“We Tried All the AI. Here’s What Actually Moved the Needle.” (featuring School of Rock)

Every L&D leader right now is fielding some version of the same question: so, what are you actually doing with AI? In this candid Q&A, Sam Dresser, Chief Innovation Officer at School of Rock, shares the unfiltered reality of building an AI-powered learning function across 300+ locations — what they’ve adopted, what they’ve set aside, and the philosophy guiding every decision.

With a lean team of three, School of Rock has made collaborative learning the backbone of their strategy: decentralizing content creation to SMEs, using AI to surface insights from learners at scale, and building tools like Perfect Pitch — an AI-powered sales training simulator vibe coded by Sam himself, despite not knowing how to write a single line of code.

The conversation also explores a bigger question Sam frames as L&D’s defining challenge in an AI world: the difference between sharing knowledge — which AI does just fine — and sharing wisdom, which is still entirely human. It closes with a look at the business impact: what measurable outcomes emerge when L&D stops chasing completion rates and starts operating like a performance driver.

During this session, you will learn:

• A practical AI decision-making framework — how School of Rock decides when to adopt a new AI capability, when to wait, and what questions to ask before going live.
• Real-world AI use cases from a global L&D team — from building AI-powered sales training tools via vibe coding to translation features that slashed support tickets across a multilingual workforce.
• How to make collaborative learning your AI multiplier — why a small L&D team with the right SME network can outperform a larger team going it alone, and the practical 360Learning features School of Rock uses to make it work.
• The language to connect AI adoption to business impact — how to move the conversation with senior stakeholders from “cool tool” to “strategic lever.”
• Confidence to move from pilot to practice — including what not to prioritize yet, so you focus your energy where it actually counts.

Sam Dresser
Chief Innovation Officer
School of Rock

Colleen Cote
Sr. Strategic Client Success Partner
360Learning

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