Does L&D’s special position within an organisation make it uniquely placed to help drive sustainability and liberate employees to act on the ‘green agenda’ we see many companies adopting?

This session will give you the chance to critically assess challenges, best practices, and success stories around brining engagement to what is only going to become a more prevalent issue.

Learning and development is about nothing if not changing behaviors, therefore it must play a role in any organisation’s realisation of their ESG goals.

Join in a discussion that will show you how both formal initiatives and changing micro-behaviours can have a long terms net benefit on the environmental footprint of your company.

Discuss also how to truly empower your employees to take autonomous action and walk away with strategies on dealing with resistance to change.

How to show the value of learning and development programmes is essential, and not an issue to be left until commencing L&D initiatives.

At the heart of this session, we’ll be looking at what ‘impact’ should mean for our own needs and how we demonstrate ROI for further investment in L&D initiatives.
– Is there benefit in segmenting the hard and soft skill benefits of training programmes with reflectively segmented business goals?
– Does a decentralisation of your learning and development teams enhance the deliverability and applicability of the solutions you are providing?
– What are the right questions to ask that fundamentally critique the ROI suitability of a learning and development initiative?

Hear from Tony Dang and Jacob Zhivov on how Coles are pioneering the usage of virtual reality to spearhead their diversity, equity, inclusivity and inclusion strategies.

In this fantastic session, you will have the chance to experience a VR demo of how Coles, have built 4 dynamic minority characters and how microaggressions can impact their day-to-day exclusions from workplace culture.

As part of this think tank you will have the chance to discuss, critique and collaborate on effective ways to build an inclusive culture based on direct evidence and storytelling of how microaggressions’ impact employee wellbeing.

Finally, you will also be able to discuss and interactively explore the strategies for success deployed by Coles.

In an era where disruptive technologies, novel learning paradigms, and ever-evolving skill needs are rewriting the playbook, aligning with the forefront of change is not just an option, but a necessity.

Join us in exclusive opportunity to get early access to five new models of learning, developed by MBS and industry leaders participating in MBS’s Future of Learning Incubator. These innovative concepts include ‘Credential My Projects,’ ‘New Career for the New Economy,’ ‘Job Pitch,’ ‘Skills Match’ and ‘LeadX.’

Engage in this immersive session, considering how these new models meet the unique needs of your L&D initiatives and organisations.

Melbourne Business School (MBS) is Australia’s leading provider of business education and insight, renowned for its mission to cultivate ideas and leaders that foster a sustainable future.