Faye Orfanou

When I first began working with businesses—as a legal and organizational consultant—I was trained to dissect words carefully.   Investment   meant allocation of resources with an expectation of return.   Return   meant measurable value created. Later, as a technology transfer advisor, my role was to help researchers turn scientific results into business value. There, value had to be articulated clearly: Who benefits? How? What changes? What improves? What becomes economically meaningful?...

Return on Investment The Three Factors That Turn Value into Performance Impact In every role I’ve had—legal consultant, tech transfer advisor, mentor, and now head of an HRD organization—I have been preoccupied with one core question: When does an “investment” truly generate a “return” when the investment is for a service supportive to our core business? In technology transfer, value is not assumed; it must be demonstrated. A scientific result becomes meaningful only when it translates into...

What We Believe Will Actually Happen in L&D in Five Years - Reflections from a Co-Creation Meet-Up