Scott McInnesFounder and Director, Inspiring Change · 20+ Years Helping Leaders Build Stronger Cultures, More Human Communication and Embed Lasting Change | Founder | Keynote Speaker | Podcast Host

Learning and Developing at Work at Every Level | Skills for Today and Tomorrow

3 Feb 2026 · 1 min

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Three speakers discuss a report on workplace skills, emphasizing that companies need to make learning an explicit value, not assume senior leaders naturally drive it, and use multiple approaches: classroom training, challenging experiences, and learning from mistakes.

Was there anything particularly, perhaps in this challenge of skills for today and tomorrow, or just more broadly in the report that particularly caught your eye? Anything that was a surprise or not a surprise?
I really liked the concept of learning being part of your values, and it made me think about our own values that are new and are we explicit enough? And the other piece that I thought was interesting was don't assume your senior leaders have all the innate skills to kind of drive an organization's culture.
What the report has identified is that actually there are lots of different ways that people can learn and develop at work. And that includes classroom style, but it also includes participation, you know, getting involved in things that maybe puts people out of their comfort zone, that they're learning, that they're likely to remember, they're likely to make mistakes. And making mistakes is, you know, people will say that they learn more from their mistakes than what they actually do right.