Learning Teams

A Learning Team is a facilitated means of engaging with workers to understand and then learn from the opportunities that are presented by everyday successful and safe work, as well as learning from loss events or incidents. This includes understanding what, when, how, and why people do things differently from the formal systems and procedures in order to get the job done. This one-day workshop is divided into 3 separate though connected topics that are designed to help build your knowledge, understanding, and ability to apply Learning Teams in your organization.

Part 1: The Five Principles of Learning Teams

In this section we will explore:

• Why learning is a valuable risk management strategy for continuous improvement
• What is operational learning
• How does Learning Teams fit in the new view of safety
• The 5 Principles of Learning Teams

Part 2: The Three Modes of Learning Teams

In this section we will explore:

• Difference between organizational and worker learning
• What impedes learning from investigations versus everyday work
• Why psychological safety is important when learning from events
• How does learning occur during management of change and normal work

Part 3: Embedding and Sustaining Learning Teams

In this section we will explore:

• Leadership Engagement
• The role of the facilitator
• Creating your own learning and development roadmap
• Building and improving your practice
• Using the Operational Learning Journal

Brent Sutton is well regarded as a safety coach and for taking organizations on a learning journey to understand how people are seen as the solution, how to engage people and leverage their skills so that worker participation becomes a normal way of running an organization, where everybody benefits. Brent is the co-author of the best selling book on Learning Teams and host of the podcast show “The Practice of Learning Teams” and resides in Auckland, New Zealand.

Brent Robinson is an operational excellence advocate and has worked across operations, sales and product development functions in United States, Australia and New Zealand. Brent is the co-author of the best selling book The Practice of Learning Teams. Brent lives in Melbourne, Australia and has a passion for quality and safety that has driven his belief that the convergence of the two will drive better outcomes for any organization.

Jeffery Lyth is a well regarded innovator in workplace safety leadership. He helps organizations evolve their safety management practices by guiding the integration of the ‘new view’ of safety principles, helping them break through the performance plateaus associated with conventional views of health and safety. He is the owner of www.safetydifferently.com and resides in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

• Lunch is not provided
• Coffee, tea, and light snacks will be provided at start time and at AM and PM breaks
• Ticket price will increase by $100 on December 17