’s population is ageing. And the onslaught of the GFC means hungry talent willing to work longer, harder, faster. Yet we are still resting on our laurels. Why? Quoting the demise of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc, Michael opens our eyes and minds to the harsh cold facts of slashed budgets, increasing talent shortage, and an ageing workforce. Michael’s presentation will address some of the fundamentals we need to consider post GFC: - We’ve all heard about Gen Y in the workplace but perhaps we’ve heard too much. What are we doing with all we’ve learnt? With their ever-changing aspirations, the challenges we’ve faced won’t get any easier post GFC. Watch as their expectations get bigger and they demand payback for their loyalty and sacrifices made in the recession. - Dealing with the challenges of an ageing workforce involves incorporating more women in the workplace. How do we face an inevitable future of flexibility and equality regardless of legislation? - Are we really genuine about educating the ageing workforce or is that only lip service? How do we manage and develop people performance post recession? What’s changed in the world of talent management and development post GFC? Michael Solomon is no stranger to the intricacies of Human Resources and the fundamentals of Change Management. With over 13 years’ experience in people and business management, Michael demonstrates acute business acumen and refined people skills, having delivered Human Resources services and psychometric training extensively in Australia, and around the world, including Dubai, USA, Singapore, New Zealand, Germany and France. Michael is now CEO of Learning Seat, Australia’s leading supplier of online training and compliance management solutions. | |||
| Being helpful is the new black! Emergence of a participatory culture to accelerate organisational learning Annalie Killian, Director Innovation, Communication and Collaboration, AMP Annalie Killian has been the Catalyst for Magic at AMP since 2000, acting as connector between the future and the present, the creative and the logical, the inside and the outside, the possibility and the reality, the imagination and the practical, the vision and the journey. In business speak, she is Director of Innovation, Collaboration and Communication. Her work focuses on catalysing new thinking and a culture of participation and collaboration - where stakeholders actively engage in the process of continuous improvement, business innovation and creation of new growth opportunities. She also champions the adoption of emerging technologies and since 2005, has been producing the bi-annual Innovation & Thought Leadership Festival, AMPLIFY, that draws global experts to Sydney and which provides an immersive learning experience for all of AMP's 3500 leaders and employees, customers and partners. Prior to AMP, Annalie lead the Public Affairs function of BHP Billiton in South Africa at a time that coincided with trebling the growth of the Aluminium Division, and South Africa's transition from apartheid to Democracy through the first democratic elections in 1995- an event she helped execute in the Zululand region. She became so immersed in the transformation call that after the elections, she shaped the company's entire philosophy to business and community partnerships. She was the founding CEO and Chairman of the Zululand Foundation, and architected many award-winning social innovations in sustainable community development, education and job creation. Annalie's career started with Deloitte where she qualified as an accountant. | |||
| Dimensions of organisation development Julian Gross, managing partner, International Management Institute Julian Gross is managing partner of International Management Institute, which develops and presents training courses for business schools both overseas and in Australia, and provides advisory services to business in Australia, and the Pacific region. Julian is also a director of Retail Fast Finance P/L, a consumer finance company and serves on the boards and/or executive bodies of various client companies. He is the author of many training programs including Finance at the University of Western Sydney, and the Business Management Certificate program offered by the Australian Institute of Management. Julian's latest text, “Dimensions of Organisation Development”, has become the development model followed by some of the best known companies in Australia. | |||
| E-Learning 2010: Innovation & Implementation Janet Clarey, Industry Analysyt and Researcher, Brandon Hall Research We don’t see nearly enough examples of what good e-learning actually looks like. Do you wonder what the best-of-the-best in e-learning are doing today and how are they are getting it done? Get inspired with a sampling of the best of innovative learning technology, games, mobile learning, video, virtual worlds, blended learning, and use of Web 2.0 tools from a variety of industries and countries. Get ideas for a successful implementation and then take a look ahead at some emerging technologies and trends sure to further disrupt our industry. Get inspired. Take action. And look into the future. Janet Clarey has worked on large scale LMS, LCMS, talent management systems, and synchronous learning platform implementations and is experienced in curriculum development and instructional design. Currently she is a Senior Researcher with Brandon Hall Research. As a learning industry analyst, Janet strives to help organizations make sense of the changing learning environment. In her current role, she specializes in providing objective research about workplace learning. Her goal is to work with organizations to apply research to create a sustainable, effective strategy. In addition to being a blogger, researcher, and analyst she attends graduate school at Syracuse University in the IDD&E program where she is working on her PhD. Janet will be conducting a pre-conference workshop Integrating Social Media to Improve Workplace Learning | |||
