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Agility in Action: Embedding Learning in the Flow of Work for Performance at Speed
Louise Phua (Ms)
7 hours
*The fee is inclusive of prevailing GST and subject to changes.
Course Dates
For groups of at least 15 people, customised run dates are available, contact us for more details.
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Through reflection on real workplace experiences and immersive activities, they will strengthen their capacity to draw insights from daily challenges, enhancing how they lead change, solve problems, collaborate across teams, and build agile learning cultures.
What Is This Session About?
Focusing on real-time learning in the flow of work, the session unpacks five key dimensions of learning agility— Mental, People, Results, Change, and Self-awareness—through experiential activities, workplace-based scenarios, and guided reflection.
Participants will explore how to lead with agility, support adaptive teams, and draw lessons from everyday work challenges. The workshop equips leaders not only to grow personally, but to embed agile learning behaviors into organisational routines— accelerating performance, adaptability, and growth where it matters most: on the job.
What Does The Session Cover?
1. Explain the concept of learning agility and its importance in today's dynamic world.
2. Identify the five dimensions of learning agility (Mental, People, Results, Change, Self-awareness) and their associated qualities and predictors.
3. Describe the key mindsets and behaviors that support learning agility, including growth mindset principles.
4. Recognise common blockers to learning agility and strategies to overcome them.
5. Articulate how learning from experience contributes to the development of learning agility.
Skills-based learning objectives: what participants will be able to do at the end of the workshop (their application)
1. Apply the five dimensions of learning agility to assess and enhance their own career and life trajectories
2. Adapt learning approaches to meet changing job demands and become future-ready
3. Apply learning from experience through reflection and application techniques to address future challenges
4. Engage in seeking behaviors to pursue new learning opportunities actively
5. Utilise sensemaking techniques to extract insights from complex or ambiguous situations, and practice methods for internalising lessons learned
^ Assessment: Formative Assessment(s), Assignments/Presentations/Practical Performances)
^ Completion: Upon 100% attendance and meeting Assessment requirement, learners will receive a Certificate of Participation from IAL (& other partners where applicable)
Who Is It Suitable For?
- Mid- to senior-level Adult Education, L&D, HR, and OD professionals seeking to build learning agility in themselves and others.
- Learning & Development Specialists responsible for designing and implementing talent development programs.
- Human Resources Professionals focused on employee growth, performance, and workforce planning.
- Organisational Development Practitioners leading change initiatives and fostering a resilient organisational culture.
- Individual Contributors and Professionals looking to navigate career twists and thrive in dynamic work environments.
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About the Speaker
Louise Phua (Ms)
Regional Director and Learning Designer | AIMS International Singapore Pte Ltd
Louise Phua has about 20 years' experience in corporate and consulting organisations. With extensive experience in multi-national human resources service providers, she is deeply familiar with talent acquisition and talent management in Asia. Louise is a Talent Coach, Facilitator, Trainer and Learning Designer.
Well-versed in talent management in Asia Pacific. she helps international companies to find and grow their talent and organisations. Her early career was in marketing and the media and in recent years, she has stints as a Learning Designer.She adopts a holistic and integrated approach to adult learning based on the Three Dimensions of Learning (Illeris, 2008). She has been involved in curriculum and instructional design for learning projects targeted at young adults, mid-career professionals and elderly learners. Her recent clients include Airbus, Nanyang Technological University, Sephora, Singapore Tourism Board, Temasek Polytechnic and counting.
