Critical Role of L&D

Photo by Taruna Goel 

I am facilitating an #instructionaldesign course with University of Victoria this term and 80% of the participants are from the #healthcare sector. Each of them is supporting patient care through their work in learning and development, education and training. They are the ones helping doctors, nurses, technicians and countless other staff do their very best as they battle Covid-19.

I feel so grateful for the opportunity to work with them and contribute to their learning and professional growth and development.

Talking to the participants in Week 1 made me think of how our work as learning professionals can be so gratifying. We enable people to acquire the knowledge and skills they need to excel at their work. As learning professionals, each one of us is central to enhanced organizational performance and to continuous learning and growth of employees irrespective of the sector or industry we are working in.

As learning professionals, we are all tasked with finding new ways to design our response to the #pandemic and help employees find ways to quickly adapt, learn and grow.

Never before has the critical role of L&D been so clear.