Learning Culture
The alignment of an organization’s systems, structures, and people that represents its views and commitments to continuous learning, performance improvement, and growth.
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More Human by Design: Leading with What AI Can’t Replace
Drawing on her work helping organizations build stronger leaders and workplace cultures, Beth Ridley invites you to explore how AI can become a catalyst for more intentional leadership, creativity, and connection—not less. Through her Choose, Connect, Create framework, you’ll discover how to delegate routine work to AI while investing more deeply in the judgment, relationships, and ideas that create lasting impact. You’ll leave with practical questions and strategies for deciding what to hand off to AI, where to focus your own energy, and how to become more human by design in the age of artificial intelligence.
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AI Success Depends on Human Skills & Critical Thinking
AI represents a fundamental shift in how work is done. Organizations now face two paths: One is focused on automation, where AI replaces human tasks, and the other on augmentation, where AI enhances human capabilities.
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Designing Learning for a Time‑Starved Workplace
Designing learning around real work patterns is not about lowering expectations. It’s about acknowledging reality and designing within it.
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From Content Delivery to Learner Readiness: Designing Role-Aligned Learning Paths
Using a practical framework and real-world examples, Jason will walk through what it looks like when learning is designed around roles, skills, and progression — not just access and completion. You’ll learn how to shift the focus from tracking activity to demonstrating readiness, and how to build learning programs that give employees a clearer path forward while giving leaders the evidence they need to see L&D as a business driver. In this session, Jason Gildner, Principal Product Specialist at Instructure, will explore how organizations can move beyond content delivery to create learning experiences that connect to real career growth. What…
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What Training Teaches Us to See: High-Stakes Learning Systems Shape Perception Before They Shape Action
Training does not just prepare people to act. It prepares them to interpret reality.
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Peer Mentoring: How People Grow Each Other at Work
Peer mentoring cannot carry the full weight of a culture by itself. But it can create real places inside the culture where people begin to experience work differently.
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What’s Next for Learning? The Trends DevLearn Attendees See Emerging
The future of learning took shape in a big way throughout 2025, and DevLearn attendees were already spotting the trends transforming the industry while with us in Las Vegas. From the rapid rise of AI and AI-native platforms to growing conversations around accessibility, localization, immersive learning, and creative media design, these emerging priorities are reshaping how organizations create and deliver learning experiences. At DevLearn 2026, attendees will have the opportunity to explore these trends in greater depth through practical sessions, workshops, demos, and discussions focused on what’s next for workplace learning. AI is everywhere AI was by far the biggest trend attendees identified in 2025. As noted by attendees, organizations are…
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Expertise We Still Have to Earn
Ironically, the rise of intelligent systems (AI) may make these deeply human capabilities even more valuable.
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The L&D Burnout Treadmill: Recognizing the Pressures Beneath the Pace
Small shifts in expectations, boundaries, and self-compassion can help you build a healthier relationship with the work you care deeply about.
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Be Concrete! Why Simple Language Matters in the AI Age
The common goal though—and especially the goal of leaders—stays the same: The messages should persuade and lead to action. To achieve that, recipients must understand them.