Lessons Learned - News and Events
Webinar Interview with Dr Kass on Learning from mistakes
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Event: 17th June 2021, Montreal,
Dr James Kass and Kara Johnston of CoachingOurselves will discuss how in every organization the quality of learning, advancement, and efficiency, depends very much on the sharing of Lessons Learned. This webinar will be in the form of an interview, followed by Q&A from the audience.
EC Online talk: Lessons Learned in Covid Times
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Event: 20th May 2021, Brussels
Dr Kass was invited to address the EC and its associated EU institutions at a lunch-time talk organized by the European School of Administration (EuSA) on the subject of lessons learned.
Coaching Ourselves – Learning from mistakes
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Launch: 12th May 2021, Montreal,
CoachingOurselves has launched a new self-teaching module “Learning from mistakes and successes” authored by Dr Kass. This module challenges participants to investigate barriers for realizing and sharing Lessons Learned and integrating these lessons within an organization.
Address to C-Series team at Bombardier Aerospace
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Event: 17th December 2015, Montreal
Bombardier Aerospace division in Montreal invited Dr Kass to address their C-Series team on the experiences gathered along a career of over 30 years in the domain of human spaceflight. Dr Kass talked about his exciting career and lessons learned in this challenging domain.
Learning from failure - Bankruptcy and 2nd Chance
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Event: 18th June 2015, Brussels
The European Commission (DG-GROW) held a high-level conference on the subject of giving a Second Chance to honest failed entrepreneurs, which is one of the priorities of the European policy for SMEs and entrepreneurship. A session on Entrepreneurship Education was moderated by James Kass.
Meeting with CEO of Agnico Eagle gold mining
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Event: 5th July 2015, Toronto, Canada
Dr Kass was flown in to Agnico Eagle HQ in Toronto, Canada, for a meeting with CEO Sean Boyd and president Ammar al-Joundi, to discuss the potential introduction of a Lessons Learned system at Agnico Eagle. The meeting was organized by Agnico Eagle Senior Vice-President, Human Resources, Jean-Luk Pellerin, who also participated at the meeting.
Lessons Learned presentation and workshop at the EC
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Event: 1st June 2015, Brussels
As part of the European Commission’s Learning week, Dr Kass delivered a lecture on the subject of “Learning from mistakes”, followed by a workshop. The events were well attended – indeed, the presentation was oversubscribed!
'Learning from mistakes' at the European Commission Learning Week
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Event: 1st June 2015, Brussels
The European Commission’s Learning and Development Unit (DG Human Resources and Security) has invited Dr Kass to make a presentation and conduct a workshop on the subject “Learning from mistakes”. This workshop is part of a Learning Week organized by this unit.
Lessons Learned at the Arctic Light e-Health Conference - ALEC
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Event: 6th February 2014, Kiruna, Sweden
At the international Arctic Light e-Health Conference - ALEC a satellite event: “Engaged Community for Active and Healthy Ageing” will take place on 6-February. One of the three themes at this event will be Mutual Learning using Lessons Learned, which will be chaired by Dr James Kass (ENGAGED_Newsletter_N2_January 2014 Edition - PDF).
2nd International Workshop on Lessons Learned in Program/Project Management
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Event: 22nd March 2013, Noordwijk
An important domain of the activities of the International Program/Project Management Committee (IPMC) is the critical subject of sharing Lessons Learned (LL). If space organizations cannot or do not share lessons they learn, then the all-important means of continuous improvement and avoidance of past mistakes is greatly diminished. The IPMC has recognized the importance of sharing Lessons Learned and has now organised a second workshop on this theme to be held at ESTEC on 22nd March 2013.
Debriefing of ESA’s Standards & Engineering Knowledge Division on Lessons Learned
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Event: 26th September 2012, Noordwijk
On request by Mr Roger Jegou, head of ESA’s Standards & Engineering Knowledge Division, Dr Kass carried out debriefing sessions with staff of this division concerning the operation of the newly designed ESA Lessons Learned System (ELLS) (which he had earlier designed) as well as on the organisation of so-called Lessons Learned Events.
Presentation of Lessons Learned system to Director of ESTEC
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Event: 11th July 2012, Noordwijk
Mr Franco Ongaro, Director of the European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) and Director of ESA’s Directorate of Technical & Quality Management, invited Dr Kass to present the ESA Lessons Learned System (ELLS) to him in order that he could assess how to move forward on this project.