Learning & HR Leader Digest - 9/2/24

Welcome to the latest edition of Learning & HR Digest, where we explore key strategies for leadership and organizational excellence. In this edition, you'll find guidance on navigating AI vendor conversations, lessons from Lego's innovation lab on embracing failure, tips for finding joy as a manager even in tough times, the importance of fostering genuine conversations as a leader, and practical advice on honing your decision-making skills.

Your Guide to Strategic AI Vendor Conversations

Markus Bernhardt provides a comprehensive guide to evaluating AI tools, emphasizing the need to understand different AI types, assess data quality and relevance, and consider security and ethical implications to ensure alignment with your organization's goals.

Lego Just Set an Impressive Record. Here's How Its Secret Design Lab Uses the Test-to-Lose Rule to Create Its Biggest Wins

Jason Aten takes us inside Lego’s secret design lab, revealing how the company’s "test-to-lose" approach transforms failures into stepping stones for breakthrough innovations—a powerful lesson for leaders in embracing failure as a path to success.

Finding Joy as a Manager — Even on Bad Days

Daisy Auger-Domínguez shares strategies for discovering and nurturing moments of joy in your daily work, offering leaders and managers practical ways to stay motivated and resilient, even during challenging times.

Leaders need to stop talking and start a conversation

Larry Robertson explores the art of authentic conversation, urging leaders to move beyond one-sided communication. He explains how this skill can deepen understanding, strengthen relationships, and fuel innovation.

How to be better at making decisions

Max Stoiber discusses the essential skill of decision-making, offering techniques to enhance your abilities, such as documenting decisions, seeking feedback, and reflecting on outcomes to continually improve.

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About David...

As Chairman of the Learning Guild, David Kelly constantly explores the convergence of learning and technology, demonstrating a profound commitment to transforming workplaces and enriching lives through innovative learning strategies. With over two decades of experience in learning and performance leadership and consulting, he brings his passion to life in his daily work building events and resources with the Guild and as a dynamic speaker and writer, inspiring others to view their work through a fresh, technology-enhanced lens.