Learning Leadership Track
Strengthening Learning Leadership for Real Organizational Impact
About the Learning Leadership Track
The Learning Leadership Track is a flagship OLxD initiative created for leaders who are responsible for shaping, leading, and strengthening the learning and development function within their organizations. It responds to a growing need for deeper leadership conversations about how learning functions are designed, governed, and positioned to deliver real business value.
The track brings together senior learning leaders for focused conversations that go beyond tools and programs. It centers on the leadership decisions that shape learning effectiveness, including how learning teams are structured, how credibility with business leaders is built, how strategy translates into execution, and how learning priorities align with organizational goals.
Through facilitator-led discussions and peer-level engagement, participants are encouraged to reflect on real challenges, examine trade-offs, and learn from the lived experience of others who lead learning functions.
At its core, the initiative exists to strengthen learning leadership by equipping leaders of the learning function with clarity, perspective, and informed judgment to design and manage learning teams that deliver measurable, sustained organizational impact.
Who This Track Is For
We designed the Learning Leadership Track for leaders in the learning space who carry responsibility for the performance of the learning and development function. Individuals who are accountable for designing learning structures, setting learning priorities, and ensuring that learning investments translate into real organizational capability.
Heads and Directors of Learning and Development
Learning leaders responsible for building and managing L&D teams
Senior HR or People leaders with oversight of the learning function
Participation is intentionally selective to ensure that conversations remain focused, relevant, and peer-level.
Participation and RSVP
Participation in the Learning Leadership Track is by RSVP and shortlist.
We invite interested learning leaders to register their interest. Kindly note that only shortlisted participants will be notified and granted access to the sessions.
Topics and Schedule











We have outlined the full list of session topics and corresponding dates in the Learning Leadership Track brochure, which provides an overview of the conversations planned across the year.
February
26feb3:00 pm4:00 pmThe Identity Crisis of L&D: What Is the Learning Function Truly Responsible For?
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This session explores the growing ambiguity around the role of L&D and why misaligned expectations continue to undermine impact. It challenges participants to clearly define what L&D should – and
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This session explores the growing ambiguity around the role of L&D and why misaligned expectations continue to undermine impact. It challenges participants to clearly define what L&D should – and should not – own in today’s organizations.
After the session, participants will be able to:
- Clarify the core mandate and boundaries of the learning function
- Distinguish between L&D responsibility and broader leadership accountability
- Reframe L&D’s role in ways that align with business priorities
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March
19mar3:00 pm4:00 pmLearning as a Leadership Challenge, Not an L&D Activity
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Learning failure is rarely about content – it’s about leadership. This session reframes capability building as a leadership and governance issue rather than a functional one. After the session, participants will
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Learning failure is rarely about content – it’s about leadership. This session reframes capability building as a leadership and governance issue rather than a functional one.
After the session, participants will be able to:
- Identify leadership behaviours that enable or block learning impact
- Reposition learning as a shared leadership responsibility
- Engage senior leaders more effectively in capability conversations
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April
23apr3:00 pm4:00 pmFrom Strategy to Skills: Why Learning Often Fails at Execution
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Many organizations have strong learning strategies that never translate into real capability. This session examines where execution breaks down and why skills outcomes often fall short of intent. After the session,
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Many organizations have strong learning strategies that never translate into real capability. This session examines where execution breaks down and why skills outcomes often fall short of intent.
After the session, participants will be able to:
- Diagnose common execution gaps between strategy and skills
- Identify structural and operational blockers to capability development
- Reframe learning initiatives with execution in mind
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May
28may9:00 am4:30 pmLearning Leaders’ SummitLearning Leaders’ Summit
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The Learning Leadership Summit is a focused, workshop-style experience designed for senior leaders responsible for shaping and leading the learning function within their organizations. It provides
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The Learning Leadership Summit is a focused, workshop-style experience designed for senior leaders responsible for shaping and leading the learning function within their organizations. It provides a structured space for learning leaders to step away from day-to-day delivery and work through the leadership and design challenges that determine learning impact.
The summit is highly interactive and practical. Participants engage in facilitated working sessions, guided discussions, and peer exchange focused on real organizational scenarios. Rather than presentations, the emphasis is on exploration, sense-making, and application. Leaders are encouraged to examine their own learning functions, challenge assumptions, and test ideas in a collaborative setting with peers who carry similar accountability.
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June
18jun3:00 pm4:00 pmThe Real Cost of Poorly Designed Learning Functions
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Beyond wasted budgets, poorly designed learning functions carry hidden strategic and reputational costs. This session surfaces those costs and why design choices matter more than most organizations realize. After the session,
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Beyond wasted budgets, poorly designed learning functions carry hidden strategic and reputational costs. This session surfaces those costs and why design choices matter more than most organizations realize.
After the session, participants will be able to:
- Recognize the organizational impact of weak learning design decisions
- Link learning structure to business performance outcomes
- Make a stronger case for intentional learning function design
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July
23jul3:00 pm4:00 pmCentralized, Embedded, or Hybrid? Choosing the Right Learning Operating Model
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There is no universal “best” learning model – only what fits context. This session helps leaders examine operating models and their implications for scale, speed, and effectiveness. After the session, participants
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There is no universal “best” learning model – only what fits context. This session helps leaders examine operating models and their implications for scale, speed, and effectiveness.
After the session, participants will be able to:
- Compare centralized, embedded, and hybrid learning models
- Assess which model best fits their organizational context
- Identify risks and trade-offs in learning structure decisions
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August
20aug3:00 pm4:00 pmBuilding Learning Functions That Business Leaders Trust
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Trust is the currency of influence. This session explores why business leaders often distrust learning functions – and what it takes to build credibility at the executive level. After the session,
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Trust is the currency of influence. This session explores why business leaders often distrust learning functions – and what it takes to build credibility at the executive level.
After the session, participants will be able to:
- Understand what drives executive trust in L&D
- Identify behaviors that weaken learning credibility
- Reposition L&D as a strategic partner rather than a service provider
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September
17sep3:00 pm4:00 pmMeasuring What Matters: Learning ROI Without the Theatre
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This session challenges traditional learning metrics and focuses on measurement that informs decisions, not just reports activity. It addresses how to talk about impact without overselling or under-proving value. After the
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This session challenges traditional learning metrics and focuses on measurement that informs decisions, not just reports activity. It addresses how to talk about impact without overselling or under-proving value.
After the session, participants will be able to:
- Differentiate meaningful learning measures from vanity metrics
- Reframe ROI conversations to support executive decision-making
- Communicate learning value with greater confidence and credibility
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October
22oct3:00 pm4:00 pmAI in Learning: Strategic Advantage or Costly Distraction?
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AI is reshaping learning conversations – but not always wisely. This session cuts through the hype to examine where AI genuinely adds value and where it risks becoming an expensive
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AI is reshaping learning conversations – but not always wisely. This session cuts through the hype to examine where AI genuinely adds value and where it risks becoming an expensive distraction.
After the session, participants will be able to:
- Assess AI opportunities through a strategic, not technical, lens
- Identify where AI can realistically improve learning outcomes
- Avoid common pitfalls in AI-driven learning investments
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November
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This forward-looking session challenges assumptions about future skills and examines whether current learning investments truly prepare organizations for what lies ahead. After the session, participants will be able to:Identify capabilities likely
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This forward-looking session challenges assumptions about future skills and examines whether current learning investments truly prepare organizations for what lies ahead.
After the session, participants will be able to:
- Identify capabilities likely to shape organizational success in the next 3–5 years
- Evaluate whether current learning efforts align with future needs
- Prioritise capability development with a longer-term strategic view