Learning Reinvented Podcast - Episode 19 - Learning and Business Alignment - the key to future success - Krissie Billingham

Welcome to another edition of the Learning Reinvented podcast, brought to you by The Learning Effect Team. In this episode hosts Katie Godden and  James Poletyllo speak to Krissie Billingham. Krissie is Senior Director, Client Experience - EMEA & APAC at Degreed.  Krissie joins us to discuss the importance of aligning your learning with your business and business strategy and provide insights from herself and clients as to how this can and has been achieved.  The Learning Reinvented Podcast aims to bring a variety of new and different voices to talk about the current and future state of learning at work. We want our conversations to be though provoking, useful and real world. We appreciate your thoughts and feedback to help achieve this. About The Learning Effect The Learning Effect’s vision is to help companies create purposeful, consumer grade learning experiences which help you deliver your business goals and your team realise their potential. If you are looking to change your companies learning or for new learning technologies we should be your first call. To help learning professional improve their practice, The Learning Effect Community which is a platform for learning professionals to collaborate and share best practice. Click here to register.  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-learning-effect Website: https://www.thelearningeffect.co.uk Instagram: @thelearningeffect_uk   About the Guest – Krissie Billingham Krissie works as the Senior Director - Client Experience at Degreed for EMEA & APAC. In this role Krissie and her team cover all areas of the clients journey post signature.  Prior to working for a learning tech vendor Krissie has substantial in-house L&D experience in high profile organisations.  Krissie brings a real world approach to Learning and Development and the changes needed to ensure that learning is contributing to your businesses success.  CONTACT METHOD To connect with Krissie: LinkedIn: Krissie (Owen) Billingham | LinkedIn Website: The Upskilling Platform | Degreed   About the Host - James Poletyllo James is one of the founding director's of The Learning Effect. With 20 years experience of leading learning functions in a variety of industries he is now focused on helping organisations create consumer grade learning experiences which deliver results and performance.   He is passionate about making a difference and is on a mission to change the future of learning at work for the good of every employee. CONTACT METHOD You can follow and connect with James via: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamespoletyllo/ Website: https://www.thelearningeffect.co.uk Email: [email protected]   About the Host - Katie Godden Katie is one of the founding directors of The Learning Effect. With over 10 years experience in the learning industry within a number of different sectors, Katie is now focused on helping organisations transform their learning offering. She is passionate about creating learning journeys in the workplace which replicate how we learn in our lives outside of work.   CONTACT METHOD You can follow and connect with Katie via: LinkedIn: Katie Godden - LinkedIn Website: https://www.thelearningeffect.co.uk/ Email: [email protected]