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AGL’s Energy Efficiency Journey: Why Culture Eats Strategy for Breakfast AGL's Head of Asset Systems explains why you should be focusing on culture transformation instead of initiatives, and outlines how they have engaged AGLs leadership to come on their transformation journey.

The L&D Innovation Research Report 2019 Senior Learning & Development professionals have had their say about the state of L&D innovation in 2019 in a recent series of roundtable discussions across Australia.

7 Habits Of Highly Successful Losers Losing, and more importantly losing successfully, is an important part of building a winning culture. Paddy Upton shares seven traits that highly successful losers have in common, and how you can use these as a springboard for success.

Flexible Working: The Xero Way Ryan Ghisi, GM of People Programs at Xero tells us how they approach flexible working, and why they have stayed away from permanent working from home arrangements.

Bersin's Top Three L&D Developments to Watch in 2019 There has never been a more important time to be in the Learing & Development space, says Josh Bersin, world-renowned thought leader and global HR analyst. He outlines three key areas of corporate learning you need to be across in 2019.

Workplace Technology Start-Up Competition Do you have an innovative piece of workplace technology that is going to change the way we work? Want the chance to demo your technology in front of New Zealand’s fastest growing HR and L&D community? We want to hear from you. We are hosting a start-up competition at L&D Innovation & Tech Fest NZ ...

5 Ways HR and IT Can Work Together to Improve Employee Experience Inspirational sayings are a cornerstone of human resources. So, here’s a quote from Helen Keller that every HR practitioner can relate to: “Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” Because HR knows firsthand that it’s impossible to deliver amazing employee experiences in a vac...

Let’s Rise WITH The Robots Aas the poster children for the coming exponential changes in technology, robots are absolutely a critical topic for Learning Leaders and CLOs to be thinking about.

Helping New Zealand’s Tiniest Citizens We are proud to announce our charity partner for HR Innovation & Tech Fest 2019. BabyStart is a local New Zealand charity founded by husband and wife duo Phillip and Clare Horrobin. Based on an innovative concept first introduced in Finland in 1938, BabyStart gives expectant parents a cardboard box....

HR Innovation & Tech Fest – What’s New for 2019? Now in its 2nd year in New Zealand HR Innovation & Tech Fest is going to be bigger and better. Our event producer Ian Collier has been busy scouring the globe over the last few months, hunting down the most innovative HR and L&D teams, out-of-the box thinkers, and inspiring change-makers. He has put...

How to Build a Thriving Learning Ecosystem Amazon's Former Senior Learning Stratgist on what you need to know to build an interconnected, thriving learning ecosystem.

Sydney Water's Data Strategy Makes the Insights Flow For Sydney Water’s five million customers, quality and satisfaction can simply mean pouring a clean glass of drinking water. But behind this seemingly basic concept, there’s a complex network of assets that are all underpinned by one thing: Data.

NZ Rugby’s Head of People on the Power of Vulnerability in Leadership Head of People for New Zealand Rugby speaks on the critical relationship between the Head of People and the CEO, and why showing vulnerability is a powerful way for leadership to unite people.

Senior HR and IT professionals have had their say about the state of HR innovation in 2019 in a recent series of roundtable discussions across Australia.

The HR Innovation Research Report 2019 Senior HR and IT professionals have had their say about the state of HR innovation in 2019 in a recent series of roundtable discussions across Australia.

Redressing Gender Disparity in Legal Leadership Women are increasingly being shortlisted but ultimately overlooked for leadership positions, creating the illusion of diversity in the legal sector.

First Four Speakers for L&D Innovation & Tech Fest 2019 Revealed We are thrilled to announce the first four speakers for L&D Innovation & Tech Fest 2019. Joel Casse – Global Head Leadership Development, Nokia (Germany) Transforming the Way We Lead – Developing the 21st Century Leaders Imagine skiing down a steep run. To increase your chances of success, you n...

Mainstream Research Report 2019 Australian senior asset management professionals have had their say about the state of asset management innovation in 2019. Download your free report here.

First Four Speakers for HR Innovation & Tech Fest 2019 Revealed We are thrilled to announce the first four speakers for HR Innovation & Tech Fest 2019. Andy Longley – Global Senior Director of Talent – Global Brands and Sales, adidas What the World of Elite Sports Can Teach Organisations About a True Performance Culture Many organisations struggle with genui...

Nestlé’s Results-Focused Learning Strategy Inside Nestlé's learning strategy - find out how the confectionary giant has moved from a focus on efficiency & cost to concentrating on results and value.

How to Divide and Conquer at Your Next Conference Rocking up to a conference alone can be daunting; just the thought of networking in a room full of strangers gives most of us the sweats. Having a familiar face can make all of this a little bit easier.

What’s Next for Asset Management? Key Innovation Themes for 2019 Over 100 asset management professionals weighed in to uncover pain points, challenges and ideas for improvement in asset management.

3 Workplace Trends Atlassian Are Acting On Today There are a lot of views out there on what the future of work will look like – depending on who you ask the bots are either coming to take our jobs or save us. It’s hard to know which ones you should sit up and take notice of. Who better to ask than one of the greatest tech success stories, Atla...

Is Your Thinking Under Too Much Pressure? A little bit of pressure can keep us on our toes. But what about when that pressure becomes too much, tipping us dangerously close to burnout?

The Inconvenient Truth About Change While we may welcome a change in the season or in the scenery, change is often spoken about as a negative, especially in relation to work.

What is Diversity and Inclusion? Inside SBS Workplace Diversity Program Understanding the difference between diversity and inclusion is crucial to the successful ex*****on of an impactful D&I strategy.

Our Digital Future is Not Just Hype…“Digitize” or Get Left Behind! Everybody wants to talk about artificial intelligence, robotics, blockchain, and initial coin offerings (ICOs). But such interest is rarely matched with real action.

How to Reclaim Your Learners’ Attention Using Gamification The next generation of tech addicted workers are on our doorstep. With shrinking attention spans and expanding appetites for instant gratification, it’s becoming clear that the current approach to learning and development is not going to cut it when it comes to engaging them. “In this always-con...

Why Atlassian's Head of R&D Says the Remote Worker is Dead Can we all agree that companies who call their remote workers back to the mothership are simply delaying the inevitable? Remote work is here to stay. No matter what product you sell, people are your most valuable asset. And being remote-friendly is a good way to maximize it for a number of reasons.....

Free eBook: How to Sprout Your Next Big Idea for Innovation Have you noticed everyone is talking nonstop about innovation. Innovation’s where the good stuff – and your future – happens. You know this. This means that many HR professionals are desperate for that killer idea. Surely, to kickstart innovation, all you need is ONE great idea and boom! Hello...