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Playbook: Translate business goals into meaningful change

Hanna Komusaari — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 14:08:07 GMT

This is a classic disconnect I see all the time, and one I'm navigating right now in a large-scale transformation project. Business leaders speak in KPIs, but employees are motivated by meaning, purpose, and understanding "What's in it for me?" (WIIFM). If we don't bridge this gap, even the most critical change initiatives are destined to fail.

Playbook: From order-taker to strategic change partner

Co-written by the members of L&D Leaders Community — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 14:04:03 GMT

However, moving to this strategic partner status requires us to address three systemic elephants in the room that often hold our profession back:

Playbook: From content to capability: Scaling people with AI

Saqib Riaz — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 13:52:33 GMT

In L&D, we're constantly asked to build new courses, design varied content and build learning pathways. But often, this isn't the right solution. The real challenge is to solve performance problems and enable people in the flow of their work.

This playbook, born from a co-creation session with the L&D Leaders Community, offers a practical framework for using AI to scale your people, not just your content library. We'll break down two real-world examples of AI tools that automate time-consuming processes and deliver personalized development at scale, helping you shift from being a content creator to a strategic performance partner.

By following this playbook, you'll learn how to identify high-impact AI use cases, partner with technical teams, and build solutions that solve real business problems.

Playbook: Solving the right problem in the right way – Why service design matters for L&D and change leaders

Eeva Martonen — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 13:40:27 GMT

Human-centered design can be front-heavy, meaning more time is spent in the beginning. Some people might find this hard to understand. But with positive experiences, people tend to accept the process more readily. And here's what I've learned from my work—from building service design competency in China to leading transformation programs: in general, using these approaches improves the success rate of initiatives. It ensures we are solving the right problem in the right way.

What happens when L&D stops delivering learning and starts designing for it?

Emilia Åström — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 13:17:53 GMT

There's a question that keeps surfacing in L&D circles: Are we actually positioned to close the gap between business strategy and daily performance?

What's next in L&D: 5 signals from Learning Technologies London 2026

Emilia Åström — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 09:25:01 GMT

The big idea: Welcome to the enablement era

The conference had a clear throughline: L&D is moving beyond content. The job is no longer to produce content, it's to orchestrate the conditions where performance can happen. Less time building courses, more time understanding business problems, removing friction, and enabling people to do their best work.