GOOD MORNING L&D

Can HR really carry the AI transformation? Khadija Ben Hammada's answer: "At some point, someone has to go first. So why not us?" Merck has also put some of its best talents, people who manage key accounts or are among its best marketers, on the most complex AI challenges. Khadija doesn't claim that's best in class. It's how Merck looks at it: the best people should unloc...

Three days in Paris, and one shift kept coming back: when companies at UNLEASH said learning, they meant redesigning the work itself. In the final episode, Moritz Ettl and Gary Bolles take stock of the week and ask what HR and L&D leaders can take back to work on Monday morning. In this episode:Three things for Monday morning: Gary's 'zoom in, zoom out, reinvent', and why Moritz sa...

Day two in Paris came down to one word: trust. When every company catches up on AI tools, what lasts is whether you trust your people to keep learning. In this episode, Moritz Ettl and Gary Bolles talk about: What shifted: Why an early AI lead won't last, and why German companies operating globally say AI change can't be steered from Germany. Heard in the corridors: A wave of HR tech conso...

Day one in Paris showed a gap: US companies are under pressure to prove business value from AI, while some European teams are still classifying emails. That pressure is heading your way. In this episode, Moritz Ettl and Gary Bolles talk about:What shifted: A US expert in AI transformation expected a group far along with AI and met a team that had just spent a week classifying emails so AI couldn&#...

"All of this AI technology is not here to eliminate jobs or make things more efficient. That's going to happen anyway. It's to enable your company to grow." The best transformation teams, Josh Bersin says, bring three groups together: the business that does the work, IT and HR. The skill they need most is facilitating change across functions, and that's an L&D skill. His...

"Learning has never, ever been more important to organizations. Not training, learning." While many in L&D worry about AI automating their function, Sandra Loughlin sees the opposite: the business needs learning more than ever, and that changes what our job is. That's what I talk about in this episode of GOOD MORNING L&D. My guest: 🌀 Sandra Loughlin , Chief Learning Scientist, EPAM System...

Wie baut man ein Leadership Framework in zwei Monaten statt in zwei Jahren? Und was passiert, wenn man Performance-Gespräche vom Bonus entkoppelt? Carina Tyralla ist Global SVP HR Talent bei adidas. Nach 20 Jahren in der Supply Chain hat sie mitten im Unternehmens-Turnaround das globale Talent-Mandat übernommen. In dieser Folge spricht Moritz Ettl mit Carina über die drei Hebel ihrer Talent-Strate...

Your ticket to UNLEASH World with a 15% discount—just enter the code GoodMorningLD-15 when you buy your tickets. "It's not the teams that have the least mistakes that are the most high performing. It's the ones that talk about their mistakes the most." Some of what we call learning design builds an experience where a checklist would have done the job. That is one of the threads i...

„Es ist keine Bitte, es ist eine Erwartungshaltung." Wenn Large Language Models über Nacht das Nutzerverhalten deiner Kundschaft umschreiben, reicht ein bisschen Upskilling nicht mehr – dann geht es um den Umbau des Geschäftsmodells und um unbequeme Personalentscheidungen. Darüber spreche ich in dieser Folge von GOOD MORNING L&D. Mein Gast: 🌀 Annika in der Beek , Chief People Officer bei...

Euer Ticket zur UNLEASH World mit 15% Rabatt - Gebt beim Kauf eurer Tickets einfach den Code GoodMorningLD-15 ein. „Wenn das gesamte Vorstandsteam das gleiche Verständnis hat von Kultur, von Werten, von Zusammenarbeit und von der Transformation – dann und nur dann kannst du umsetzungsstark sein." Was passiert, wenn People & Culture nicht Prozesse verwaltet, sondern eine von drei strategis...

"If you've run a leadership programme and two weeks later nothing has changed, that programme has failed. It wasn't leadership development. It was entertainment." Dr. Nigel Paine has spent 25 years taking L&D apart like a clock to see what actually makes it tick — and he keeps arriving at the same uncomfortable conclusion: most of our fixes treat the symptom, not the system....

What does it actually mean to make learning a competitive advantage? 80% of learning happens in the flow of work — yet most L&D teams spend 80% of their time on formal programs that cover just 10% of firm-wide learning. That's the inversion that changes everything. That's what I'm digging into in this episode of GOOD MORNING L&D. My guest:   🌀 Heather Stefanski , Chief Learnin...

„Die KI-Transformation in der Versicherungswirtschaft ist wie der Kohle-Strukturwandel fürs Ruhrgebiet.“ KI trifft Branchen, die jahrzehntelang auf Beständigkeit optimiert waren, mit beispielloser Wucht – und zwingt L&D dazu, aus der reinen Trainingsrolle herauszutreten, um echten strukturellen Change zu treiben. Darüber spreche ich in dieser Folge von GOOD MORNING L&D. Meine Gäste: 🌀 Jut...

