3 Key Takeaways from the Learning@Work Conference

 

What a great few days at the Learning@Work conference this week.

Coming into it’s third year, the conference is one of Australia’s largest workplace learning conferences. There were some great speakers and we saw a focus towards social learning and new learning technologies. You can check out who was speaking on the Learn@Work website.

My 3 key takeaways from the conference are:

Self Directed Learning

Vivien Dale from Northwest TAFE did a wonderful talk on self directed learning, and their journey with 70:20:10. She shared how they are encouraging people to engage in self directed learning – I really loved that concept!

Using trends to make decisions

Laura Overton from Towards Maturity was a central feature of the conference. She had flown over from the UK to share news ahead of Towards Maturity’s latest benchmark launch, and it was a real eye opener to see how we can use analytics, figures and trends to shape our decisions in learning. Their benchmark results will be released on 5 November – join the live webinar to find out what this year’s top performing learning organisations can teach us about preparing for the future of learning. Over 600 L&D leaders from 49 countries contributed to this year’s study.

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 Great Conversations

I had some really great conversations with others about how they’re coping with the fast rate of change in business.

I captured some thoughts at the end of the conference on video – check it out below. Apologies in advance for the conference background noise!

You can also check out the Twitter backchannel from the conference here or search the backchannel #LearnatWorkAU.

Emma Weber is a recognized authority on the transfer of learning. As CEO of Lever – Transfer of Learning, she has helped companies such as Telstra, Oracle and BMW deliver and measure tangible business results from learning. Emma has also been a guest speaker at learning effectiveness conferences worldwide and authored the hugely successful book Turning Learning into Action. Much more detail around the issues and solutions examined in this article are available in the book – please feel free to download a free chapter.