It’s good to have food for thought and the body as well. This is what happened at our breakfast event where our panelists Mervi Airaksinen (Microsoft), Elina Lankinen (Relex Solutions), Antti Ijäs (Denso) and Jaakko Kotila (WithSecure) shared their insights and experiences on what learning means in their organization.
Takeaways
Key takeaways from the panel discussion included the need to upskill the existing workforce to remain competitive in the global war for talent. One way to do this is for leaders to have an open dialogue on employee’s skills and meet their learning needs in the constantly changing business environment. This may be challenging in the hybrid world of work but ever so important from the point of view of employee experience. In fact, this is one of the areas that many companies are now investing in to retain talent as traditional compensation methods no longer apply. People want to learn and develop in their work, to have transferable skills and the only way to do this is to be exposed to learning experiences.
We all agreed that learning must happen all the time, it needs to be tailored and support the company strategy. Panelists shared their most memorable learning experiences which included a mob coding with a lead coder, a book club discussing relevant literature, learning how customers in the bank can receive a bank card in 15 minutes straight and gaining perspective through insightful dialogue.
Splended believes in the power of community and learning in the social space. This is why we bring teams together to engage in activities and dialogue and to share their knowledge in a safe environment. We build confidence with the best trainers but also with our carefully designed training concepts that meet the needs of the participants.
Feedback
Some feedback from the participants:
“Great breakfast, facilities worked well. Perhaps if anything to improve, a little more time could have been spent on audience-panel interaction.”
“A well organised and interesting event. I felt welcomed and there was a relaxed atmosphere. The panel was interesting and the speakers were good. Of course, I would have preferred to go more explicitly into the concrete.”
“The duration of the event was appropriate and the atmosphere was nice and intimate with a smaller group. The dynamics of the panel was excellent and relaxed. The service was also excellent. I would have been happy to attend a similar event for a one-off fee. The topic is so broad that this could be a similar type of event, even quarterly, with a changing panel and different emphasis on the theme, for which you could buy a set of tickets or individual sessions.”
“Well organised, lovely breakfast, great facilities and really good and diverse speakers.”
“Thank you for a nice event. There was a good atmosphere. Suitably long and breakfast time worked well.”
“Inspiring, thought-provoking, reignited our own motivation, great to hear how we all revolve around the same questions and how much we can learn from each other in our encounters. More of these. Thank you!”
“Great panelists, great breakfast and a good time to network and discuss. Could well have our own themes in the future around the same topic.”
Pictures from the breakfast session can be found on our Instagram page.
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