As COVID-19 changes the realities of our lives, our businesses, and our jobs, it has become very clear that old skills and capabilities have to lead to the new for organizations to accelerate their transformation out of the downturn. Articulating critical skills for recovery, building the base of future digital skills, reimagining training at a scale in a distant world, and bringing on an experimentative mindset is the need of the hour.

It is in this direction that the People Matters L&D SEA Conference 2021 coming to your screens on 4rth March 2021 aims to bring the community together to help reflect and find collective answers to uncover a new roadmap to build the foundation of a capability-driven business strategy for growth. 

Here’s a quick look at some of the thought leaders who will lead the conversation on reimagining learning to rev-up growth.

Brandon Carson, Director of Learning, Delta Air Lines

Brandon is a strategic business leader with a proven record in learning and organizational development, instructional design, leadership training, curriculum development, orientation programs, sales training, and performance consulting. As Director of Learning at Delta Air Lines, he is responsible for learning and development for the company's global airport operations. As a practitioner, educator, and business leader, Brandon has developed extensive expertise in the areas of talent management, leadership development, technical and compliance training, influence and change management, and innovative pedagogical design. 

At the People Matters L&D SEA Conference 2021, Brandon is joining us for an exclusive session on L&D's playbook for the digital age. 

Abhilasha Krishnan, HR Director, SEA, Diageo

Abhilasha is a strategic & business-oriented HR leader with proven experience in multi-cultural, fast-paced environments across the Asia Pacific. She is a cross-cultural leadership expert, with experience in building high-performance cultures through trust and inclusive leadership; a Talent strategist with deep Asia expertise for growth and a Transition expert, coaching leaders through personal and organizational change. An empathetic and objective certified executive coach with a focus on leading with purpose and congruence, she strives to influence the white spaces between organizational boxes, and unlock enterprise performance.

At People Matters L&D SEA 2021, Abhilasha will be sharing insights on how innovation and leadership agility is a critical differentiator at Diageo. In a post-COVID-19 world, this session will focus on creating and building inclusion as a base and how innovation follows.

Aye Wee Yap, SVP, Head of Learning & Development and Organization Development, Group Human Resources, OCBC Bank

Aye Wee Yap spearheads the Learning and Development at the OCBC Bank. A believer in the power of "why not?” she traverses life with the passion of an intrepid adventurer. She made the leap into the banking industry 10 years ago and has headed Service Transformation, led a 400-strong team of dedicated Contact Centre professionals across Singapore and Malaysia, dabbled as a Data Protection Officer and is now Head of the OCBC Campus – the only Corporate City Campus in Singapore. She continues to inspire and be inspired by her vibrant team, hell-bent on making a positive change to OCBC and to the world.

At the People Matters L&D SEA Conference 2021, Aye Wee Yap is joining us for an exclusive session and will focus on the cultural pillars of OCBC Bank that led to continuous learning during COVID-19. She will share intuitive insights on how a learning organization is a primitive concept and what we need to do to imbibe and practice the 3 key design principles of mastery, autonomy, and relativeness.  

Annie Lim, APJ Head Talent Diversity Outreach Culture Engagement, Citrix

Annie has over 23 years of experience in the areas of Talent Management & Acquisition, Career Transition & Leadership Development, HR transformation, Change Management, and International Recruitment. Annie enjoys being mentor-coach to senior leaders and in-house trainer-the-trainer for best talent management and recruitment practices. Being a global citizen, Annie has managed large teams and high volume recruitment and talent management across over 20 APAC countries and two stints of overseas assignments in China (based in Shanghai) and a short stint in Australia. Annie speaks and writes fluent English and Chinese amongst other Asian dialects.

At the People Matters L&D SEA Conference 2021, Annie will shed light on what are the kinds of skills we need for the road beyond.

Join us at People Matters L&D SEA Conference 2021 coming to your screens on 4rth March 2021. Click here to register.