| Creative Thinking and Leadership – tools for turning L&D professionals into leaders One of the greatest challenges we face today is overcoming the barriers to stimulating creativity and innovation. We need to constantly create opportunities to connect with one another in new and meaningful ways. The barriers are ever present. We interact with boxes/screens instead of with one another. We are in danger of becoming a society where alienation, disengagement and self centeredness are entrenched in a world where human beings fail to capitalize on building lives, organisations and relationships that are generative and creative. Creative participation offers important tools to teach people how to think and therefore act differently. Creativity is not a unique talent. Many organisations today have turned to workplace innovation programs in the conviction that creativity is one key to competitive survival. And organisations know their ability to innovate lies in the creativity and abilities of their people. The individual needs to understand and adopt internal thinking processes that increase the potential for new thinking and meaningful leadership. Organisations have to do the same. Tomorrow’s competitive difference will be based on innovative ideas, the development of people who can imagine and create something new from novel and emerging knowledge. Creativity is the strategic tool of the 21st century. In this session you will learn: - Why creativity has become our most endangered species, and why it more important now than ever before - How creativity leads to improved wellbeing, social inclusion, innovation, leadership, productivity and transformation. - About some tools to unlock your individual and organisational creative potential Tania de Jong AM, Founder of Music Theatre Australia, Pot-Pourri, Creativity Australia and The Song Room Tania de Jong is the inspiration, co-founder and artistic director of internationally acclaimed singing group Pot-Pourri and Music Theatre Australia entertainment and event production company. A graduate of the University of Melbourne with a Bachelor of Law with Honours and the Victorian College of the Arts, Tania is considered one of Australia's most talented sopranos and has performed in over 40 countries and released 7 CDs. She has performed with the Victoria State Opera and as a soloist with a number of orchestras. In 2006 Tania received the Ernst and Young Australian Social Entrepreneur of the Year Award for her work in founding The Song Room. Tania's other awards include the "Outstanding Individual Contribution to Australian Culture", Churchill Fellowship and a Melbourne Award. She was a finalist in the Telstra Business Women's Awards and has recently been inducted into the AGSE Entrepreneurs Hall of Fame. She was named Brainlink Woman of Achievement 2009. Tania is on the Board of Child Abuse Prevention and Research Australia. She was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in June 2008 for service to the arts as a performer and entrepreneur and through the establishment and development of music and arts enrichment programs for schools and communities. She has recently founded Creativity Australia and Creative Universe to bring greater wellbeing, engagement and innovation into organisations through creative thinking and leadership programs. She works with a number of disadvantaged migrants and communities, as well as developing and presenting unique leadership development programs for organisations including BHP, Telstra, ANZ, La Trobe and Melbourne universities. (Trivia: She attended college in the USA on a tennis scholarship.) | |||
| CONCURRENT WORKSHOP DETAILS approx. 25 concurrent workshops to be confirmed! | |||
| Cool Tools for Creating Engaging e-Learning Activities There are countless ways to present material to learners – but which ones will encourage high level engagement, as well as help participants retain the learning required? In this demonstration workshop participants will have the opportunity to experience and play with a range of different technology tools that can be used to enhance or build an integrated, engaging online learning program – including the use of Nintendo Wii, interactive whiteboards and point-of-view glasses to engage learners. This session has specific relevance for workplace trainers, program developers, online learning coordinators, and instructional designers. It will also benefit IT professionals wanting to incorporate educational perspectives in e-learning. Debbie Soccio has worked in the vocational education sector, both in industry, with private RTOs, in the adult literacy sector and within TAFE for 17 years. In her current position, she works as a consultant focussing on the embedding of e-learning into businesses and training. Her particular interests are in the field of supporting teachers to develop programs and e-learning resources for students. She is particularly interested in assisting staff to incorporate the use of multimedia to document the journeys that students are taking in their own lives and in their formal learning. Debbie is interested in using new technologies (including audio based activities in online learning and using digital stories to provide interactive multimedia materials for students.) Debbie is a senior eLearning consultant at e-Works and the Victorian e-Learning Coordinator for the Australian Flexible Learning Framework. | |||
