This year’s motto ‘Future-ready’ was quickly found, because in times of AI, digitalization and a shortage of skilled workers, what moves a company more than looking to the future? In the run-up to the event, employees were able to express their topic wishes via the company’s own app. “We were proactively approached by some colleagues who wanted to hold a training session themselves,” says Förster, who supported the planning and implementation together with her team. “Our CEO and COO also had their own formats and reported on error culture and artificial intelligence.” The fact that the management itself contributes to the offer is not the only important signal: “In particular, because learning is very important at Leadec, projects such as the Learning Week receive great support from the management,” says Christof Baumgart, Head of Global Human Resources & Organization.
In the end, the offer from June 17 to 21 included a wide-ranging mix of online seminars, presentations and networking events lasting between 30 and 90 minutes. Employees actively shared their experiences on the internal Leadec app. The subsequent evaluation also speaks for the success of the week: the average recommendation rate was 4.5 out of 5 points. And the opinions of the participants also speak for themselves: “I took part in two excellent and concise sessions. They were short, well-structured and provided valuable insights for my day-to-day work,” is one example. Or “In an interactive session, we discussed insights and steps towards inclusion and gender parity in engineering. I met some interesting new colleagues in the process.”
“With the Learning Week, we not only wanted to introduce a new concept for the Leadec Campus, but also to further develop the learning strategy at Leadec in the long term,” says Katrin Tripps. “That’s why the repetition effect is also important in a project like this—the Learning Week has already established itself as a familiar format. Immediately afterwards, we received offers from colleagues all over the world who would like to offer a training session themselves next time.”