Run a Learning Teams Pilot | Southpac International

Invest in learning, improvement and engagement

Learning Teams are a valuable method to focus on a deep understanding of the work with your people - the experts in how work gets done who harness the relevant insights to improve it. But how can this method work in your specific organisational context?

It can be challenging to get the ball rolling with a new approach and devise a strategy to incorporate Learning Teams in a way that is applicable to your operations.

With a Learning Teams Pilot, we'll help you to create the conditions to nurture it as it grows, letting your people learn by trial and error with support and encouragement where needed, to ultimately fly solo.

Why start with a Learning Teams Pilot?

A pilot approach allows for this necessary experimentation and a way to build competence, confidence and capacity. Here are the reasons why a pilot helps when starting out with HOP & Learning Teams:

Creating sustainable foundations – conveying the ‘why’, with a comprehensive understanding of HOP principles
Starting small – initially choosing area(s) with interest, willingness and support; establishing a manageable start with follow-through in the process that can be committed to
Trial and error – opportunity for ‘safe to fail’ experimentation
Mentoring – support, feedback and encouragement to nurture ‘first followers’
Story propagation – collecting and sharing stories that promote what the approach discovers
Voyage planning – looking holistically at where you want to be with HOP & Learning Teams
Growth mindset – supporting the belief that capacities and talents can be improved over time
Abundance thinking – recognising the limitless potential in yourself and others
Adaptability – opportunity to flex and adjust to changing contexts and circumstances, learning by doing

This is where we will find a solution that works for your organisation to create a proposal (if required), working out the finer details such as determining:

A concise ‘why’ to incorporate HOP and Learning Teams in your organisation;
Objectives and outcomes: key, pilot and strategic;
Delivery specifics (e.g how, when, where, and who will be involved);
Organisational considerations; and
Inclusion options.

Following the planning session, we’ll provide a clear map of initial steps and an adaptable plan of next steps.

2. Training your people

We’ll work with you to determine your training requirements for HOP and Learning Teams, and who will be involved. There are a range of options, all of which are fully customisable, such as:

Delivery via in-house or public courses;
Face-to-face or virtual delivery (using a platform of your preference);
Variable time and days (e.g: 1- or 3-day options, split days, catering to timezones);
Content inclusions relevant to target audience, industry, and context;
In-depth training for those who are going to be facilitating the Learning Teams;
Various resources to set participants up for success in the pilot and beyond.

You will have a tailored plan to equip your people with the knowledge, skills and experience required to begin Operational Learning and Learning Teams.

3. Learning Teams Facilitation

Here’s where we provide mentoring and continued support post-training to ensure those first crucial Learning Teams are a success. We’ll first work with you to determine aspects such as:

Options for your initial Learning Team scopes;
Who will be involved in the first Learning Teams sessions;
Guiding support with facilitation or co-facilitation;
End-to end support required throughout the key phases and steps of Learning Teams (pre, during and post-Learning Team).

Your people involved in the pilot will feel supported as they build confidence and competence, with valuable and impartial feedback from experienced facilitators. There will be actionable solutions that will improve work in your operations - tangible and intangible outcomes that will foster momentum for the approach.