In the past few months, many organisations have completely changed their approach to L&D because of the COVID-19 situation. But to what extent were these changes already in the pipeline? What has worked and what hasn't? And how long-lasting will these changes be? This week, Alan Brown, Learning and Development Consultant at Standard Life Aberdeen, joins Nicola Boyle and Owen Ferguson to share his team's experiences. We discuss: How Standard Life Aberdeen moved their global L&D offering to virtual How to combat the challenges and measure the success of switching to virtual How permanent this transition to virtual will be Show notes The podcast Nicola mentioned is How to Fail by Elizabeth Day - the Mo Gowdat episode on managing anxiety through the COVID-19 situation can be found here -https://www.podbean.com/eu/pb-gmyyz-d6e065 The Twitter thread on 'meetings light fortnight' from Gem Dale (@HR_Gem) that Owen referred to can be found here https://twitter.com/HR_Gem/status/1275364636146257920 Connect with our speakers If you'd like to share your thoughts on this episode, connect with our speakers on Twitter: Nicola Boyle @Nicola_BoyleEW Owen Ferguson @OwenFerguson Alan Brown - alan.brown@aberdeenasset.com