Jan Dobbenie - CIO at VDAB - Building future-proof employment services

Published: Sept. 29, 2022, 7 a.m.

b'Jan Dobbenie, CIO at VDAB is nominated for the European Digital Leader of the Year Awards! Register here: https://www.cionext.com/14 to meet Jan and other finalists at #CIONEXT on 26th October, where the winners in the Finance & Government categories will be announced!\\n\\nHow did VDAB navigate the major transformation, where it shifted from helping 200 000 unemployed find a new job to serving 4 million citizens of Flanders with advice on their career paths? Is it possible to apply zero-based budgeting in the public sector?\\n\\nIn this #LeadershipDeepDive episode, Hendrik Deckers talks with Jan Dobbenie, CIO at VDAB about the use of AI in matching the right candidate with the right employer in the sector where segmentation is, in fact, individual. Jan explains what the First Class Strategy at VDAB is and how their technology will evolve in the future to predict changes on the job market long before they actually occur.\\n\\nWatch the full interview to find out more and check why Jean-Luc Picard, the captain of \\u201cStar Trek\\u2019s\\u201d USS Enterprise can be an inspiration for successful digital leaders!\\n\\nTable of contents:\\n01:00 | Introduction\\n01:08 | Jan\\u2019s background\\n06:45 | About VDAB\\n07:54 | Transformation at VDAB: VIBE Program\\n11:25 | Artificial intelligence at VDAB\\n12:23 | About the \\u201cJob Reach\\u201d engine\\n16:10 | Next steps: predictive employment models\\n18:57 |Inclusive talent management\\n23:08 | IT Department at VDAB\\n23:44 | Results of the new programs\\n26:57 | Measuring results\\n28:08 | The First Class strategy\\n30:05 | Data strategy\\n37:30 | VDAB & CIONET Tribes\\n38:57 | The role of the CIO\\n42:37 | Management style\\n44:12 | Leadership style\\n48:14 | Motivation\\n51:08 |Most brilliant failure\\n53:45 | MBTI - strengths\\n59:48 | MBTI - weaknesses\\n1:00:03 | Bad things in life\\n1:01:58 | Personal gift\\n1:03:25 | Advice to future digital leaders'