As 2017 closes, we're taking the opportunity to reflect on the lessons learned and insight gained over the year. In October some of L&D's biggest names spoke at  Corinium’s Chief Learning Officer Forum, Fall which took place recently in Boston, was this year’s premier meeting place for L&D leaders across North America. The first day of the conference took attendees on a journey  looking at how to survive as a leader in today’s digital world with key focuses on emerging technologies such as AI, VR and AR, as well as how to effectively get the most of out micro-learning and BYOD. For more information on our digital day, please see our blog post HERE
We learned about some of today's biggest challenges in the L&D community including; What it takes to become a real CLO to drive employees to accept and embrace new learning methods and technologies, Change management in a rapidly advancing technology environment to embrace change and become energized by the opportunity to acquire knowledge and develop new skills and The power of data to help transform your learning strategy to marry data and learning to drive business results and the importance of data analysis to create a unified goal across multiple departments including I.T, human resources and talent management.

Today’s workforce isn’t what it used to be. As we enter 2018, we are approaching a time where traditional organizational design is shifting to respond to the speed and changing priorities of enterprises. Companies are moving away from the hierarchical structures of the past in favour of a flatter, more nimble, team-based approach. Whether you’re ready or not, your employees expect that you will prepare them to thrive and compete in this fast-paced and changing environment. As a result, the Chief Learning Officer role is as important as ever, to establish learning strategies that integrate with day-to-day work and equip employees with the cross-functional skills they need. Learning is no longer a luxury, it’s a strategy.

The  upcoming Chief Learning Officer Forum, Spring which will be taking place on May 15-17 2018 in San Francisco is already drawing up a lot of excitement across the community with headline names from Macy's, Uber, Expedia, Virgin Orbit and Gap Inc it is set to become North America's meeting place for L&D executives.

In this changing world of work, join us to dscover how learning as a capability has to evolve and it has to be accessible, agile and flexible with key themes including:

• Design thinking and learning
• How to create a learning culture and help your organization grow
• The powerful model of corporate universities
• Integrating diversity and Inclusion into your learning & talent development programs to reap maximum organizational value
• Supporting the learning needs of a multi-generational workforce
• Taking the driver’s seat for organizational change

Our Disruption of Digital learning focus day will give Chief Learning Officers and learning leaders the rapidly increase their technology wisdom to handle the significant shifts in technology innovation and deployment in our workplaces. Many CLOs can navigate the current conversations about talent/learning databases and mobile devices and can decode many conversations as they delve into the inner workings of application programming interfaces, technology stacks and clouds. And, as good leaders should, they rely on their team members to support their tech-readiness along the way, today's world is changing and CLO's  need to be prepared, forward thinking and open to technology to ensure they don't fall behind in the digital age.

As a learning professional, you’ve been focusing over the years on building and developing your learning strategy . But times have changed — and so has your role.
Make sure to join us at The Chief Learning Officer Forum, Spring Conference, book your pass HERE before it's too late

Content Director- CLO Forum Spring