Tom Hood discusses how organizations can build an agile learning organization to profit from innovation. Research shows many organizations face a leadership shortage and inability to develop skills rapidly. High performers invest more in talent development with customized training, earlier leader identification, and robust succession plans. They also focus on soft skills. To keep the rate of learning greater than the rate of change, organizations need a strategy and curriculum tied to it, leadership development programs, and social learning.

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How to Profit from Innovation:
Building the Agile Learning
Organization
Tom Hood, CEO, Business Learning Institute
& Maryland Association of CPAs
A SevenKeys CPA webinar

2. Moderator: Tom Hood
• Named as fourth Most Influential in
Accounting by Accounting Today Magazine
• Top 150 Influencer by Linked-In
• Top 25 Influencers in Learning & HR by HR
Examiner
• Top 25 Public Accounting Thought Leaders
by CPA Practice Adviser
• Working on Learning Management with
AICPA/CPA2Biz, Cloud Curriculum,
Performance Management /XBRL,
Leadership & Generations
Tom Hood, CPA, CITP, CGMA
CEO
MACPA www.macpa.org
and
Business Learning Institute
(BLI) www.blionline.org
http://www.linkedin.com/in/tomhood/

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HOWTO PROFIT FROM
INNOVATION: Building the
Agile Learning Organization

4. Historical Context – The
Perfect Storm
• Web 2.0
• Globalization
• Generations
Source: DonTapscott - Wikinomics

5. The New Normal - VUCA

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The Research
A 2012 survey by the Corporate Executive Board showed that 60% of
organizations were experiencing a leadership shortage, an increase of 40
percentage points from the previous year.
67%
#1 issue is developing
leaders & succession
planning

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1. A shortage of creative, agile leaders.
2. Inability to rapidly develop workforce skills and capabilities.
3. Ineffective collaboration and knowledge sharing.
Source: 2010 IBM Global Chief Human Resource Officer study
The top three issues facing human resources & talent development

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Shift Happens

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The
high
performers
in
our
survey
invest
more
in
talent,
focus
on
closing
skills
gaps,
have
more
customized
training
and
development
programs,
iden9fy
future
leaders
earlier
in
their
careers,
and
have
robust
succession
plans
in
place.
They
also
focus
more
on
“so=”
leadership
skills
such
as
the
ability
to
embody
the
organiza9on’s
culture
and
values
and
to
lead
effec9vely
in
a
complex
global
business
environment.
Paradigm Shift
Source: E&Y Paradigm Shift: Building a new talent management model to boost growth

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• Innovation – making changes in
anticipation of future trends and
customer needs
• Individual -The ability to analyze,
and understand new situations and
new business platforms in a timely
(proactive) manner.
• Organizational – Programs and
processes designed to enhance its
collective ability to acquire new
knowledge and skills, and to stay
ahead of the market.
Source: Bersin & Associates
Innovation = Agile Learning
The right talent at the
right time with the right
skills

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• Career Path (Ladder)
• Competency-based Learning
• Curriculum
• ComplianceTracking for CPAs
• Content – world-classTechnical &
Leadership Courses in multiple formats
• Context – Line of sight to organization
vision, mission, strategy & culture
Our approach -The Six C’s

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The Bounce

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Curriculum design by BLI and AICPA
usingTop 5 Competencies for future
from CPA Horizons research and job
levels from the BLI “Bounce” Model.
Leadership and Communications
were combined and the 5th category
expanded to include practice
specialties for firms and functional
areas for corporate.
Examples would include: Corporate
Accounting, FP&A, divisional
reporting, shared services, etc.
CPA Firms would have audit, tax,
industry specialties.
These technical areas would have
specific curriculums designed to
meet their specific technical
competency needs.

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Context - I2a: Insight to Action StrategicThinking Process

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Your Competitive Advantage
“It is hard to plan for the long-term future when
you don’t know what is going to happen five
minutes from now.
Today, a competitive edge based solely on material
advantage is thin and temporary; the edge quickly
becomes the margin.The ability to define the edge,
and the ultimate competitive advantage, is found
in the smarts, heart and ingenuity of your people.
That’s your powerhouse.Tap that, train it, focus it
and mobilize it; now you’ve engaged a network
and inspired a sustainable shift.

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Engagement – Alignment - Commitment

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How can we help you keep your L>C?
• Strategy & Alignment
• Curriculum tied to strategy
• I2a Leadership Academy
• BLI Leadership Express - on-
demand leadership support
• Social learning
In a period of rapid change and
increasing complexity, the winners
will be those organizations who
can keep their rate of learning
greater than the rate of change
and greater than their
competition. –Tom Hood
http://cpa.tc/32r

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CPA.CITP
CEO
Maryland
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CPAs
Business
Learning
Ins8tute
(443)
632-­‐2301
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