Peter Methot

Peter Methot

Assc Dean, Executive Education and Assistant Professor of Professional Practice Rutgers Business School
Peter Methot

Sunday, September 20

4:35 PM Boardroom B: Bring Your Checkbook to Graduation. Turning Learning Investments into Innovation and Organizational Impact

In pharma and life sciences, organizations are making significant investments in AI, digital transformation, innovation, new operating models, commercial capabilities, scientific advances, and the future workforce. Yet learning is often brought into these initiatives after the strategy has been defined rather than positioned as a catalyst for making the transformation possible. This interactive roundtable will explore how learning leaders can move beyond delivering programs to connecting learning investments directly to the initiatives, capabilities, and business outcomes that matter most to the oraganization. 

Together, we will explore questions such as: 

  • How learning leaders identify the strategic initiatives where capability building can create the greatest value? 

  • What does it mean to treat learning as an investment rather than an expense? 

  • How can we connect leadership and workforce development to innovation and transformation agendas? 

  • What evidence can demonstrate that learning is contributing to business outcomes—not simply participation and satisfaction? 

Come prepared to share experiences, challenge conventional thinking, and consider a provocative question: If learning is truly a strategic investment, what would we do differently? 

Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Peter.

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