How Scotland learns to work and what it means for the learning profession in Scotland Dr John McGurk Head of CIPD Scotland
Dec 13, 2015
How Scotland learns to work and what it means for the learning
profession in ScotlandDr John McGurk
Head of CIPD Scotland
We were set up to deliver:
Scotland's Skilled Future and the socio-economics of learning
L2W campaiagn, Policy initiatives, Innovation board membership, megatrends, age diverse working
Socio economics of learning
Engagement activities, wellbeing, resilience toolkit, WTR review, new leadership on research, Trust, culture and risk
Our vision for Scotland
Four big skills “asks”
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•Getting vocational education right
•Sorting STEM and other key skills.
•Getting employers engaged, and active
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•Aligned skills supply and demand
•Incentives to innovate on skills and learning.
•Managing migration
•Technology and workplace
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•Value of engagement
•Breaking cycles of ill health and poor wellbeing
•Building support for transition and resilience
•Lifting employer ambition
•Workplace relations which support innovation and change
•Leadership which engages and sustains
Coherent workforce planning
Role of learning and development
Do more• L&D is one of the key accelerators
to Scotland's skilled future• Profession needs to get to the
heart of the conversation about Scotland’s skills and human capital
• CIPD’s new focus on science of HR means behavioural and increasingly natural sciences will inform us.
– Go beyond design and delivery– Curiosity champions– Curators– Connectors– Canaries
Re- think your role
Thanks for listening
Developing Scotland’s Young People (see slide 5 box 1)
What’s most important which IS being tackled
Whats’ most important and ISN’T being tackled
What else do you think should be addressed
What role should the L&D profession play
Building Skills for Scotland’s Future(see slide 5 box 1)
What needs to happen around innovation
What should HR/L&D’s role be in technology
Building Skills for Scotland’s Future(see slide 5 box 1)
What industries should we be focusing on to drive our future skills base.
If STEM skills are importnat what should we build them in the workplacedo t
Developing engagement, wellbeing and resilience
What more should we do on enagagement
Whats’ most important on wellbeing and ISN’T being tackled
What does workplace relillience mean and how should CIPD/learning chapion this.
What role should the L&D profession play
Developing skills to lead the futureHow can we best promote high road strategies given the preponderance of SME’s
Should we help promote enterprise and entrepreneurship?
What else do you think should be addressed
What role should the L&D profession play
What’s missing?