"Add up the sum of our days and that's who we are. We get what we repeat." Seth Godin "59% of Learning and Development organisations have trouble connecting learning to business outcomes." Bersin by Deloitte 2017 "Only 25% of Learning and Development professionals feel clear on what their role is and should be within their organisation." Knowledgepool (part of the Capita plc group) "How to solve a problem like L and D" report 2019 "Only 36% of learning leaders are confident in the area of learning strategy." Emerald Works "Back to the Future" report 2020 "29% of learning leaders feel overwhelmed and under equipped." Towards Maturity report 2019 "Only 11% of organisations report their learning culture as 'Excellent.'" Deloitte Human Capital Trends Report 2019 "Only 52% of learning leaders report that their team understands the strategic goals of the organisation." E

"It's interesting that often human-made systems are based on accountability and control. The fear and power are always present. Alignment is valued over experimentation and learning.  Are we able to create systems based on different assumptions?" Hermanni Hyytiala I'd argue that all of the institutional, culturally ingrained, tactical perspectives in corporate Learning and Development (" no   seat at the table", "lack of time for learning", "leaders don't prioritise learning", "no-one uses our content", "how do we create a learning culture??" ) stem from this underlying systems challenge. In reality Learning and Development teams are as well placed as anyone in the organisation to choose to lead and role model a new system based on different assumptions. There's a simple choice: control or learning? Paul helps Learning and Development leaders to identify and accelerate the most valuable and differ