Reference no: EM133597627

Problem: BMO Financial Group is a large banking and financial services operation with headquarters in Mon-treal and Toronto, Canada. Formerly known as the Bank of Montreal, it also operates BMO Harris Bank, based in Chicago, Illinois. Globally, BMO employs over 45,000 employees. Their chief learning officer, Gina Jeneroux, has stated: "To stay ahead of the curve, we need to be bold on talent, creating the conditions for human and machine partnerships and building and nurturing a culture that sparks growth, creativity, and innovation." Beginning in 2018, BMO U was launched as a new approach to learning for bank employees. Assume that you are a part of the BMO talent development team, and that assessment efforts demonstrate a need to provide both "upskilling" and "reskilling" for current BMO employees. As you think about ways to provide new learning to BMO employees, address the following issues-especially in relationship to the goal of sparking employee "growth, creativity, and innovation." What options are available to BMO concerning how learning is designed and provided to employees? That is, how much of this should be provided via classroom training, and how much via online or digital formats? Finally, how would you promote the use of material learned in BMO U offerings back on the job?