ES Learning & Development Calendar

The Sandwich Generation
2023-03-15 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Vancouver) | Online
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Workshop Description
Giving to work and family at the same time can be difficult for anyone, but for people in the sandwich generation—those who care for children and elderly parents—life can be especially demanding. Children need parents to look after their physical needs, take an interest in their activities, and give them emotional support and guidance. As parents age (and particularly if they become ill), they may need their children’s help with personal care, financial matters, and routine errands and tasks. This seminar will encourage participants to tune into important considerations in their lives with respect to caring for elderly family members, caring for children and grandchildren, as well as caring for themselves.
Structure
A 1-hour instructor led training session that combines lecture elements with a variety of engaging elements like Q&A, group discussion, as well as polling and chat functionality when delivered virtually
Objectives
At the end of this seminar, participants will be able to do the following:

Understand key concepts related to this phenomenon.
Work through challenges.
Implement self-care strategies.

Introduction to Mural Templates
2023-02-08 10:00 - 11:00
In this session Amanda at Mural will explore some of the many great templates mural offers and how to customize them for your own teams. We encourage attendees of this event to have at least minimal mural experience already to save time throughout the meeting. If you have never used mural and would still like to participate we will send you an prepackage with a tutorial on to use the platform.

Gartner Panel: Master the Art of IT Storytelling in Government
2022-10-31 08:00 - 09:00
Political agendas in government can be complex and varied. IT often plays a vital role in a political agenda’s success, but few of the government leaders who actually set the political agendas understand IT or its role. Government IT leaders should not assume their senior leaders understand IT and instead should learn to articulate IT’s value by how it impacts political and mission outcomes. Join this complimentary storytelling webinar as a panel of Gartner experts help government CIOs and IT leaders identify the multiple languages they must grasp to gain and maintain credibility and influence beyond IT.

Learn the high art of effective storytelling
Apply storytelling to different types of government leaders
Identify what is most important to the IT story you must tell

Prove and Advance Software Engineering's Business Value
2022-10-28 10:00 - 11:00
Digital product organizations deliver more software faster than ever, but they still struggle to satisfy their customers and stakeholders. Many organizations commit a great deal of time and resources to implementing agile and DevOps, with the goal of delivering value faster. Software engineering teams often use DevOps (or “value stream”) metrics, like release frequency, to measure their performance, but these metrics are insufficient. They tend to focus on how long it takes to create value, but fail to account for how much value is created. This complimentary software engineering webinar explores methods to assess value created through software development and how you can use it to mature business capabilities and ultimately achieve the goals of the overall strategy.

Establish metrics that shift your focus to value delivery
Work with diverse stakeholders to create a holistic definition of value
Establish feedback loops to experiment, measure, learn and improve

The Journey Map for IT Leaders to Change Enterprise Culture
2022-10-25 08:00 - 09:00
CIOs increasingly encounter that the main barriers for their enterprise’s digital ambitions does not come from the IT organization, but from the rest of the business areas. Many CIOs are mandated to create a digital mindset in their companies, but those who are not explicitly mandated still feel the pressure of the expectation that they need to lead this mindset shift. Join this complimentary webinar, where you will understand the journey map to culture change in your organization, and how it can enable strategic business change.

Learn the importance of the enterprise culture in the success of the strategic ambitions
Understand what works and what does not work when it comes to changing culture
Discover how to change the enterprise culture using the new concept of “Culture Twin”

Cabinet Operations Overview and Submissions Process
2022-10-19 11:00 - 12:00 | Online
Cabinet submissions are a key piece of the legislative process. Creating a submission with clarity and impact can be critical to its’ success.
Have you ever wondered why some submissions sail through, and others stall in the process? Do you know what it takes to write a strong cabinet submission or what happens to it once it’s submitted?
If you are involved in writing or contributing to Cabinet Submissions, or are interested in sharpening your skillsets, the OCIO is sponsoring an upcoming Cabinet Operations Overview and Submission Process session.
Join the Cabinet Operations team on Oct 19 to learn about this office and the submissions process. Cameron Derdak and Michelle Dubuc, directors of Cabinet Operations, will provide an overview and walk you through how to write an effective submission and the process it takes once it is submitted.
Who Should Attend:
This session is recommended for anyone responsible for writing or contributing to Cabinet Submissions.

IT Spend Forecast, 3Q22 Update: Is IT Spending Recession Proof?
2022-10-19 08:00 - 09:00
The globe is suffering from persistent high inflation, supply chain disruption and political instability. Central banks are responding to the inflation by raising prime interest rates closer to the long term average. The effect on consumer’s spending on IT has been immediate. They are no longer spending with growth rates on devices negative across the board. Conversely, enterprises are not cutting IT spend, they are in fact increasing digital transformation projects in 2022. In this complimentary webinar we will review the global IT spending forecast, the reactions Gartner is seeing from CIOs to inflation, the changing quantitative environment, and the expanding role of digital transformation projects.

