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Leading a global Learning and Development function is both a privilege and a puzzle. You have talent in every corner of the world—people who understand local markets, cultures, and business needs—who often work in silos, separated by time zones, priorities, and communication styles.
The irony is clear: the very people responsible for enabling learning across the business often struggle to learn from each other. When global L&D teams rarely connect, knowledge gets trapped, duplication creeps in, and alignment suffers.
That’s where a well-designed team event comes in. Whether virtual or in-person, a thoughtfully structured gathering can do more than boost morale—it can create alignment, build capability, and spark collaboration that carries through the rest of the year.
This blog offers a practical framework for running effective L&D events for global teams—one that transforms an annual offsite or virtual workshop into a shared learning experience with measurable business impact. Read it now.
In many large learning organisations, global L&D teams face a recurring challenge: knowledge silos.
Why?
Regional groups or functional departments often operate in isolation, creating, developing, and executing learning programmes with little visibility into what their peers are doing elsewhere. That isolation leads to duplicated effort, inconsistent practices, and lost opportunities for synergy.
In this blog, we’ll explore how thoughtfully designed events—virtual or in-person—can break down silos, strengthen global L&D collaboration, and foster sustained knowledge sharing across your organisation. Read it now.
In today’s workplace, knowledge is your most valuable asset, but it’s also the easiest to lose. As staff turnover rises, careers become more fluid, and hybrid work scatters teams across time zones, keeping that knowledge alive and connected has never been harder.
For anyone running a large global L&D operation, it can feel like trying to keep dozens of spinning plates in the air at once.
Yet when knowledge sharing breaks down, the costs are high: duplication of effort, inconsistent experiences, and ideas that never reach beyond the local team. The solution lies in intentionally designed knowledge sharing workshops and internal knowledge sharing events that make collaboration systematic, not accidental.
This blog explores how to design those events effectively, turning conversation into impact and connecting the dots across your global Learning organisation. Read it now.
When done right, events designed for small groups (typically between 20 and 50 participants) can lead to deeper connections, richer conversations, and more meaningful outcomes. In a world full of overstimulated conferences and overcrowded rooms, intimate gatherings offer a refreshing opportunity to slow down and engage in real dialogue.
In this guide, you’ll find out how to plan powerful small-group events with intention, from designing sessions that spark genuine collaboration, to nailing the logistics that make all the difference. Read more here.
Organising an internal corporate event should be straight forward. After all it’s just a room full of colleagues, some snacks and a bit of knowledge sharing. Until the caterers don’t show up, half the team forgets to RSVP, the chairs are double booked for another meeting, the facilitator veers wildly off topic, people scroll their phones and then slip out early. And something that was supposed to energise the team does quite the opposite.
If you’ve ever experienced this, you’re not alone. Internal events often fall short – not because the intentions are wrong, but because the planning is. Here’s how to avoid the common traps and make your internal event one that people want to attend and actually benefit from. Read on.
Planning a corporate event might sound simple, but creating something truly engaging and impactful takes careful thought. For Learning & Development teams, particularly in large, global organisations, it’s easy for events to fall flat: too generic, too passive, and too disconnected from daily challenges.
This complete guide explores how to design internal events that do more than fill calendars – they foster collaboration, spark conversation, and drive change. Whether virtual, hybrid or in-person, the key lies in co-creation, clarity of purpose, and designing for participation.
Read about how you can create events your team won’t just attend, but will genuinely look forward to.
In this insightful interview, Jay Moore, former Chief Learning Officer at GE, and Jo O'Driscoll-Kearney, then Global Head of Learning & Leadership Development at Majid Al Futtaim, delve into the strategies that organisations can adopt to stay competitive in a rapidly changing world.
In a conversation with iVentiv's Hannah Hoey, Jo and Jay discuss how to create ecosystems that continuously re-qualify employees, the role of marketing in Learning & Development, and the importance of fostering a growth-oriented culture.
In today's fast-paced business environment, the importance of mindfulness in leadership cannot be overstated. As leaders navigate the complexities of decision-making and relationship-building, mindfulness serves as a crucial tool for maintaining focus, fostering empathy, and enhancing executive presence. In this blog, we explore the insights of Matthias Birk, Global Director of Partner Development at White & Case, on how mindfulness can transform leadership. With decades of experience in leadership development, Matthias shares practical strategies for integrating mindfulness into daily routines, its impact on organisational culture, and the vital role of community in sustaining these practices.
Join us as we delve into the power of mindfulness to elevate leadership effectiveness and create more compassionate, connected workplaces.
In today's rapidly evolving tech landscape, companies like Expedia and Microsoft are harnessing the power of new technologies to drive learning, talent, and business objectives. Leveraging AI, including generative AI and tools like Microsoft's Copilot, these companies personalise learning experiences, enhance performance management, and streamline operations. Led by iVentiv's Hannah Hoey, we interviewed Liz Moran (then VP of Global Talent Management, Expedia), Manasi Joshi (Senior Director, Learning & Development, Expedia), and Brian Murphy (then Senior Director, Employee Skilling, Microsoft), to talk about new and emerging tech, transformation, and the power of learning and talent partnerships.
Watch now to learn how new tech is transforming corporate learning, improving operational efficiency, and supporting Talent Management to meet business objectives.
iVentiv has spent the first six months of 2024 asking Global Heads of Learning, Talent, and Leadership to share the top priorities and challenges for their function right now. At the end of 2023, the most popular area highlighted by respondents was Leadership and Executive Development. So far in 2024, more than 300 C-suite executives, all leading L&D and Talent functions for Global organisations, have responded. We can now reveal the results of the 2024 surveys so far.
In this blog, we explore the top priorities, with some preliminary exploration of what the figures tell us about the work of L&D teams across the world right now.