Discussing the Undiscussables to Improve a Quality Culture (16 Apr 2026)

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 18:00:00 GMT

Register and join us for an Interactive session to explore the impact of organizational dynamics and “elephants in the room” on the ability to establish a culture of quality and compliance.

Discover the critical role culture plays in L&D, hear real stories that bring learning culture to life, and walk away with a practical framework leaders can use to build and sustain a thriving learning culture.

Speaker: Ed Francis

Title/Company: Senior Principal, Accenture

Bio: Ed Francis serves as Senior Principal in Accenture’s Thought Leader & Expert group, bringing more than 20 years of consulting experience across diverse industries. Ed specializes in organizational change and employee engagement, partnering with pharmaceutical manufacturers and supply chain organizations to drive improvements in quality manufacturing, commercial compliance, and data integrity. Based near Austin, Texas, Ed is passionate about helping teams achieve lasting impact through practical, people-centered strategies.

Transformation Without Burnout: A People Centered Approach for the Era of Constant Change (22 Jul 2026)

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 19:00:00 GMT

Register and join us for an Interactive session with real world examples of transformation missteps and successes.

Event Description:

Change initiatives in regulated industries often fail not because of poor intent, but because of training overload, unclear role impacts, and leadership behaviors that stop at go-live.

In this interactive AGXPE session, participants will explore a practical, human-centered approach to change management that balances compliance with real-world adoption. Attendees will leave with tools, templates, and strategies they can immediately apply to improve change outcomes across Quality, Regulatory, and operational teams.

Key Session Provisions:

Practical change framework tailored to regulated industries

Language to align Qulaity, Learning and Transformation teams

Tools you can immediately use in their organization

Clear guidance on reducing training overload

Exploration of Change Management Systems

Peer learning and shared challenges across GxP organizations

Speaker Bio:

Linda T. Cross is a senior leader in Organizational Change Management, Learning and Development, and Quality transformation with nearly two decades of experience across the pharmaceutical and life sciences industry. She has held progressive leadership roles at organizations including Takeda, Sanofi and Biogen, most recently serving as Director of Organizational Change Management for Global Regulatory Affairs at Takeda, where she led enterprise-wide transformation initiatives spanning regulatory modernization, system implementations, and operating model redesign. Linda is known for bridging change, learning, and compliance to drive real adoption in highly regulated environments, with a focus on reducing training overload and building scalable change systems. She is currently pursuing a Doctor of Education at Northeastern University with a research focus on human-centered learning and change systems in regulated organizations and serves as a leader within AGXPE, advancing practical, practitioner-led approaches to sustainable change.

Association for GXP Excellence (AGXPE) upcoming events

Discussing the Undiscussables to Improve a Quality Culture (16 Apr 2026)

Transformation Without Burnout: A People Centered Approach for the Era of Constant Change (22 Jul 2026)