Posts by EFMD
2019 – Hacer que los recursos humanos sean a prueba del futuro
Steps on the way to omni-learning
– By Peppe Auricchio – Corporate learning’s transformation is being announced across all channels, and with increasing vociferousness. Practitioners and experts alike warn that the way employees learn today is nothing like the learning of old – and hence, that disruption is upon us. This disruption, they say, concerns both the learning experience and the learning…
Read More10 Reasons for Social Leadership
– By Julian Stodd – As we move ever further into the Social Age, those mechanisms of power and control that got us this far will not be enough to get us the rest of the way: alongside hierarchy and system, we need community and trust, and those will be earned through developing strong Social…
Read MoreWhat if you had satellite navigation – for everything?
– By Nick Shackleton-Jones – There’s a popular saying What got you here, won’t get you there. Today this is nowhere as true as it is in training. The world of courses, competencies and certification is rapidly evaporating – replaced by a new ecosystem of resources, guidance and ratings. As automation advances it consumes the…
Read MoreOrganisational design for a socially dynamic organisation
– By Julian Stodd – The Socially Dynamic Organisation is evolved: it is strong not simply through formal hierarchy, infrastructure and governance but rather through innovation, agility and the strength of its communities. It is fundamentally reimagined from those organisations that came before: no longer a remnant of Victorian architectures of power and control but rather…
Read MoreSiemens Global Learning Campus: The Siemens Learning World
– By Kai Liebert – Siemens offers its employees and managers throughout the world many diverse opportunities to develop their skills. Topics include Siemens products, specialist knowledge and methodology and businessspecific and process-specific expertise. Employees across the world can access learning programmes via intranet portals, reach agreements with their managers on learning measures to be taken…
Read MoreWhat is Digital Age Learning?
– By Regis Chasse – We live in the information age (aka the digital age), which is a period in human history characterised by a shift from industrial production to information and computerisation, changing significantly how people interact with businesses and each other. Today, information is readily available and free. The democratisation of access to…
Read MoreWhy Digital Age Learning is important
– By Nigel Paine – In the current Global Human Capital Trends report, which Deloitte has produced for the last five years, the focus has exclusively turned to “rewriting the rules for the digital age”. In the Preface, the authors defend this focus by claiming that “in an age of disruption business and HR leaders are…
Read MoreExcellence in Practice 2017
This year’s cases showed some strengthening and deepening of trends we have noticed in recent years. And they also showed how the difference in speed of adoption of new technologies is influencing practices across companies, across departments and across populations. First, the challenges continue to be framed in a combination of organisational and participant perspectives…
Read MoreRefocusing for leadership – Cisco & LIW
– GOLD WINNER OF THE 2017 EXCELLENCE IN PRACTICE AWARDS – CISCO and long-term partner LIW combined to upgrade and refocus a programme to support individuals making the transition from technical leader to business leader Cisco is transforming on a grand scale: transitioning from a hardware company into a software and solutions leader. It needs exceptional…
Read MoreCreating a culture of innovation – Telenor & INSEAD
– GOLD WINNER OF THE 2017 EXCELLENCE IN PRACTICE AWARDS – How an INSEAD–Telenor online learning innovation delivered powerful new techniques for executing business strategy and creating value How do you turn one of the world’s oldest and largest telecommunications companies into an agile, innovative, customer-focused digital services provider? Even more daunting, how do you align…
Read MoreMy Way: choose to go further – PricewaterhouseCoopers & PWC My Way
– SILVER WINNER OF THE 2017 EXCELLENCE IN PRACTICE AWARDS – My Way, a transformational development programme at PwC, has proved its success in developing leaders who can inspire others by their words and actions PwC is a network of members firms, mostly focusing on audit and assurance, tax and consulting services. PwC employs 223,468 people…
Read MorePutting trust in the future – Old Mutual Wealth & Accelerance
– SILVER WINNER OF THE 2017 EXCELLENCE IN PRACTICE AWARDS – How Accelerance and Old Mutual Wealth developed a strong and collaborative partnership The “Enabling Positive Futures Programme” is a powerful example of the impact organisations can achieve through a dynamic relationship model we call “Trust-based Partnerships”. Such partnerships create the optimum conditions to challenge assumptions…
Read MoreResponding to the challenge – Norwegian Armed Forces Study Center & BI Norwegian Business School
– SILVER WINNER OF THE 2017 EXCELLENCE IN PRACTICE AWARDS – The Norwegian Armed Forces and BI Norwegian Business School establish a three-year masters degree programme to combat national security challenges “The key challenges facing Euro-Atlantic security such as terrorism, hybrid warfare and organised crime are deeply interconnected and, with that, so are their solutions. No…
Read MoreImplementing change in a global company – Nokia & Complex Adaptive Leadership & Abilitie
– GOLD WINNER OF THE 2017 EXCELLENCE IN PRACTICE AWARDS – How a partnership provided support for leadership development in a global company undergoing a major transformation In a fast-moving market where financial agility is critical, securing funds for a new leadership development solution is never a foregone conclusion. This is especially the case when the…
Read MoreMore life on Mars – Mars & Center for Creative Leadership
– GOLD WINNER OF THE 2017 EXCELLENCE IN PRACTICE AWARDS – Wouldn’t it be ideal if every company’s investment in professional development resulted in measurable ROI over both the immediate and long-term? Perhaps you think this is impossible. However, companies can achieve it A case in point is Mars, a confectionary and pet food giant, as…
Read MoreTackling the UK’s diabetes crisis – Diabetes UK, Ashridge Executive Education & Novo Nordisk
– GOLD WINNER OF THE 2017 EXCELLENCE IN PRACTICE AWARDS – Collaboration and exploration has resulted in the creation of an innovative intervention to improve the lives of thousands of people in the UK living with diabetes. Despite facing a seemingly impossible situation the programme is producing major improvements in diabetes healthcare delivery, has addressed highly…
Read MoreCurriculum, certification and community – Capgemini & Capgemini University
– SILVER WINNER OF THE 2017 EXCELLENCE IN PRACTICE AWARDS – The Engagement Managers transformation programme has united Capgemini’s main delivery roles with a common global curriculum, certification framework and community to drive a greater competitive edge In early 2013, Capgemini’s senior “engagement managers” (EMs) met to share their views and agree the direction for an…
Read MoreGrowth partners – ANZ & University of South Australia Business School
– SILVER WINNER OF THE 2017 EXCELLENCE IN PRACTICE AWARDS – Financial services companies are experiencing disruption on a global scale. Banks in particular are recognising that they need to demonstrate relevance, provide value and find new ways to differentiate themselves Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ to the world) understands that one way to remain relevant is to help…
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