Returning for a second series, this popular practical course is aimed at actuaries at any stage of their career who want to develop their own growth mindset and apply it to their work setting and personal or professional lifelong learning. The content of the course builds on the lecture given by Dr Helen Wright on Growth Mindset as part of the President’s 2021 Lecture series, and will be delivered over a period of two months, from mid-January to mid-March.

The format of the course is unlike traditional IFoA events: the first and last sessions in the series will be live, and last 60 minutes, while sessions 2 to 5 will be in the format of pre-recorded 15-20 minute segments, which can be downloaded and watched at the convenience of participants. Each of these segments will explore an aspect of Growth Mindset in practice in actuarial work, and will set a specific challenge for the participants to undertake in the following fortnight, before the next session.

Participants will be encouraged to share their experiences of these challenges in an online forum as they progress through the course, so that they can learn from one another.

In the final (live) session, the focus will be on how together, actuaries can support the wider profession to embrace the challenge of change, using the learnings garnered from this course about the value of Growth Mindset.

IFoA President Matt Saker will join Helen at both the opening and closing sessions to give his perspective on the application of the Growth Mindset and how it can support the development of actuaries’ careers in the context of the Vision, Skills, Mindsets and Domains (VSMD) Strategy.

Returning for a second series, this popular practical course is aimed at actuaries at any stage of their career who want to develop their own growth mindset and apply it to their work setting and personal or professional lifelong learning. The content of the course builds on the lecture given by Dr Helen Wright on Growth Mindset as part of the President’s 2021 Lecture series, and will be delivered over a period of two months, from mid-January to mid-March.

The format of the course is unlike traditional IFoA events: the first and last sessions in the series will be live, and last 60 minutes, while sessions 2 to 5 will be in the format of pre-recorded 15-20 minute segments, which can be downloaded and watched at the convenience of participants. Each of these segments will explore an aspect of Growth Mindset in practice in actuarial work, and will set a specific challenge for the participants to undertake in the following fortnight, before the next session.

Participants will be encouraged to share their experiences of these challenges in an online forum as they progress through the course, so that they can learn from one another.

In the final (live) session, the focus will be on how together, actuaries can support the wider profession to embrace the challenge of change, using the learnings garnered from this course about the value of Growth Mindset.

IFoA President Matt Saker will join Helen at both the opening and closing sessions to give his perspective on the application of the Growth Mindset and how it can support the development of actuaries’ careers in the context of the Vision, Skills, Mindsets and Domains (VSMD) Strategy.