Testing New Technology to Improve Learning at SJP with Nicki Finnigan

In this great episode of L&D Challenges, Adam chats with Nicki Finnigan, Director of Learning and Development at financial advisory company St. James Place, about SJP’s new learning experiences they’ve created recently.

Leading a number of transformative L&D projects, Nicki launched a new platform and app that delivers a learning programme to the SJP partnership and employees. Combining this with Virtual Reality and AI, Nicki and her team have taken L&D at SJP to new heights.

In this episode, Adam and Nicki discuss how they have rolled out these new initiatives as well as some of the early results and lessons learned. They also look at what has made their L&D initiatives successful among their employees. Including: 

1. Accelerating soft skills with Virtual Reality and AI
2. Creating and maintaining a personalised app for learning
3. Revenue-based L&D versus cost-based L&D

If you’re interested in getting some new technology under your L&D belt or integrating a new learning platform in your learning experience, this is the episode for you. 

Connect with Nicki on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickifinnigan/ 

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