| CASE STUDY: Luxottica How simplicity, speed and passion get results Changing the culture of how an organisation perceives core people processes such as Performance Appraisals, Development Plans and Talent is a constant battle for HR professionals. Hear how at Luxottica a suite of people tools were implemented over a short period of time and gained a following along the way. This session will highlight: - Taking risks and doing what's right for the organisation and the people - Applying creative thinking to how you develop and implement people processes - Telling the story of core people processes Tracey McMillan is Learning & Development Director of Luxottica and is responsible for the L&D strategy, plan and execution across Australia and New Zealand. Tracey works with a team of L&D professionals, who create solutions for all employees; from casual sales associates to theExecutive Team. As head of the L&D function she manages the internal Leadership Development Program for 150+ Senior Leaders. | |||
| CASE STUDY: NightOwl Convenience NOEL – NightOwl E-Learning Platform “A world without borders” This session will explore the journey taken by NightOwl Convenience to turn their paper-based training function into a world-class eLearning platform that encompasses all areas of the national organisation. Learn how this initiative has benefited the company’s franchisees, staff and support centre team members, improving performance levels and compliance – achieved within a relatively low budget and extremely short space of time. This truly is a rags to riches training story! This session will highlight: - The NightOwl journey - What to look for in an E-Learning platform provider - The Benefits of E-Learning - Return on Investment - Organisational impact and acceptance - If I build it will they come? Overcoming disinterested parties and encouraging passionate ones - Future Plans Lisa-Marie Kerr joined the NightOwl Team as Training Manager in February 2009. Prior to this role, she spent almost ten years as a Franchisee in some of the country’s largest coffee and fast food chains. Lisa-Marie’s passion for people and desire and drive to make a difference on a larger scale inspired her to move into the field of Training and Development. Since then, she has never looked back. In her short time with NightOwl, Lisa-Marie has taken the organisation’s paper-based training function and turned it into a world-class eLearning platform - the first of its kind in the Australian convenience industry. | |||
| Gadgets and more! Tom Worthington, (aka the Net Traveller) demonstrates some cool gadgets, courseware and software being used in Learning & Development. Tom Worthington is an IT consultant and has been an expert witness in several court cases involving international patent, computer, web and Internet issues, as well as advising governments and companies on computer problems. He is a Adjunct Senior Lecturer in the Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology at the Australian National University, where he teaches the design of web sites, e-commerce and professional ethics. In 1999 he was elected a Fellow of the Australian Computer Society for his contribution to the development of public Internet policy. In addition, Tom has an interest in architecture, environmental design, energy and water saving technology. He is the founding chair of the ACS Green ICT Group, and has been invited as a guest lecturer on the effects of ICT on urban design for the Bauhaus Dessau and on smart apartment design at the University of Canberra. Tom is author of the book Net Traveller and information technology professional, with 22 years experience. He writes about buying and selling on the net, e-commerce, net business, people using the Internet and travel. Tom is a past president, Fellow and Honorary Life Member of the Australian Computer Society, a voting member of the Association for Computing Machinery and a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers | |||
| CASE STUDY: Hume City Council Partnerships in Improving Community Learning - the Emerging Role of Local Government The workshop will showcase the model of the Hume Global Learning Village, and Hume City Council in Melbourne, giving examples of how the model can positively impact on community learning, provide additional opportunity for training organisations, engage tertiary institions in research, and raise the profile of local government. This session will highlight: - The power of partnerships to challenge paradigms - Getting more from local government leadership - How to engage the community in learning more often and to a higher level. Geroge Osborne served 22 years as an officer in the Australian Army, including a 2-year appointment as a Strategic Planner with the US Marines, for which he was awarded the US Meritorious Service Medal. During his military career he completed training in the UK and USA, and in turn delivered training in Malaysia, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand. In 2000 George left the Army to take up an appointment as Manager Training and Development with the Country Fire Authority in Ballarat with responsibility for approx 3000 volunteers and 100 staff. In 2006 George became the General Manager of Training and Community Services with BEST Community Development, a