Examine Gartner forecasts for IT spending growth in 2022 and beyond
Understand the industry highs and lows
Learn the dichotomy of device and on-prem vs cloud spending

Succeed in Digital Business With Your Operating Model, Not Just a New Org
2022-10-13 08:00 - 09:00
CIOs often ask the same pressing question: How do I organize for digital business? Yet, the secret to success is to look beyond organizational structure and align the entire information and technology (I&T) operating model to support the digital business agenda. Join this complimentary webinar which explores some common pitfalls of organizational design and I&T operating models, and how to avoid these by designing the I&T operating model to deliver on the digital business promises.

Discover need to look beyond organizational structure for digital business success
Learn common pitfalls of organizational design and I&T operating models
Design the I&T operating model to achieve digital business success

Attract and Retain Top Talent in IT for the Future of Work
2022-10-11 08:00 - 09:00
Recent shifts in talent, technology and work models transform the nature of work and reset expectations. CIOs who fail to adapt where, how and when work gets done – and who does it – will struggle to drive business performance, making it difficult to attract and retain top talent for the future of work. Join this complimentary webinar as a panel of Gartner experts examines the current status of the IT talent market and how CIOs can address attrition and retention.
Discussion Topics:

Understand how to recruit, reskill and retain technology talent for the future of work
Build organizational resilience through a blended workforce of full-time equivalents
Discover how to provide flexible work experiences to be the employer of choice

Gartner Panel: The APAC ERM Guide to Navigating Emerging Risks for 2022-2023
2022-10-10 17:00 - 18:00
Organisations that ignore emerging risks could be caught off-guard and unprepared for the uncertainty that may lie just a little further beyond the horizon than typical enterprise risks. Join this complimentary webinar as a panel of Gartner experts provide an overview of the top emerging risks audit and risk leaders should monitor and mitigate now. We will also highlight the current concerns of chief risk officers (CROs) in the Asia-Pacific region, and the role your enterprise risk management (ERM) function should play to ensure your organisation is prepared to manage some of the region’s most-pressing emerging risks.

Understand the latest emerging risks affecting the Asia-Pacific corporate landscape
Uncover “meteors” that could quickly affect your organisation
Use ERM to help manage biggest emerging risk i.e. macroeconomic downturns in the Asia-Pacific region

The Top 5 Priorities for HR Leaders in 2023
2022-10-06 08:00 - 09:00
Each year, HR leaders and their teams are challenged to create new strategies to ensure their organizations are prepared to meet current and future business needs. Join this complimentary HR webinar to learn about the HR trends and priorities that are on the horizon for 2023 and beyond, as indicated by your peers. This webinar will also provide an in-depth look at the top priorities HR leaders plan to address in 2023 and strategize priorities.

Discover HR leaders’ biggest challenges and key priorities for 2023 from Gartner’s annual survey of 860 HR leaders
Understand the latest trends facing and shaping the HR function and strategies for 2022

The High Cost of Technology Purchase Regret and What To Do About It
2022-10-05 08:00 - 09:00 | Online
The modern technology customer has access to more great options and information than ever before, but many regret their purchases. Navigating toward a decision with a myriad of different decision makers and teams involved is a real challenge that frustrates the majority of tech buyers. These frustrations extend to the tech and service providers that these customers are considering as deal cycles drag on and on. But, there are also customers who have mastered buying in this new environment, and make decisions confidently and at a much faster pace than others.
Join this complimentary webinar, a reprise of the keynote presented at the 2022 Gartner Tech Growth and Innovation Conference, which will explore the differences in buying behavior between customers that are likely to regret and those that are not, offer techniques to recognize and predict which type of customer you are dealing with, and offer strategies that reduce regret, shorten deal cycle times, and accelerate growth.

Learn the impact that high regret customers put on your business growth
Understand the differences in behavior between customers with high regret and those with no regret
Develop and action plan to help customers fight against their purchase regret and accelerate your growth

The Gartner Top Cybersecurity Predictions for 2022-2023
2022-09-28 07:00 - 08:00
The impact of pandemic and the rapid acceleration of digital initiatives in a short time, forced organizations to control and manage disruptions to their business. As security and risk management leaders handle the recovery and renewal phases from the past two years, they must consider forward-looking strategic planning assumptions when allocating resources and selecting products and prioritizing services and initiatives. How do security and risk management leaders keep pace with the future of digital in a post-pandemic scenario? Join this complimentary webinar to discover the top predictions prepared by our cybersecurity experts for 2023. You will understand how to have a successful cybersecurity program built for the digital era, as global change could potentially be one crisis away.

Learn from the past recovery and renewal phases
Fast forward to the future of cybersecurity
Keep track of current trends that will impact you and your organization
