Why Mother Is Investing in a Head of Learning and Development
72andSunny vet Maria Scileppi takes on the new role


Key insights:
- Mother wants to be "the most attractive destination for the most creative people."
- The role will also focus on mitigating burnout, a problem across the agency world.
For the past few years, Maria Scileppi, formerly the director of 72U, 72andSunny’s creative residency, has gone the consultant route in San Francisco. There were short stints at Ideo, Dropbox and Autodesk that resulted in Scileppi pondering and researching the future of work. It then became about the future of learning, but there was one concern in the back of her mind: more consistent interaction.