FUTURE OF THE WORKPLACE LEARNING & PERFORMANCE PROFESSION: TRENDS, COMPETENCIES AND APPLICATIONS

Richard S. Wellins, M.A., Ph. D.
Development Dimensions International (DDI)
Plenary Speaker

CURRICULUM VITAE

Teacher. Writer. Strategist. Consultant. Leader.

These are just some of many roles Dr. Richard S. Wellins have been successful at for more than 20 years with DDI.  Rich, as he is known, is currently the Senior Vice President of Global Marketing and New Business Development wherein he is tasked to execute the company’s corporate marketing strategies, build internal knowledge management systems and processes and provide consultation in the areas of employee relations and executive level assessment.  Prior to working at DDI, he became a senior research psychologist at the U.S. Army Research Institute and an Assistant Professor of I/O psychology at Western Connecticut State University in Danbury.  He obtained his Doctorate degree in Social/Industrial Psychology from American University, and is a member of the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD), the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), and the Instructional Systems Association. He has written for more than 20 publications and published six books, including the best seller Empowered Teams, Inside Teams, and Reengineering’s Missing Ingredient.

DESCRIPTION OF THE TALK

As our business evolves, our role as workplace learning and performance specialists becomes far more critical to the success of our organizations.  It becomes essential that we evolve as our organizations change -- keeping one step ahead of the skills and knowledge of the competencies we will need to add value to our internal or external clients.

DDI, working in partnership with ASTD, has just released a new landmark study entitled “Mapping the Future:  New Workplace Learning and Performance Competencies”.  The study, involving over 3,500 ASTD members and experts in our profession from around the world, paints a detailed picture of the future professional success.