"The reason why we don't see the source of our problems is that the means by which we try to solve them is the source." David Bohm The ' Top 5 challenges for L&D leaders ' - based on responses from folks planning to attend the 2021 annual Learning & Performance Institute 'Learning Live' conference: 1. "Digital transformation of learning." 2. "Building a learning and coaching culture." 3. "Supporting learning 'in the flow of work'." 4. "Leadership and management development." 5. "Driving employee engagement." There are some perennial runners on this list of " Challenges " (symptoms?) - which in my opinion are all connected . If we can acknowledge that sustainable business models are no longer based on centralised control - enabled through optimising efficiency and standardisation. If we can agree that an individual's expectation of 'work', an employer, a 'boss' a

"Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth."  John F. Kennedy 1. Business and work have changed. The role and priorities for workplace learning need to reflect and accelerate these shifts. 2. Businesses struggle with change and adaptability - and learning is the  best enabler and accelerator for these goals. 3. Most corporate L&D investments are focused on making things stay the same . This is a huge risk to growth. 4. Most corporate L&D investments aren't focused on what will be most valuable and differentiating for the business. 5. It's impossible to have a truly diverse organisation without a commitment to continual learning, reflection and growth.  6. Continuing to separate the ' thinkers ' from the ' doers ' inside a business is commercial suicide. 7. Work is moving from (just) completing tasks to creating value - which means that to grow organisations need to invest in enabling inquiry, new questions and bringing th