Corporate learning
Rediscovering the physical workspace
When taking stock of the large unplanned working from home experiment that the pandemic has forced us to engage in, one has to say that it worked much better than we all thought. Both, from a technology as well as a from productivity point of view. A lot has to do with the pandemic being…
Read MoreThe future of corporate learning facilities
Several members approached EFMD Global for insights into what other companies would do with their dedicated learning facilities during the pandemic and what plans they would have for the time thereafter. Consequently, we ran a quick survey among the EFMD corporate network. 49 respondents shared their views. In summary: There is a large variation in…
Read MoreEFMD’s Executive Development Conference for the first time fully online
“This was brilliantly organised. Certainly, one of the best and most user-friendly virtual conference environments.” We are happy for the very positive feedback from almost 100 participants at this year’s Executive Development Conference. And we learned a lot on our path to preparing an engaging online conference, with four particular lessons to share: Optimising user-friendliness…
Read MoreIs remote working here to stay?
EFMD conducted the fourth call on corporate learning in times of a pandemic, this time raising the question ‘is remote working here to stay?’. The Zoom call was well received by members from Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Martin Moehrle, EFMD’s Director of Corporate Services, shared the results of a survey asking the call…
Read MoreCorporate learning in the time of a pandemic
In response to the current crisis, EFMD set up a series of Zoom calls for its corporate members to discuss the challenges and opportunities brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. Save the date for our third call on the topic of “Corporate learning in times of a pandemic 3” on 28 May 11:00 – 12:00…
Read MoreCorporate learning during a crisis 2
Our second videoconference on 30 April gathered about 40 members from the EFMD corporate network to learn and discuss ‘how to adapt the learning portfolio to a materially changed context’. It followed our first call on 23 March that focused on ‘how to keep the workforce engaged and productive under remote working conditions’, and will…
Read MoreCovid-19 Weekly Update from the Experts at Grenoble Ecole de Management Issue No.5
Grenoble Ecole de Management brings to you its fifth Covid-19 issue with opinions from its experts on the evolutions they foresee in confinement and productivity, history repeating itself and higher education strategy. Confinement: does our time have to be profitable? The MEDEF (the leading network of entrepreneurs in France) is calling out to work twice…
Read MoreAgile Learning in a Pandemic
Notes from the EFMD Agile Learning SIG community call on 31 March 2020 As organisations across Asia and Europe started grappling with the effects of COVID-19, EFMD and PA Consulting organised a special community call with the Special Interest Group (SIG) on Agile Learning on the topic of agile learning in a pandemic. Nine learning and…
Read MoreCorporate learning during a crisis
EFMD invited its corporate members to participate in a Zoom call on 23 March on the topic of corporate learning during the pandemic. Over fifty learning & development professionals joined the call from 14 countries to discuss the following issues: How to keep the organisation’s workforce engaged and productive, and maintain their capacity to work…
Read MoreGlobal Case Competition Harvard 2020
Global Case Competition Harvard 2020 A call to all students, Are you interested in M&A and Private Equity? Then look no further than the “Global Case Competition at Harvard” (GCCH). The “GCCH” is one of the most prestigious and largest finance case competitions world wide, in which your team will solve a case…
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