This future-focused podcast series showcasing channels enterprise can engage today to empower current employees and future-food the talent pipleline of tomorrow. This series highlights some of the key learning and development topics universities and enterprise are grappling with to create meaningful and progressive places of work for all.
Each episode features invited experts who spoke at TU Dublin’s Enterprise Academy Future Talent Forum in June 2023. The knowledge shared was invaluable, and the Enterprise Academy are delighted to now share these learnings with a wider audience through this podcast series.
Have you ever wondered what value university accredited programmes offer over other courses? Do you worry how Generative AI will change the landscape of your workplace? Or are you wondering how to build a skills-based strategy into your HR practices?
Series Episodes release dates
- Oct 3rd: Episode 1: What are soft skills and why are they so hard?
Joining us to discuss this topic: Holly Jackson, Talent Acquisition Manager at DocuSign; Kevin Redmond, Founder of Skillding.com; Alex Gibson, Lecturer and Head of Digital Marketing at Technological University Dublin - Oct 10th: Episode 2: Authentic Assessment
In this session moderated by Dr Claire McBride, Head of the Enterprise Academy, graduates of TU Dublin share their experiences of executive education and the various authentic or applied assessments that enhanced their career journey.
- Oct 17th: Episode 3: Knowledge by Degrees: Demystifying university accreditation
Joining us to discuss this topic: Dr Claire McAvinina, Academic Developer, Technological University Dublin; Dr Colin Hughes, Head of Technological University Dublin's Graduate Business School; Dr Claudia Igbrudge, Enterprise Learning Technology Lead, Paypal; Gareth Lee, Manager, Cultural & Creative Industries Skillnet; Jane Massy, Senior Consultant, SGS
- Oct 24th: Episode 4: The role of Generative AI, ChapGPT, and beyondGenerative AI:
Joining us to discuss this topic today: Barbara Whelan, Head of Education, Microsoft Ireland; Amy Awad, Senior AI Consultant, EY; Dr Robert Ross, Senior Lecturer, School of Computer Science, TU Dublin, and Funded Investigator, ADAPT Centre; Kat English Technological University Dublin's Enterprise Academy Manager.
- October 31: Episode 5: Enterprise Challenges: IInsights into Enterprise and Learner Engagement in Live Cases.
Joining host Dr Dee Duffy today are: Sarah Doran, Director of Engineering, Travelport; Mark Fowler, Strategy Innovation and Transformation, ESB; Sinead Heneghan, CEO, Learning and Development Institute; Dr Tom Macagno, Lead on Innovation for Sustainability, UCD Innovation Academy; and Niamh O’Hora, Educational Designer, TU Dublin Enterprise Academy.
- November 7th Episode 6: Enterprise-led Programme Design - A Best Practice Case Study of Brewing & Distilling.
Joining host, Dr Dee Duffy today are Dr Ciara Walsh, Senior Talent Development Partner, TU Dublin Enterprise Academy and Stuart McNamara, Director, Portmagee Whiskey.
- November 14st Episode 7: A skills-first approach to talent recruitment and development.
Joining host Dr Dee Duffy to discuss this topic is Kate O'Sullivan, EU Director Public Policy and Economic Graph, Linkedin.In this episode we explore a skills-first approach to talent recruitment and development. Kate O'Sullivan, Senior Director of EU Public Policy and the Economic Graph at LinkedIn explains the benefits to organisations, and society more broadly, in moving to a skills-first strategy. This is where companies hire and promote talent based on their skills rather than their job title or what school they attended.
- November 21th Episode 8: The Currency of Skills.
In this episode we learn how organisations are building a skills-based strategy for the recruitment and retention of key talent. Joining host Dr Dee Duffy to discuss this topic are Greta Stahl, Senior Director, Organisational Learning and Development, Workday
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