multi award winning not for profit organisation based in Ballarat. This included responsibility for the RTO function and a range of youth and disability training and support services. He commenced as Manager Learning Community in 2008 with Hume City Council in Melbourne with responsibility for the 5 Library Branches, the Global Learning Centre and the Hume Global Learning Village network. Dr Leone Wheeler is Program Director, Learning Community Partnership group within the College of Design and Social Context at RMIT University. Learning Community Partnerships brokers learning and research opportunities at RMIT University’s Hamilton Centre and through a range of learning partnerships in Melbourne’s North. Dr Wheeler researches in the field of learning community partnerships, social inclusion, and sustainability. Dr Wheeler has several years experience developing learning partnerships in area of strategic importance to RMIT University. Dr Wheeler coordinates the Hume Global Learning Village research working party and takes on responsibility for an annual research seminar for practitioners, academics and policy makers as an outcome of the City of Hume’s Learning Together Strategy. She is a board member on two Local Learning and Employment Networks in Melbourne’s North and on Regional Development Australia – Northern Metropolitan Melbourne Board. Her Doctorate examines the development of a sustainable operational framework through the exploration of learning network models and practices. She applies this knowledge to the learning communities in which she works. | |||
| CASE STUDY: NT Department of Education and Training "Learning at and through Work" ePortfolio for Indigenous Assistant Teachers This workshop showcases a classroom practice and qualification model for Indigenous Assistant Teachers that satisfies the specific training demands of a small, geographically dispersed audience. This cost effective model is enhanced by the use of an ePortfolio system before, during and after the professional learning event. This session will highlight: - Using ePortfolios for learning or assessment purposes. - Using ePortfolios for “Learning at and through Work” (school based evidence model of training delivery and assessment. - Using ePortfolios for professional development, personal learning plans, purposes that are both process and product focused. - Using ePortfolios for reflective and collaborative study pathways towards Teacher Training. Kerry Grace is currently Director - Indigenous and Remote Workforce Development, with the NT Department of Education and Training and has an extensive background in the training and development. Kerry is a teacher with over 27 years experience in a diverse range of adult education and training activities in both the private and public sectors in Australia and New Zealand. Kerry has a strong executive / operational management background in education & training, human resource development, business and organisational development, information management systems, health, physical education and recreation, via a range of service delivery areas covering: Public Safety, Public Service, Education, Heath, Sport and Recreation, Community Services and Information Technology. In 2006, Kerry initiated a project that saw the use of iPods and MARVIN (the international recognised NT invention for teaching) to assist and reinforce learning for Indigenous staff undertaking complex law and policy training programs. This initiative was recognised at the 2006 NT Information and Communications Technology Awards – where the project won the Technology Enabling Award, for excellence in a broad category of ICT solutions implemented within or for an organisation that resides in the Northern Territory and also a special commendation in the Judge's Platinum Award for overall excellence and contribution to the ICT Industry. He holds a Master of Education degree, Diplomas in Teaching and Physical Education, Certificate IV in Training and Assessment (Cert IV AWT) and also hold tertiary units in the areas of management, qualitative and quantitative analysis, statistics and business. | |||
| Transfer of Learning - whose role is it anyway? Successful 'transfer of learning' is what we strive to achieve. Whose responsibility this is and what this looks like depends upon your organisation. In this workshop we will explore a number of approaches based upon the Broad and Newstrom data and the Corporate Leadership Council Organsational Learning Design principles and the early feedback is very positive for all the stakeholders in the learning process and has resulted in tangible outcomes in the workplace. This session will highlight: - How the Broad and Newstrom 'Transfer of Learning' data can be practiced in the workplace based upon direct experience - The application of the '70:20:10' learning principles and how they can be 'blended' into your learning design - Flexible templates for directionalised learning experience for participants to use in their own workplace - Learning Insights tool for participants to use in their own workplace - Facilitated discussion on 'lessons learnt' the story so far based upon my own experience so far. Colleen Cavanagh is a senior Learning and Development professional. She has worked in L&D for 10 years and has extensive experience in the learning and development space at an individual, team, divisional and national level. Her focus has been to work on skills and strategies to support the changing brand and people strategies. Her strength lies in the P words- she is passionate about learning; persists with those who don't think they have time to learn; is patient with the business as it works towards becoming and being a ‘learning culture’ and takes a pragmatic approach with learning philosophy and design (she delivers a learning outcome within the existing constraints of the business). Colleen has had the privilege of working with Philippa Bond at INFORM, Rod Matthews at IMPACT, Michael Collins at Talent Solutions and Alison Bickford at Connect Thinking and learnt much from all of them in relation to generative learning principles and learning psychology. She applies much of their wisdom into the workplace and actively share new learnings with other L&D professionals. | |||
