CEOs and CLOs: Your Steve Kerr Moment in the AI Era

CEOs and CLOs - This Is Your Steve Kerr Moment At a recent CLOLIFT meeting, Brandon Carson, the CLO at Docebo, said to a group of F500 CLOs that this was our "Steve Kerr moment". For those of you too young to remember, in 1994, GE did something bold. Jack Welch created the role of Chief Learning Officer and brought in Steve Kerr, a leadership scholar, to use learning as the lever for business transformation. GE was entering the digital era. Technology was changing fast, and Welch knew the real challenge wasn’t systems, it was how fast people could learn and adapt. Kerr made learning strategic. Crotonville became not a training center, but the heartbeat of GE’s culture, leadership, and change engine. Fast forward 30 years. We’re at that same kind of moment again. AI, automation, and data are reshaping how work gets done. Every company is being forced to rethink its operating model and its workforce strategy. Once again, learning is the lever. The CLO role, done right, is not about courses or content. It’s about building enterprise learning agility and embedding capability-building into the business itself. The lesson from 1994 still holds: When the CEO and CLO are tightly connected, learning becomes a force for transformation. So, CEOs - who’s your Steve Kerr? And CLOs - are you ready to play that role again? Because this is your moment. The companies that win the AI era will make learning their competitive advantage, just like GE did at the dawn of the digital era. Granted, GE ended up as three new companies, but its legacy as a leadership academy still carries on.   See the CLOLIFT Project and articles by the CLOLIFT team, including some great ones by the McKinsey team on the Future of L&D and a series of posts on Learning to Learn as the new top skill. #CLOLIFT Meighan Hackett Poritz Noah G. Rabinowitz Lisa Christensen Heather Stefanski Eric Berger Emily Y. Lin Gordon Rudow Gordon Trujillo Kelly Woltornist Kati Clement-Frazier Sandra Loughlin, PhD Marcello Rinaldi Chris Dunford Michele A Graham (Gligora)

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Is your L&D strategy really “revolutionizing” learning — or just repackaging old ideas? Everyone talks about innovation in #LearningAndDevelopment. But here’s the truth — employees don’t want another fancy training module. They want something that actually speaks to their growth, their pace, and their goals. 🎯 Personalization is no longer a buzzword it’s the backbone of real learning. When learning feels personal, employees engage deeper, retain more, and perform better. Data-driven insights now let us go beyond “one-size-fits-all” programs to create experiences that fit like a glove. At Humanlinks Learning, we’re not just building courses — we’re building connections. Each learning journey is tailored to the learner’s strengths, goals, and style because when people feel seen, they thrive. 💡 Here’s the shift: From training everyone the same way ➜ to developing everyone in their own way. That’s what truly revolutionizes L&D. #HumanResources #Leadership #FutureOfWork #HumanLinksLearning

DECADE: 1990s LEGEND: Carl Binder CHALLENGE: As organizations raced to scale in the 1990s, performance improvement had been trapped in silos. Trainers trained. Managers managed. Consultants diagnosed. Performance improvement experts were considered a rare breed of "scientists." RESPONSE: Carl Binder translated Thomas Gilbert’s Behavioral Engineering Model into something leaders and teams could actually use. His Six Boxes® Model made the drivers of performance visible, practical, and manageable. It empowered teams to see performance not just as skill, but as a system of environment, expectations, feedback, and consequences. IMPACT: The Six Boxes model spread across industries worldwide. It became a visual toolkit for creating alignment between what people do and what organizations need. Binder didn’t just advance performance thinking -- he made it usable, scalable, and coachable. LEARN MORE: Explore Carl Binder’s Six Boxes® Performance Thinking → https://www.sixboxes.com Discover how ISPI and the Legends of performance improvement can make a measurable difference in your world. Visit https://ISPI.org #Legends #AI4PI #PerformanceImprovement #ISPI #PerformanceChain #SixBoxes #FutureOfWork #HumanCenteredAI #PerformanceManagement

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Stop Betting on Training. Start Measuring Talent ROI. You invest heavily in courses, coaching, and certifications. But where is the verifiable proof of capability uplift? The biggest issue with L&D spend is the lack of a measurable return. AchieveMeter was built to solve this investment gap. The Cost of Guesswork Ambition without measurement leads to expensive failure. When you guess at development, the cost is staggering: → Financial Drain: Traditional training often fails to stick, wasting budget without changing behaviour. → Talent Loss: Losing high-performers costs a business anywhere from 30% to 400% of that person's salary. → Risk: Your most valuable asset, your future leadership, is exposed to burnout and attrition. AchieveMeter: The Verification Engine We turn your development budget into a secure, measurable investment. AchieveMeter provides the objective data to de-risk your talent pipeline: → Predictive Data: Use embedded AI to forecast attrition and burnout before it happens. → Validation: Track actual skill uplift from training and experience, proving the ROI of your spend. → Actionable Plan: Stop training what your team thinks they need. Start developing based on real-time skill gaps. The future of workforce investment is not spending more. It's measuring better. What is the single hardest training investment for your company to justify with a clear ROI? ♻️ Repost this to share the key to a data-driven talent pipeline. #AchieveMeter #TalentROI #WorkforceDevelopment #Leadership #InvestmentStrategy #AchieverGroup

