- The opportunity to hear from a Degreed customer who has modernized the learning experience at a large organization
- How innovative L&D professionals are redesigning their toolkits and strategies
- An autographed copy of Dan’s new book: OPEN to THINK: Slow Down, Think Creatively, and Make Better Decisions
- Networking with 40+ industry leaders
- There is no charge for attending Degreed Focus Seattle.
- Talent, learning, and business leaders who are interested in seeing how forward-thinking organizations are using learning and tools like Degreed to drive the capabilities of workers and their companies.
- If you're busy and unable to attend, consider forwarding this event to another member of your team who might benefit from the insights.
- If you can no longer attend, we will miss you. Please email focus@degreed.com to be removed from the guest list so we can make room for other attendees.
- Business casual attire.
- An open mind.
- Some lessons learned from your organization that you could share to help others.
- Questions for the speakers.
- We will provide notebooks and pens but feel free to bring your laptop or other devices for note-taking.
- If you have special dietary requirements, please email focus@degreed.com.
Focus Seattle
In a world that is changing rapidly, organizations are challenged with driving performance by continuously re-skilling and up-skilling the workforce. Degreed Focus will explore insights into how to reshape thinking and tools to become more creative, more efficient and more effective.
WE ARE LOSING THE ABILITY TO THINK, AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT WITH DAN PONTEFRACT
Society has lost its grip on what matters most: the ability to think. Though the root cause is by no means malicious, we have begun to reward speed over quality, distractedness over focus, and the negative effects suffered in both our personal and professional lives are potentially catastrophic. Founder and CEO of The Pontefract Group, Dan Pontefract, has led an investigation into our everyday thinking and the results are not good. Due to several alarming factors including busyness, time mismanagement and technology addictions, employees and leaders alike are struggling to cope.
What to do? Dan suggests the introduction of something he calls Open Thinking. We need a return to balance between three critical components of productive thought: dream, decide, do … and then repeat.
BIONIC CLO: A CASE STUDY WITH PROVIDENCE ST JOSEPH HEALTH WITH SARAH DANZL AND DARCI HALL
Digital technology is transforming just about everything—fast. Yet only a fraction of executives think their HR function is helping them adapt to the digital future. The smartest CLOs are already transforming their approaches to L&D. But evolving to meet the demands of today’s always-on economy takes more than just investing in bite-sized content and the newest technology. What separates the disruptors from the disrupted is how you put those new tools to work. Meet the Bionic CLO.
Attendees of Focus will enjoy:
AGENDA
9:00 - 9:30 am Registration + coffee + networking
9:30 - 9:40 am Welcome remarks
Dave Staal, Director Enterprise Sales Pacific Northwest
9:40 - 10:40 am Open To Think
Dan Pontefract, founder and CEO of The Pontefract Group10:40 - 11:00 am Networking Break
11:00 - 11:40 am Right-Skilling in Healthcare: Case Study with Providence Healthcare
Darci Hall, Acting CLO, Providence St Joseph Health & Sarah Danzl, Director Communications, Degreed11:40 - 12:00 pm Fireside Chat + Closing Remarks 12:00 - 1:00 pm Lunch + Networking |
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