During this session, you will learn eight steps to build a business case for investing in people. These steps are built on design thinking principles and, by following them, will help ensure learning programs and projects deliver results.

Specifically, you will learn:
 

• Research on what executives want from their learning investments
• Eight steps to build the case for investing in people
• Techniques to seamlessly integrate measurement, evaluation and analytics into your programs, projects and practices

Patti P. Phillips, Ph.D., is the co-founder and CEO of ROI Institute, Inc., a US-based consulting firm that serves for-profit, not-for-profit, government, and non-governmental organizations in 70 countries as they build capability in measurement, evaluation, and human capital analytics using the ROI Methodology®. An internationally recognized leader in measurement and analytics, her expertise is documented in more than 50 published books and business journals. 

Patti, along with her business partner and husband, Jack Phillips, received the 2024 Thought Leader Award from the Association of Learning Providers. They also received the 2022 Association for Talent Development Thought Leader Award and the 2019 Center for Talent Reporting Distinguished Contributor Award. In 2019, she was named among the top 50 coaches globally by the Thinkers50 organization and named a finalist for the Marshall Goldsmith Distinguished Achievement Award for Coaching. Patti serves as the vice chair and finance committee member of the United Nations Institute of Training and Research board of trustees; co-chair of the Institute for Corporate Productivity People Analytics Board; Senior Adviser for The Conference Board; Chair-elect of the International Federation of Training and Development Organizations, and board member of the International Society for Performance Improvement.