Listen "Rethinking Sustainability: The Role Of HR, L&D, And People Teams | L&D Disrupt #75"
Episode Synopsis
Sustainability isn’t driven through volunteering days, one-size approaches, and top-down mandates!But by bringing social impact into people’s day-to-day roles, giving people the right skills, and empowering them from the bottom-up.
Liv Sibony joins us to explain how we shift from the former to the latter in this episode.
Expect to learn how you zoom out to get more context, using that to make better decisions, how to imagine a more hopeful future, how to build a top-down and bottom-up approach, and more.
Timestamps
0:00 Intro to Liv Sibony
2:13 Why employees want purpose and social impact
6:11 Are quick wins really the right idea?
13:58 The issue with volunteering days
22:53 3 practical ideas for HR and L&D
28:44 A bottom-up and top-down approach
34:17 The overlap between L&D and sustainability
37:42 Imagining a more hopeful future
How to connect:
Find Olivia on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oliviasibony/
Find Impact Amplified on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/impact-amplified/Visit Impact Amplified’s website: https://www.impactamplified.co.uk/
Learn more about HowNow: https://hubs.la/Q02Cbv6x0
Get our new guide to skills-first L&D: https://try.gethownow.com/skills-first-learning
Liv Sibony joins us to explain how we shift from the former to the latter in this episode.
Expect to learn how you zoom out to get more context, using that to make better decisions, how to imagine a more hopeful future, how to build a top-down and bottom-up approach, and more.
Timestamps
0:00 Intro to Liv Sibony
2:13 Why employees want purpose and social impact
6:11 Are quick wins really the right idea?
13:58 The issue with volunteering days
22:53 3 practical ideas for HR and L&D
28:44 A bottom-up and top-down approach
34:17 The overlap between L&D and sustainability
37:42 Imagining a more hopeful future
How to connect:
Find Olivia on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oliviasibony/
Find Impact Amplified on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/impact-amplified/Visit Impact Amplified’s website: https://www.impactamplified.co.uk/
Learn more about HowNow: https://hubs.la/Q02Cbv6x0
Get our new guide to skills-first L&D: https://try.gethownow.com/skills-first-learning
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