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Welcome back to Season Two where our focus is on Learning and Development and our guest is Roger Mason Head of Learning and Development at Reed Global.

Reed was set up in the 1960’s by Sir Alex Red, still run by the Reed family and has since expanded into Europe and Asia. Reed is a business is one that started before the internet age that has transitioned to be a leader online.

Roger talks about how one of the biggest things that informed Reed’s strategy are the needs of the business. He talks about how learning is hard to measure and how expectations haven’t existed on how to measure the impact. There is much more focus now on performance, so learning with an outcome. He explains how conversations at Learning conferences are moving from Gamification and e-learning modules off the shelf to train compliance to AI, Analytics and robotics

Listen out for :

• Holistic Development - developing the whole person eg. Mentor Programme
• Discussion of cost of Mental Health problems on the economy ( £35 billion a year up from 26 million 10 years ago)
• Reed Mentoring Programme - they aim to pair people with others who are further along. Specific programmes for Graduates, Women aspiring for Leadership.
• Training provided to Mentors and Mentees.
• Details of the Apprenticeship provided
• The ambiguity of Holistic Development
• Nailing the basics & Start Small
• The Future of L&D
• The machines are catching up

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