Despite growing recognition of career development’s value, many employers’ initiatives remain short-lived. Programs launch with enthusiasm, only to fade when priorities shift, leaders change or funding ends. The issue isn’t a lack of commitment. It’s the absence of infrastructure. Career development professionals often see this first-hand: employers may have tools and frameworks in place, but not the systems needed to sustain career development over time.
This FREE recorded webinar shares insights from the Internal Career Centre Playbook — a CERIC-funded project delivered with Challenge Factory — designed to help employers move beyond one-off programs toward more sustainable career development systems. Using the Career Infrastructure Operating System™ (CIOS) as a lens, this webinar helps career development professionals understand the conditions that enable career development to grow and last within organizations and supports those looking to strengthen their work with employers by influencing the systems behind it.
Examine why program-based career development efforts consistently fall short for employers
Learn how the CIOS framework helps diagnose structural barriers to sustainability within organizations
Explore how the Internal Career Centre Playbook can be used to support deeper, systems-level change with employers
Identify the role CDPs can play in helping employers foster a culture of internal career development
And much more!
This recorded webinar, originally presented in spring 2026, offers valuable insights from Career Development as Strategy – a CERIC-funded practical playbook that helps organizations transform fragmented career, learning and talent initiatives into a cohesive internal career centre that drives real results.Learn more here.
• 1 hour-long recorded webinar to learn at your own pace
• A downloadable certificate upon completion
Lisa Taylor helps leaders redesign workforce systems for a world shaped by AI, longer working lives, and accelerating change. As Founder and CEO of Challenge Factory, Lisa works at the intersection of research, policy and practice to help governments, organizations and executives confront a hard truth: today’s leadership pipelines and talent systems weren’t built for the conditions they now face.
Her work focuses on fixing Broken Talent Escalators® and rebuilding the structures that connect people, purpose and productivity at scale. Grounded in the Five Drivers of Workforce Change™, Lisa translates global forces like longevity, technology and shifting employment relationships into practical strategies leaders can act on immediately.
Lisa has advised national governments, influenced workforce policy, and guided multinational organizations through complex transformation. Her insights have been featured by The Globe and Mail, Forbes, and the OECD’s Future of Work reports, and she is a sought-after keynote speaker for leaders who need clarity, confidence, and direction in uncertain times.
Carli Fink is a Certified Career Development Practitioner (CCDP®) passionate about bringing a contemporary, evidence-based approach to career development. As a Workforce & Learning Consultant with Challenge Factory, she leverages her expertise in career and workforce development, higher education and curriculum design to help clients create workplaces where people thrive.
With 10 years of experience working at the intersection of education and career development, Carli enables success by catalyzing change at the individual, group and systems levels. She has advised 1,800+ people on their careers; designed, facilitated and taught workshops and courses about careers; developed award-winning career tools; scaled programs that engaged hundreds of students; helped academic departments embed career learning into academic programs; and developed the strategy to deliver multi-million dollar workforce development programs for Ontario’s automotive sector. These experiences shape her nuanced understanding of how structures and systems impact people’s learning experiences and career outcomes.
CERIC is a charitable organization that is dedicated to the advancement of education, research and advocacy in career counselling and development. We fund projects and provide innovative resources and learning opportunities that build the knowledge and skills of diverse career and employment professionals.