1 hr 4 min
Jan Dobbenie - CIO at VDAB - Building future-proof employment services CIONET
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- Technology
Jan Dobbenie, CIO at VDAB is nominated for the European Digital Leader of the Year Awards! Register here: https://www.cionext.com/14 to meet Jan and other finalists at #CIONEXT on 26th October, where the winners in the Finance & Government categories will be announced!
How did VDAB navigate the major transformation, where it shifted from helping 200 000 unemployed find a new job to serving 4 million citizens of Flanders with advice on their career paths? Is it possible to apply zero-based budgeting in the public sector?
In this #LeadershipDeepDive episode, Hendrik Deckers talks with Jan Dobbenie, CIO at VDAB about the use of AI in matching the right candidate with the right employer in the sector where segmentation is, in fact, individual. Jan explains what the First Class Strategy at VDAB is and how their technology will evolve in the future to predict changes on the job market long before they actually occur.
Watch the full interview to find out more and check why Jean-Luc Picard, the captain of “Star Trek’s” USS Enterprise can be an inspiration for successful digital leaders!
Table of contents:
01:00 | Introduction
01:08 | Jan’s background
06:45 | About VDAB
07:54 | Transformation at VDAB: VIBE Program
11:25 | Artificial intelligence at VDAB
12:23 | About the “Job Reach” engine
16:10 | Next steps: predictive employment models
18:57 |Inclusive talent management
23:08 | IT Department at VDAB
23:44 | Results of the new programs
26:57 | Measuring results
28:08 | The First Class strategy
30:05 | Data strategy
37:30 | VDAB & CIONET Tribes
38:57 | The role of the CIO
42:37 | Management style
44:12 | Leadership style
48:14 | Motivation
51:08 |Most brilliant failure
53:45 | MBTI - strengths
59:48 | MBTI - weaknesses
1:00:03 | Bad things in life
1:01:58 | Personal gift
1:03:25 | Advice to future digital leaders
Jan Dobbenie, CIO at VDAB is nominated for the European Digital Leader of the Year Awards! Register here: https://www.cionext.com/14 to meet Jan and other finalists at #CIONEXT on 26th October, where the winners in the Finance & Government categories will be announced!
How did VDAB navigate the major transformation, where it shifted from helping 200 000 unemployed find a new job to serving 4 million citizens of Flanders with advice on their career paths? Is it possible to apply zero-based budgeting in the public sector?
In this #LeadershipDeepDive episode, Hendrik Deckers talks with Jan Dobbenie, CIO at VDAB about the use of AI in matching the right candidate with the right employer in the sector where segmentation is, in fact, individual. Jan explains what the First Class Strategy at VDAB is and how their technology will evolve in the future to predict changes on the job market long before they actually occur.
Watch the full interview to find out more and check why Jean-Luc Picard, the captain of “Star Trek’s” USS Enterprise can be an inspiration for successful digital leaders!
Table of contents:
01:00 | Introduction
01:08 | Jan’s background
06:45 | About VDAB
07:54 | Transformation at VDAB: VIBE Program
11:25 | Artificial intelligence at VDAB
12:23 | About the “Job Reach” engine
16:10 | Next steps: predictive employment models
18:57 |Inclusive talent management
23:08 | IT Department at VDAB
23:44 | Results of the new programs
26:57 | Measuring results
28:08 | The First Class strategy
30:05 | Data strategy
37:30 | VDAB & CIONET Tribes
38:57 | The role of the CIO
42:37 | Management style
44:12 | Leadership style
48:14 | Motivation
51:08 |Most brilliant failure
53:45 | MBTI - strengths
59:48 | MBTI - weaknesses
1:00:03 | Bad things in life
1:01:58 | Personal gift
1:03:25 | Advice to future digital leaders
1 hr 4 min