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and, as part of the 2025 People Strategy, our Open Job Market. Now, we need to ensure that the leadership learning offer- ing remains relevant to the ever-evolving business and functional needs. Third, as leaders we do not accept anymore a one- size-fits-all approach. We all learn differ- ently, at different times and in different locations, and have different needs; we want a leadership learning offering that recognizes it. To address this change in our learning strategy, a team has been put in place, and the launch of the Leadership Learning Ecosystem is the result of great teamwork over the past months. Guillaume: Allow me to take Berlin as an example. Over the past years Berlin has become a place of reference for start-ups in Europe. Why? Because in one place you have the proximity of universities and research centers, co-working spaces, investors, entrepreneurs and students from around the world, good quality of life at an affordable price, a breeding ground for creative people, a safe economic and political environment, an active job market, etc. This combination of factors has made Berlin a great ecosystem where start-ups grow and thrive. Likewise, we envision the Leadership Learning Ecosys- tem to be a place where: • Technology will enable all our leaders to Learn, Connect and Grow in a continu- ous manner, anytime, anywhere, accord- ing to their learning style. • Leadership learning content will be a combination of core content coming from Harvard Business Publishing, and from a variety of partners including busi- ness schools, thought leaders, and ex- perts from the Business and HR worlds. The combination of contents, formats and delivery modes should allow our learning needs to be met in agile way. • All leaders are in the driver’s seat of their own development, supported by their re- spective managers and HR, and also HR Lineup: What do you mean by an Ecosystem?

of the development of their teams and other colleagues, by designing learning paths for themselves or even delivering some sessions – we learn so much by teaching! HR Lineup: This all sounds very exciting! What is already available today? Guillaume: First elements are already in place, and I really encourage everyone to check out our new Leadership Learning Ecosystem webpage. Here you can find instructions on how to access the Harvard Manage Mentor site, a series of dates for live webinars explaining in more detail how to best leverage all the functionalities of the Ecosystem, information about our two new leadership transition programs targeted at first time managers, and our exciting learning path to further develop curiosity during Q4. All facilitated programs have limited seats, and more information on how to register is provided on the webpage. For now, all programs will be delivered remotely by ABB Learning Coaches and external facilitators. If the epidemiological situation allows for it, we will hopefully turn these programs into a hybrid delivery mode. The Ecosystem will gradually grow as more and more leadership programs and learn- ing solutions will be launched centrally from the Corporate People Development team, in the businesses and functions, and by the managers themselves. This is a virtuous circle – the more offerings we have, the more users will connect to the Ecosystem, who will in turn increase the lifelong learning offering, etc. HR Lineup: Thank you very much! We are looking forward to seeing this come to life. Guillaume: I cannot wait for us to Learn, Connect and Grow together in our new ABB Leadership Learning Ecosystem!