Did you know that Louisiana in the US is the first place in the world to have climate refugees due to flooding. They may be the first but @tessrobinsonLAS tells us they won’t be the last. #LT23UK#T5S1
We just got asked how people in the room feel about #climatechange. Here are some of the answers from Menti. #LT23UK#T5S1
But even so … most organisations are not doing enough or aren’t communicating what they’re doing - so people are unsure. #LT23UK#T5S1
We just got asked a BIG question from @tessrobinsonLAS - Why don’t people talk more about climate change? Really interesting answers - it can be polarising and divisive, it’s uncomfortable, it can be complex and we don’t feel expert, it can appear critical of others #LT23UK#T5S1
We need to break #climatesilence by listening, asking for people’s thoughts and being willing to have open and small conversations about it. Create space for agency and trust and make people feel psychologically safe #climatechange #LT23UK#T5S1
#Storytelling is an important part of the #climatechange discussion. “A story does what facts and statistics never can: it inspires and motivates. the audience tuned in because they see themselves woven into the story” : Daniel Taylor - The power of stories #LT23UK#T5S1
And here @LearnTechUK we’re now putting our #storytelling skills into action. @tessrobinsonLAS has invited the room to form small groups & everyone is talking animatedly and sharing stories about how they are addressing #climatechange in their own organisations #LT23UK#T5S1
A mic drop to end from @tessrobinsonLAS. She shared a video from Wangari Maathai. Short & impactful showing a hummingbird putting out a fire 1 drop of water at a time. Gave me goosebumps. Key msg: we should all be doing what we can. Watch at #LT23UK#T5S1
Now @Brittany_Sage_B starts telling us HOW - how can we be better what are concrete things we do to bring about #sustainability. She’s telling us how her team does it. Insider insight!
Did you know that in many cases it’s #procurement experts leading the charge for #climatechange. Not experts - people just like you and me. Mindblown 🤯. #LT23UK#T5S1
And did you know that @KraftHeinzCo are here at @LearnTechUK in the #exhibition you can right down and ask them about how they embed sustainability into their procurement processes. @Brittany_Sage_B assures us they are happy to help and share their knowledge #LT23UK#T5S1
And @KraftHeinzCo even have a Masters programme doing a blended learning approach that includes storytelling, experience sharing and the use of technology. It’s hybrid - virtual and in person. And they’re doing it for their first cohort of 15 starting very soon. #LT23UK#T5S1
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The next session I’m covering @LearnTechUK was made for me. Not only is it about #learning but it’s about #Agile as well. Whoop whoop! We’ve got Jodie Pritchard from @CitizensAdvice and Richard Kerridge from @HPE. I can’t wait!!!! #LT23UK#T3S5
Jodie’s up first and she starts with a reminder of what the #AgileValues & #AgilePrinciples are (pictured) with a reminder that we can replace “software” with whatever we’re making, that simplicity is a focus on what people want and co-location with working closely #LT23UK#T3S5
By the way, in case you were wondering, here’s what Jodie looks like up on screen and here’s how you can find her on LinkedIn where she’s more active: linkedin.com/in/jodiepritch…#LT23UK#T3S5
It’s Day 2 of @LearnTechUK & my first session is about Learning Personalisation. Personalising #learning can improve retention & performance. But how do we get there? Nicola McNeillie from @AstraZeneca & David Kelly @LnDDave from @LearningGuild will tell us. #LT23UK#T4S4
David is up first! And he starts with a hilarious story. He spoke at @LearnTechUK yesterday on #EmergingTechnologies & when he was looking at his social media mentions yesterday he saw one that said “Personalised learning doesn’t exist” attributed to him. Whoops! #LT23UK#T4S4
In the final session I’m covering today at @LearnTechUK, Michael Edwards & Maya Harris from @McKinsey share their internal process to help informal #learning happen more often & more systematically. I look forward to telling you all their secrets in this thread #LT23UK#T2S3
Neither Michael nor Maya are active on Twitter (sad times) but if you wanted to know what they look like and what they do - here you go! At McKinsey Michael is Global Leader, Way We Work Director of People & Ops. Maya is a Senior Learning Manager. #LT23UK#T2S3
In this session we’ll be talking a lot about #apprenticeship but not in the the traditional sense. At @McKinsey they use the word “apprenticeship” to mean #OnTheJob#Learning on the job. This is really important for the context of the session (& this thread). #LT23UK#T2S3
Does the focus on building skills mean we might be missing a trick when it comes to improving wider org performance? No clue - but I bet Charles Jennings @charlesjennings has some insight & answers! I’ll listen in here at @LearnTechUK and keep you posted, shall I? #LT23UK#T3S2
Covering the session with me is the one and only Ben Waldman @LandD_Ben - so you KNOW I’m already having ALL THE FUN. Let the tweeting begin #LT23UK#T3S2
And guess who the chair is?!?! It’s a friendly face. The one and only @ZahraCJ! Hey Zarah!!! 👋🏽👋🏽👋🏽 #LT23UK#T3S2