| CASE STUDY: The Laminex Group They call us weird See how Laminex has built an effective L&D approach that provides real learning and experience, workplace relevance and Nationally Recognised Qualifications. People want to participate. We wonder why some external people say we are weird! We just think it is normal. Laminex has designed and developed a highly engaging programme called SkillsPlus. In essence, it is 100+ specific learning programmes to target business needs and compliance. The programmes are structured in such a way that employees can achieve a Nationally Recognised qualification. The programme is voluntaryand includes a number of small but high value added workplace projects plus opportunities to gain exposure to other parts of the business. This session will highlight: - Engaging employees people in learning - Making learning relevant to business outcomes - Gaining support from senior management - Providing external recognition for L&D Mark Walter has led the L&D team at The Laminex Group for over eight years. With the support of a small and dedicated team, he has built an approach to learning and development that has a reputation for being responsive and adding value. The team focusses on enhancing business capability through employee engagement and people development. Mark has held previous roles in generalist HR, Employee Relations and Human Resources Development and he has worked in both the public and private sectors (Holeproof, Holden and the Royal Australian Air Force). | |||
| CASE STUDY: State Trustees Using Capability Frameworks to Anchor Organisation Strategy The five year strategy for State Trustees includes the development of centres of technical excellence to underpin business development and growth. The organisation is currently 2 years into a journey to introduce job specific capability profiles to underin structured leanring frameworks, tracking organisational capability, enhancing learning discussions and plans, supporting performance management and new remuneration systems. This session will highlight: - The importance of connecting learning strategies to organisational strategy - How simple models can support the development of major organisational learning frameworks - How to keep focus and momentum over extending periods of time - Using old learning ideas to help meet new challenges - What we have learned about changing culture (what we have got right and what hasn't gone so well) John Barton has had over twenty five years Human Resource Management experience including 12 years specialising in learning and organisational development. He approaches his workshops with an almost unique prespective having worked in variety different industries, including manufacturing and financial services, as well as a variety of corporate and operational leadership positions. He is an engaging speaker with a passion for helping people to build on their own and others experience, to gain insight and see the value in persuing new opportunities. | |||
| Case Study: Arup From Provider to Partner - the Evolving Role of Learning & Development in Organisations Whilst much has been written about the need for L&D departments to operate as strategic business partners with a seat at the executive decision making table, the reality in many organisations is that they are still primarily viewed as "training providers". In this session the ongoing learning and development journey at Arup will be outlined, where an increased focus on the internal consulting aspect of the L&D function has resulted in a shift from a series of disparate and ad-hoc offerings to a more integrated suite of programs that are more closely aligned with the needs of the firm. During this interactive session we will explore practical suggestions for L&D professionals looking to increase their levels of influence and consequently maximise their effectiveness in the workplace. This session will highlight: - why everyone benefits from advancements in the relationship between L&D and the business - the learning & development journey at Arup - strategies for increasing influence with stakeholders - new ways of thinking about your role in L&D Greg Williams has worked in a variety of learning and development roles over the last 20 years, both as an internal consultant and an external provider. He is currently the Regional Learning & Development Manager at Arup, a global firm of consulting engineers, designers, planners and project managers. Greg is responsible for the development and implementation of an L&D strategy that supports 1100 staff across 7 Australasian offices in achieving the firm's business objectives. Passionate about the value of learning in business and in life generally, Greg is interested in the evolving role of learning and training professionals in the modern organisational landscape. | |||
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