1.
SBI and Oracle
India launch digital skills programme
‘D-Change’—
one of the largest digital and joint employee-volunteer programmes— will
support education and learning, women’s empowerment and rural skills
development in the country.
India’s
largest public-sector bank, State Bank of India (SBI), entered into a
first-of-its-kind joint corporate citizenship collaboration with Oracle.
Being one of the largest digital and joint employee-volunteer
programmes, D-Change will support education and learning, women’s empowerment
and rural skills development in India. Further reinforcing the two-decade old
relationship between SBI and Oracle India, D-Change will merge SBI’s financial
proficiency and vast influence with Oracle’s technology leadership to help
local communities drive significant change and develop a skilled economy.
2.
Social
learning: A brilliant workforce transformation
Organisations
follow a structured way of learning, be it seminars or employee gatherings.
While we are in no way discounting these traditional methods of learning, the
impact of social learning is immense.
By
nature, human beings are social animals, and what has transformed us since the
primitive ages is, learning.
By ‘learning’, we are not talking about classroom learning or
the structured way of learning. What we are referring to is the natural way of
learning, or rather, the social and informal way of learning.
For instance, do we need to teach a newborn how to cry? No, it’s
a natural process. As babies grow, they ask questions to acquire knowledge and
understand behaviour.
The same rule applies to an organisational environment as well.
Yes, organisations follow a structured way of learning, be it
seminars or employee gatherings. While we are in no way discounting these
traditional methods of learning, the impact of social learning is immense.
In an organisational setup, social learning always existed, but
now we have added a new meaning to it, thanks to technology. In fact, social
learning technologies have had a huge influence on several enterprise core
processes — from recruiting, to training and developing talent. Besides,
results are quickly measurable because social technologies have a direct and
obvious effect on performance.
Latha Raj, transformation leader, IBM Analytics is a strong
advocate of the same. She uses a Mettl-powered webinar platform to spread her
share of insights on something we have come to call social learning.
“We’ve all heard of the 70:20:10 model,” Raj states. “For me,
however, 100 per cent of my learning was derived from my interactions with
peers and leaders.”
There is no denying the fact that organisations need to shift to
newer forms of learning. A software or an app, for instance, comes quite handy.
Developers will need to understand:
1. Who
they are addressing in the market
2. Who
their clients are
3. What
user experience will be derived from the product
These are commonly known points, true. But these are also
inspired from delving into the mind of the consumer. This form of learning is
often more interactive than traditional, and a lot meatier in terms of
satiating the hunger pangs of knowledge.
3.
Culinary
craft: The new tool for learning and development
The team-
building activities in a culinary setup allow participants to interact with
each other in a non-threatening environment, with one of the most engaging,
multi-sensory activities possible.
From
performing arts to yoga and meditation, organisations have done it all in a
quest to introduce unique and unconventional methods for engaging and
developing their employees. Well, here is another art form that has chosen the
gastronomic route to bring out the best in people—culinary art. Surprisingly,
it was quite unexplored in India till Satish Venkatachaliah established
‘Something’s Cooking’.
Something’s Cooking is a culinary studio that offers opportunities
for team bonding and HR learning initiatives in a culinary setting. It helps
people interact with each other in a different perspective altogether— while
preparing a meal.
The
idea germinated about 10 years ago when Venkatachaliah visited Heidelberg for a
global meeting, where he experienced a group cooking activity for the first
time. “It was a unique way of having a team building activity and the
experience was very memorable. It not only gave an opportunity to cook, but
also get to know global colleagues beyond the realms of work-related
conversations. Subsequently, I had a few more experiences across the world with
similar outcomes. I found it intriguing that an activity as subtle as cooking
could lead to such impactful outcomes”, he says.
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