2030 is approaching fast. The skills that got you this far? They may not take you forward. They may also need to be in focus on how we raise our kids. Because while machines master the predictable, what remains is profoundly human. The skills that require presence. The ones that live between heart and mind. These skills will shape our ability to adapt. Here's how to move forward by 2030: 1) Motivation + Self-Awareness ↳ Learn to live by your energy levels and notice patterns. ↳ Schedule your most important tasks when you're at peak energy. 2) Leadership + Social Influence ↳ Find your voice and share your insight for visibility. ↳ Build trust by highlighting others' wins, not just your own. 3) Resilience + Open Mindedness ↳ Notice what sets you back and your learnings. ↳ Correct and improve and make it a recurring challenge. 4) Analytical Thinking ↳ Focus on one key metric in your business and identify three drivers. ↳ Review data from your last quarter and ask yourself what story it tells. 5) Systems Thinking ↳ Map out a recurring process in your work and identify a friction point. ↳ Build a system that runs without your constant oversight. 6) Creative Thinking ↳ Block 1 hour / week for unstructured thinking / mind wondering. ↳ Explore the connection of unrelated ideas that come to your mind. 7) Empathy and Active Listening ↳ In the next meeting: check what's unsaid, not just what's spoken. ↳ Ask one person on your (client)team: "What can I do for you right now?" 8) Dependability + Attention to Detail ↳ Choose one area where you'll raise your standard this month. ↳ Follow through on one small promise you made to yourself or others. 9) AI + Big Data ↳ Subscribe to one AI-focused newsletter and apply one insight this month. ↳ Automate one repetitive task in your workflow using AI tools. 10. Curiosity + Lifelong Learning ↳ Listen to a podcast or book on a topic outside your expertise. ↳ Use one tip and apply it into your field. 💡 Remember: The future is about using AI as your leverage. It's about emphasizing what is the human element. Your inner game determines everything else. Your self-awareness becomes your edge. The opportunity is always now. The choice is always yours. **** 💚 like and ♻️ reshare, if this resonated ➕ Follow Dr. Angela Kerek MBA for insights on winning inside. 📥 Join thousands of leaders getting weekly strategies on WINNING INSIDE: https://lnkd.in/dp9Q__2t

🚀 Future-Proof Your Career: The Skills You Need by 2030 (WEF) The World Economic Forum's (WEF) Top 10 Skills by 2030 graphic is a clear roadmap for continuous professional development. It’s striking how heavily the list prioritizes human-centric, cognitive, and adaptive abilities over purely technical skills. Key Takeaways: Self-Mastery is #1: Motivation + Self-Awareness is the foundation. Without knowing why you work and how you learn, mastering the other nine is impossible. The Power Duo: Analytical Thinking (#4) and Systems Thinking (#5) together are critical. It’s no longer enough to analyze data; you must understand how all the pieces interact to form a complex whole. The Tech Edge: While soft skills dominate, AI + Big Data (#9) shows that foundational technological literacy remains essential for navigating future jobs. Always Be Learning: Curiosity + Lifelong Learning (#10) frames every other skill. The future requires an inherently resilient and open mindset (#3) to tackle complex, unprecedented problems. What skill are you investing in this quarter? Share your thoughts below! 👇 #FutureOfWork #SkillsFor2030 #LinkedInLearning #ProfessionalDevelopment #WEF

Your organization holds a vast library of expertise. But if that knowledge isn’t flowing—you're leaving ROI on the table. Skill Tokens help fix that. They reward internal contributors who teach, mentor, and build knowledge across your teams. The outcome? ✔️ Faster innovation ✔️ Higher engagement ✔️ Stronger culture of learning It’s a simple shift with enterprise-level impact. #Leadership #StartupCulture #TalentStrategy #FutureReadyWorkforce

As a CEO, you're facing a dilemma. You're constantly told that AI will change everything. Yet, industry statistics show a staggering 70% of corporate AI projects fail to deliver on their promise. Why? Because most leaders are presented with two bad options: 1. The "Boil the Ocean" Strategy: A massive, multi-million dollar "transformation" that's too slow, too complex, and dies in committee. 2. The "Consultant Trap": A $200,000, 100-page theoretical strategy document that sits on a shelf, impossible to implement without a team of data scientists you don't have. For CEOs of businesses in the $12M to $250M range, both paths are a fast track to wasting capital and, more importantly, time. You don't have the blank-cheque R&D budget of a global giant, but your operation is too complex to just "buy a tool." You're stuck in the middle, and the cost of inaction—or the cost of the wrong action—is enormous. This is not an IT problem to be delegated. It's a business model challenge that the CEO must own. But you don't need a massive budget to win. You just need a different approach. The right way to start is to be pragmatic. Your focus shouldn't be on "transforming everything." It should be on finding and executing one, specific, validated beacon project. One initiative that creates a massive, measurable win. That's how you build momentum. That's how you fund the next step. I've designed a program to solve this exact problem. It’s called The Exponential Advisor Coaching Program. It’s an intensive 6-week coaching program built to give you the outcomes of a high-end advisory service at a fraction of the cost. I am running a 30 minute webinar on November 5th at 9am AEDT to talk through the approach and strategy. Register here to join: https://lnkd.in/gM5Say6h #CEO #AIStrategy #Businessgrowth #leadership #exponentialadvisor #webinar