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| The hottest club memberships in town! |
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teacher-led LC: Members of the
Memo Processing LC coming together
to hear from Deputy Director Gerald
Goh. The sharing session has now
become a part of the induction
course for new officers. |
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Some Economic
Development Board (EDB) officers have been watching
German movies together, discussing new applications
and issues over brownbag lunches, or just hanging
out and drinking tea together during working hours.
Lest you think the officers are skiving, read on
to find out more about EDB’s latest knowledge
sharing initiative.
The EDB Learning Clubs (LC) were set up in 2003.
What is unique about this initiative is that officers
can decide what they want to learn, who they want
to learn from and how they want to learn. Once common
learning interests are identified, a Learning Club
is born! Learning could be learners-led, expert-led
or community-based.
The clubs that have been formed include an investment
promotion in China LC which increases officers’
knowledge of the country, a semiconductor LC to
help officers tap on each others’ competencies
and industry contacts, a disruptive innovation LC,
an LC on how to prepare for overseas investment
promotion trips and even a memo processing club!
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| The team
which mooted the idea of the LCs. |
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As you can see, the EDB LCs cover a wide range of
interests, encouraging officers to acquire new,
coded or uncoded tacit knowledge which can be applied
to their work.
Because these LCs, which are built from the bottom-up,
are based on common interests and experiential learning
and sharing, the rate of learning is good and take-up
is high.
Said Ms Julie Lee from the Chief Information Officer’s
Office (CIOO): “We came together to learn
how to post news and events on our new intranet.
Then we compiled a learning guide to share information
with more colleagues at the EDB Learning Festival.
The new LC online platform will benefit more officers
24/7.”
EDB officers form 15 to 20 LCs a year. To date,
more than 50% of EDB colleagues have participated
in an LC either as a learner, teacher, facilitator
or sponsor.
CIOO Manager Melissa Foo, who is part of the team
that mooted the idea of the clubs, said that even
more clubs will be formed in the future.
Added Mr Chia Yew Boon, Senior Officer (Business
Knowledge Group) and an LC team member: “The
next step is to build a platform for officers to
capture their learning and share it with others.” |
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