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ACCELERATED LEARNING With INGs recent decision to withdraw its Re-
tail Business from Austrian market, a move
Important to foster the learning is, however, affecting over 300 employees, this initiative
the ability to slow down, create space for con- has become crucial in connecting people.
nection and reflection, to be able to explore,
experiment, create and innovate. Learning After the first shock was digested some-
always goes together with self-awareness thing magical happened. A human act of
and self-reflection. Those learnings are sus- kindness in that difficult moment re-initiated
tainable. Some organizations spent more this “Sharing is Caring Initiative” in a new and
and some less focus on that - and this is remarkable way. Sparked through the com-
what makes the difference!
passion and vulnerability coming from our
management board while answering hun-
Sharing is caring – we are all experts
dreds of employee’s questions in ‘Open Mic’
Sessions, the willingness of the colleagues
Our recent example of accelerated learning to support each other has bloomed. HR
is the development of what we call “Sharing lived up truly to “people before process” and
is Caring”. In a nutshell, it is a well-planned in- joined its forces with us, the agile coaches,
itiative, where on monthly basis people share to do something for every employee – this all
expertise, tools or topics of interest with oth- in an atmosphere of trust.
ers, usually in a 30 minutes call. Everyone is
invited to share and to participate.
With that high energy, we presented in the
“Sharing is Caring” session our newly arisen
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