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b'In our ongoing \\u2018Learning Leaders\\u2019 thematic season here at Learning Is The New Working, we\\u2019re super-keen on getting real insights into how the Chief Learning Officer\\u2019s job is changing (and how they themselves are leading that change). We\\u2019ve got a perfect example in this week\\u2019s conversation with Julie Dervin, since 2016 Head of Global Learning & Development at the largest privately-held corporation in the entire US in terms of revenue, Cargill, a Mid-West headquartered leader in everything from food and beverage to meat and poultry production. Minneapolis, Minnesota-based Julie has actually been at the organisation in senior roles since 2008 after coming over from eight years with information tech firm Insight. At Cargill, she is currently charged with leading the execution of a whole new L&D vision and strategy in order to accelerate organizational learning, strengthen the learning culture and dramatically improve the employee learning experience\\u2014a role she sees as also encompassing positioning Learning as a catalyst for accelerating positive change and transformation. Incidentally, Learning Futures Group is collaborating with Julie and other CLOs on a September course for The Future Workplace Academy\\u2014a curated collection of five week online cohort courses to up-skill HR and HRIS team members for the future of work, with all content designed by and for HR and HRIS team members. The all-online courses are being guided by an advisory board led by Future Workplace, an HR Advisory and Research firm providing peer networks, professional development and research on What\\u2019s Next in Transforming and Re-Imagining HR. Future Workplace operates the Future Workplace Network, a consortium of HR, Talent, and Corporate Learning leaders from FORTUNE 1,000 organizations who convene four times a year to discuss and debate what\\u2019s next in preparing for the future of work. I\\u2019m delighted to say the Academy are also sponsors for this episode, but let\\u2019s dive into our great conversation with her, covering everything from: how Cargill\\u2019s HR sees L&D and how that maps on to her firm\\u2019s federated model of content ownership; drivers for change and transformation in her vital, global market\\u2014agriculture\\u2014and a \\u2018need for speed\\u2019; connecting her company\\u2019s purpose of safe, responsible and sustainable food production with Learning; what making L&D more useful and effective at Cargill\\u2019s looks like (hint: less specific content change, more a whole new way of delivering Learning); the importance of building a strong relationship with her peers in IT; DevOps and Agile as L&D aids; a peek into her Innovation Lab (and how she\\u2019s \\u2018hard-wiring\\u2019 Innovation into management goals); how she and her team might have found a better way to organize all these virtual calls we\\u2019re having to do! and much more.'