„Lernen ist der Motor für organisatorische und kulturelle Veränderungen.“ Wie Microsoft den radikalen Wandel von einer starren „Know-It-All“- zu einer agilen „Learn-It-All“-Kultur geschafft hat und warum das Performance Management dabei der entscheidende Hebel ist. Darüber spreche ich in dieser Folge von GOOD MORNING L&D. Mein Gast: 🌀 Dr. Sven Gerritsen, Head of Employee Learning bei Microsof...

„Wenn du deine Basisarbeit nicht exzellent machst, wirst du mit Kulturthemen nie erfolgreich sein.“ Der Traum von der großen Transformation platzt sofort, wenn das operative Fundament nicht hält – und doch verliert sich L&D oft in überdimensionierten Konzepten, statt sich auf das Wesentliche zu fokussieren. Darüber spreche ich in dieser Folge von GOOD MORNING L&D. Mein Gast: 🌀 Matthias Ke...

"Wie schaffen wir den Spagat zwischen rasanter KI-Einführung und echter psychologischer Sicherheit für unsere Teams?" Die Antwort darauf entscheidet, ob wir als L&D-Professionals nur neue Tools über alte Prozesse stülpen oder durch mutige Entbürokratisierung eine echte "AI Mastery" im Unternehmen erreichen. Darüber spreche ich in dieser Folge von GOOD MORNING L&D. Mein Gast: 🌀 Anais Fabin...

„Wir sind als HR nicht Diener. [...] Dafür verkaufen wir uns unter Wert.“ Ein radikaler Weckruf an eine Branche, die oft noch in der Service-Falle feststeckt – aber wie gelingt der Sprung zum echten strategischen Partner auf Augenhöhe? Darüber spreche ich in dieser zeitlosen Folge von GOOD MORNING L&D. Mein Gast:  🌀 Robert Neuhauser, ehemaliger Global Executive VP, People and Leadership bei S...

“74% of companies are not effectively building the skills and capabilities needed to support their business strategy - despite billions invested in corporate learning annually.” This massive gap between astronomical investments and a lack of progress shows us relentlessly: We must radically rethink L&D and move beyond the era of being mere "content factories." That is exactly what I...

„So sicher wie das Amen in der Kirche wird das kommen: Uns fehlen bis zu sieben Millionen Arbeitskräfte.“ Wachsen ohne zu wachsen – warum „Build“ (Entwickeln) statt „Buy“ (Einstellen) die einzige Überlebensstrategie für Unternehmen ist und Technik allein uns nicht retten wird. Darüber spreche ich in dieser Folge von GOOD MORNING L&D. Meine Gäste: 🌀 Inga Dransfeld-Haase, CHRO beim TÜV Nord 🌀...

Join one of our GOOD MORNING L&D Live sessions and don't miss the opportunity to ask our experts your questions. The L&D Revolution in the Age of AI with the Josh Bersin Company: https://streamyard.com/watch/G7iu5nsaEXnA Build, don’t buy: Der einzige Ausweg aus dem Personal-Paradoxon mit der CHRO von TÜV Nord und dem Kanzler der University of Labour (in German language) https://streamy...

"If you rely on annual talent planning cycles today, you are already behind." A tough reality check for HR and L&D: The shelf-life of skills is shrinking rapidly, and old job descriptions won't cut it in the age of AI. That is exactly what we discuss in this episode of GOOD MORNING L&D. My Guest: 🌀 Sam Fletcher, Head of Research & Talent Intelligence at Coca-Cola HBC Sam...

"40% of large companies completely slashed their L&D budgets in 2024 – because CEOs don't see the business impact." A shock? Perhaps rather a necessary wake-up call for a function that too often measures "Happy Sheets" instead of delivering real "Return on Learning." That is what I am talking about in this episode of GOOD MORNING L&D. My guest: 🌀 Julian K...

"We need to make the shift from being a talent hoarder to a talent accelerator." A radical cultural shift uniting technology, mindset, and hard business KPIs—but how does this succeed in a global corporation? That’s what I discuss in this episode of GOOD MORNING L&D. My Guest: 🌀 Ilja Bitterling, VP Skills Intelligence & Performance Management at Deutsche Telekom Ilja is one of t...

In a world of exponential uncertainty, the old rules are not just outdated—they are actively holding us back. That's what I'm talking about in this episode of GOOD MORNING L&D. My guest: 🌀 Gary A. Bolles, Author and Chair for the Future of Work at Singularity University Gary is one of the leading minds in the "Future of Work" and has a way of talking about our working world...

"Most learning experts in companies aren't focused on learning. They are focused on training." What if the biggest obstacle to true skill transformation is our own L&D-centric perspective? That's what I'm discussing in this episode of GOOD MORNING L&D. My guest: 🌀 Dr. Sandra Loughlin, Chief Learning Scientist at EPAM Systems With her provocative theses, which she has...