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appropriate to revisit some of the L&D essentials. This year, we will investigate change as a recurring theme, but we will do so in a grounded way. We are not in the business of ‘move fast and break things’ – as the tech bros mantra has it – ut respond uickly and fi things. e will look at engaging with the business – senior leaders and line managers; learning in the flow of work measuring the value of innovation; building learning eperiences and helping our people thrive in a world of change and volatility. But we will also look at the wider


contet and take the time that sometimes is only available at an event like World of Learning. Time to think about the scale and pace of change we are currently eperiencing. rom AI (inevitably), and global changes (not least the chilling effect of trade wars and tariffs on usiness confidence, we need to understand the forces of change to respond effectively. There are two terrific keynote sessions on both days of the conference. Thimon e ong will focus on learning in flu on day one and long-term collaborator with World of Learning, Laura Overton, will be accompanied by Sarah Lindsell from PwC to discuss how L&D teams need to evolve in the face of current uncertainty. These themes continue on the


hiition floor where our free seminar programme covers everything


Withou t skilled people doing amaz ing things, amb itiou s plans f or change of ten come to nou ght


from design to wellness, coaching to courses. Of course, as you may epect, there will also e showcases of AI – of its tools and its uses. As I mentioned, it is perhaps inevitable that this year we have a number of inputs on rtificial Intelligence in the conference too. L&D teams have been part of a world-wide laboratory of I eperimentation over the last three years – in many cases with equal quantities of confusion and reluctance. But some of these eperiments


have worked, and we have assembled a number of speakers – both in the conference and the hiition  who will share their uses of AI, how it has added value and the practical steps needed to harness an amazingly powerful, but often misused, technology. If the limit of our imagination in the deployment of AI tools is to do the same old things more quickly, we will collaborate in our own descent into


irrelevance. We will not only be the turkeys voting for Christmas – we will e helping to prepare the stuffing and putting on a tin-foil coat. However, if we can use AI to do things which were unimaginable only two years ago, then we may have opened a new chapter in helping people develop their capability. I believe our AI-related sessions will positively contribute to a more sober, intelligent and nuanced appreciation of the opportunity it presents us as change professionals in, and for, organisations. Hang on! ‘Change professionals’?


That’s what we do! We help people to change – do things differently, do different things. We help organisations change – by enabling their people to work more effectively and more efficiently. e are the key creators of value in transformational initiatives. Without skilled people doing amazing things, ambitious plans for change often come to nought. This is our purpose. It is a role I am


ecited to play and a profession I am proud to serve – even if all I do is stand on a stage in a loud suit and introduce some people who are much cleverer than I am. Listen in and join the conversation. n


Head of Learning Innovation for Huthwaite International, Robin Hoyle has spent more than three decades in the sector and was named one of the  most influential people in , . Robin’s conference presentation ‘Hearts, minds and money: Gaining buy- in for high-impact learning’ takes place on Wednesday 8 October


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