T1S4 - L&D's Future
L&D in an AI World: Creating a New Future for the Profession - Donald H Taylor & Eglė Vinauskaitė
AI has moved from experimentation to everyday practice in L&D, but with that shift comes a more fundamental question: what happens to the learning function when content creation is no longer its defining capability?
In this session, Donald H Taylor and Eglė Vinauskaitė share insights from their global research and real-world examples to examine how AI is reshaping the foundations of the learning profession. Drawing on data and observed practice across organisations, they explore how L&D’s role, influence, and operating model are evolving as AI becomes embedded in everyday work.
Rather than focusing on tools or use cases, this session provides a clear, evidence-based view of how the centre of gravity in L&D is shifting and what that means for the profession’s future relevance and impact.
Key Topics Include:
- Why AI challenges the traditional centre of L&D’s work
- What current research reveals about L&D’s changing role and influence
- Emerging models of L&D made possible by AI
- How AI is accelerating long-standing shifts in the profession
- What this evolution means for L&D’s future identity
From Insight to Action: How L&D Leaders Are Redefining the Profession in an AI-Enabled World - Donald H Taylor & Eglė Vinauskaitė
Understanding how AI is reshaping L&D is one thing; responding to it inside real organisations is another.
In this facilitated panel discussion, L&D leaders share practical perspectives on how they are navigating the profession’s shift away from content production toward broader organisational impact. Building on recent research insights, the panel explores how learning teams are redefining their value, influence, and focus as AI becomes part of everyday work.
Panelists will discuss what’s changing in practice, what tensions they’re encountering, and how they are repositioning L&D to remain relevant and influential—often while balancing legacy expectations and emerging opportunities.
This session focuses on lived experience, helping attendees translate research insight into practical direction for their own organisations.
Key Topics Include:
- How L&D leaders are responding to AI’s impact on their function
- Moving from content creation to organisational enablement
- Tensions between traditional expectations and emerging roles
- What’s proving harder (or easier) than expected in practice
- Lessons for redefining L&D’s value in an AI-enabled world
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