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LearnTech believes technology is a driving force in a rapidly changing world of work. It will be instrumental in designing more efficient processes, creating an engaging employee and learning experience and enable better decision making. The L&D award will go to a Belgian L&D team that concluded a strong learning project in 2024.
The candidates have been announced, so voting can begin!
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L&D PROJECT OF THE YEAR
And the nominees are…
Nobi, “Grow” in Japanese, is a systematic learning landscape using FLOWSPARKS that combines e-learning with hands-on guidance. Nobi impacts all blue-collar employees, addressing the need for seamless skill transitions from many near retirement employees to new hires who join Etex. Boost trainings are organized to train the new employees. For current employees, MOC Nobi trainings are organised to update and expand their knowledge. Digital and practical tests confirm these new acquired competences. All these competences are logged by the master trainers and supervisors. In that way, Nobi helps identify training gaps quickly but also helps to predict future gaps. This helps to fulfill our main goal: build a smart factory with an adaptable workforce, preparing us for future challenges. Since implementing Nobi, training time has decreased from 8 weeks to just 2, allowing employees to work independently 6 weeks earlier and reducing costs. The training gap has decreased from 600 points to just 65, with the goal of reaching zero soon. This project ensures long-term success and adaptability for our workforce and organization.
To launch HeRo Learning, we hosted a Career Connect week filled with events focused on career and personal growth. Our mission was to introduce new tools, enhance learning, highlight internal career opportunities, and foster a growth mindset.
Imagine a week packed with inspiring activities! We kicked off with a global keynote on Personal Development, setting an inspiring vibe. At HQ, an internal job fair showcased different units, encouraging employees to explore internal opportunities. Career success stories were shared through online interviews and live sessions during Career Connect Day, highlighting various paths at Materialise. Our HR booth demonstrated essential processes and tools, including HeRo Learning and the LnD catalog.
This award celebrates our SuperHeRoes who embraced the new Learning system, going the extra mile to learn and grow. The project has strengthened our GROWTH culture, connecting people across countries, backgrounds, levels, and business units. HeRo Learning has improved the employee and management experience through streamlined processes and real-time data, promoting transparency and accountability. At Materialise, we believe in growing our people for long-term success, and this project shows our commitment. It also fostered collaboration within HR, bringing our teams closer together.
If you launch a new learning concept and more than 75% of your employees voluntarily sign up for it, you’ll have a successful rollout. Especially when it comes to a digital learning format that replaces more than 400 legally recurring safety training courses every year. If the quality of the learning goals and content also improves, if the e-learning is built and maintained with the help of an AI-supported authoring tool, and if the registration of the training for more than 3,000 employees is fully automated … then you have implemented an L&D initiative that any board would be proud of.
Our Spark Joyners program creates an opportunity for everyone in the organisation to play an important and impactful role in our senior management team. The project involves 30 curious, entrepreneurial, and dynamic SD Worx ambassadors with ambitions to operate on a more strategic level in the future. By involving them on this level, we ensure that each year we put a fresh wind in our senior management, giving management teams more bottom-up feedback. Moreover, our Spark Joyners get the opportunity to develop themselves, through leadership trainings, mentorship programs, micro-innovation tracks, and networking moments, for example during a two-day offsite with 150 Spark Leaders (higher management). This is a great way of investing in the talent we have, creating an atmosphere of growth, where leaders of tomorrow are formed. And lastly, these aspects not only offer advantages to our management and the Spark Joyners, but also have a positive impact on the entire organisation. Making sure we keep innovating, improving, and developing SD Worx.
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We also present an award for HRtech team and startup of the year
The selection process
- Nomination Phase: Fill in the application form. Deadline applications: Monday, June 10, 2024, 23:59h.
- The candidates that match the criteria will be evaluated by the jury.
- The Jury selects the candidates. These candidates will be published on the website.
- Public voting will be possible from June 24 till August 31, 2024.
- Public voting ends August 31, 2024, 23:59h.
- Two laureates will be selected through public voting & jury expert opinions (40%-60%).
- Jury meeting September 6, 2024. The laureates convince the jury for one last time.
- Presentation of the L&D award @ the gala dinner on October 2, 2024.
The jury
Ann Guinée
Ann Guinée
Ann has a strong connection with the world of digitisation, in all layers of the organisation. At Beltug, Ann is responsible for the communication with the members and facilitates many of the member-events on various topics.
This allows her to be in direct conversation with the Belgian ICT business users and gain insights on their drive and on the challenges they face.
Her energy boosts when she can talk to Belgian companies, listen to their stories and hear about their priorities.
Ann Guinée
Communication Manager Beltug
Communication Manager Beltug
Kathleen Vangronsvelt
Kathleen Vangronsvelt
Kathleen combines a broad business experience as HR Professional (DHL Aviation, AB Inbev, H.Essers, Belfius) with academic skills (PhD in Business Economics “Values at work” – KU Leuven). Her work was published in both top-ranked academic and practitioners’ journals and presented at national and international conferences. She taught at Rotterdam School of Management, IESEG Paris and – up until today – Antwerp Management School.
The combination of business and academia enables her to translate a wealth of scientific knowledge into hands-on insights and workable solutions. Her domain of expertise focuses on realizing individuals’ potential in a work context and spans topics such as values and authenticity at work, leadership, resilience and well-being, enabling diversity in teams and strategic HRM.
Her background in psychology (Master – KU Leuven) and mediation (Post Graduate – KU Leuven) empowers her to optimize the learning experience for a group, and to understand the deeper motivations and processes behind some questions and events.
Kathleen Vangronsvelt
Professor Organizational Behavior & HRM Antwerp Management School
Professor Organizational Behavior & HRM Antwerp Management School
Kristof Van der Stadt
Kristof Van der Stadt
Kristof Van der Stadt is an experienced journalist with a strong technical background in computers and consumer electronics. His passion for information and communication technology has driven him to become a respected figure in the industry. With a focus on telecoms, enterprise computing, and the impact of social media on business, Kristof’s expertise allows him to analyze and report on complex subjects with clarity and depth. He has contributed to both business-to-consumer (B2C) and business-to-business (B2B) magazines, sharpening his skills in print and online journalism. Known for his comprehensive understanding of the tech landscape, Kristof combines his technical knowledge with a talent for explaining intricate concepts to a wide audience.
Kristof Van der Stadt
Editor in Chief DataNews
Editor in Chief DataNews
Hilde Haems
Hilde Haems
A seasoned HR professional with 37 years of experience on the counter. In addition to HR, the rubric includes a passion for business and innovation. Currently working at Ackermans & van Haaren. Her career started at ING, and has built up further at Allen & Overy, RGF staffing and SD Worx.
Hilde Haems
Chief Human Capital Officer Ackermans & van Haaren
Chief Human Capital Officer Ackermans & van Haaren