Seminar on "Re-positioning Corporate Learning for the 21st Century” Speaker: Christian Kuhna Human Resource, Future Learning & Learning Campus, adidas Group Date: 20 December 2013 (Fri), 7:00-8:00pm Venue: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Abstract Imagine a work environment where you can decide when and where you would like to learn. An environment that inspires you to choose how and what you learn based on your personal learning style and development goals. Where you can be an expert and teach others, or learn with and from your network through sharing and collaboration. A vision that appeals to you? It’s becoming a reality with the adidas Group’s ‘Learning Campus’ In today’s competitive environment, it’s those businesses with a strong learning culture that outperform their peers in innovation, profitability and customer service. Managed well, this learning culture can turn into a corporation’s most important source of competitive advantage. It’s in line with this thinking to strengthen our learning culture by making learning more accessible, innovative, open and collaborative. The goal is to reposition learning by creating a new culture of selfdriven, life-long learning, in which every employee owns his/her career and his/her personal development. The adidas Group Learning Campus will introduce a one-stop shop for all training, learning and development opportunities of the adidas Group – for all brands, markets and functions. It will meet the needs and demands of all employees, especially those of future generations, and blend the digital world with both physical learning and stimulating innovation spaces. Speaker Profile Christian works at the adidas Group in the Centre of Excellence Talent & Learning and is responsible for the strategy of the adidas Group Learning Campus and Future Learning. He joined adidas in 2007 to build up Internal Communications and changed to HR 2 years ago. From 2001-2007, Christian worked as a spokesperson in Corporate Communications and on Message Development in Corporate Affairs at Siemens AG Munich. From 1998-2000 he worked as an Sr. Editor building the Internet & intranet at DaimlerChrysler in Stuttgart. Before that he worked as a free-lancer for digital projects and in an American/German Art Gallery in Frankfurt, Berlin and Cologne. Christian grew up mainly abroad in England, India, Nigeria and Greece Registration HK$200 (Regular Fee) FREE (MSc in KM students/graduates; KMIRC members) Online registration: http://kmirc.ise.polyu.edu.hk/events.htm Enquiry: Miss Autumn Lin (Tel: 3400 3158 or Email: qiu.lin@polyu.edu.hk) All are welcome! Enquiry: Miss Autumn Lin (3400 3158)

1. Seminar on
"Re-positioning Corporate Learning for the 21st Century”
Speaker: Christian Kuhna
Human Resource, Future Learning & Learning Campus, adidas Group
Date: 20 December 2013 (Fri), 7:00-8:00pm
Venue: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Speaker Profile
Abstract
Christian
works
at
adidas Group in the
Centre of Excellence
Talent & Learning and
is responsible for the
strategy of the adidas
Group Learning Campus
and Future Learning. He
joined adidas in 2007 to
build
up
internal
communications and
Imagine a work environment where you can decide when
and where you would like to learn. An environment that
inspires you to choose how and what you learn based on
your personal learning style and development goals.
Where you can be an expert and teach others, or learn
with and from your network through sharing and
collaboration. A vision that appeals to you? It’s
becoming a reality with the adidas Group’s ‘Learning
Campus’
In today’s competitive environment, it’s those businesses
with a strong learning culture that outperform their peers
in innovation, profitability and customer service.
Managed well, this learning culture can turn into a
corporation’s most important source of competitive
advantage. It’s in line with this thinking to strengthen
our learning culture by making learning more accessible,
innovative, open and collaborative. The goal is to reposition learning by creating a new culture of selfdriven, life-long learning, in which every employee
owns his/her career and his/her personal development.
The adidas Group Learning Campus will introduce a
one-stop shop for all training, learning and development
opportunities of the adidas Group – for all brands,
markets and functions. It will meet the needs and
demands of all employees, especially those of future
generations, and blend the digital world with both
physical learning and stimulating innovation spaces.
changed to HR 2 years ago. From 2001-2007,
Christian worked as a spokesperson in Corporate
Communications and on Message Development in
Corporate Affairs at Siemens AG Munich. From
1998-2000 he worked as an Sr. Editor building the
Internet & intranet at DaimlerChrsyler in Stuttgart.
Before that he worked as a free-lancer for digital
projects and in an American/German Art Gallery in
Frankfurt, Berlin and Cologne. Christian grew up
mainly abroad in England, India, Nigeria and Greece
Registration
HK$200 (Regular Fee)
FREE (MSc in KM students/graduates;
KMIRC members)
Online registration:
http://kmirc.ise.polyu.edu.hk/events.htm
Enquiry: Miss Autumn Lin (Tel: 3400 3158 or Email: qiu.lin@polyu.edu.hk)
All are welcome!
Enquiry: Miss Autumn Lin (3400 3158)