Most L&D teams are using AI to go faster. The best ones are using it to ask harder questions.
Egle Vinauskaite joins me for a conversation that sits at the intersection of AI, performance, and the evolving identity of Learning & Development. Fresh from the keynote stage at Docebo Inspire, she brings both an evidence-based and practical lens to what separates high-performing L&D functions from the rest.
That perspective comes through in everything we discuss. In this episode, we look at why so many L&D teams are still treating AI as a small tweak rather than a wholesale shift in how work gets done. Egle reflects on why performance is a systems problem, not a content problem, why the highest-performing L&D leaders think like business leaders first, and what it means for our field when organisations start rolling out AI strategies without us in the room.
Some curious takeaways:
- AI is changing the work L&D supports, not just the tools L&D uses
- The highest-performing L&D leaders think like business leaders, not learning leaders
- Solving the obvious problem is often solving the wrong one
Episode highlights:
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00:00) Welcome to Harald’s Curious Corner
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00:47) What genuinely excites Egle about L&D right now
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02:25) How AI tools are enabling deliberate practice
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04:41) Moving from course builder to learning architect
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05:28) What the organization actually expects from L&D
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07:42) The danger of treating AI as just a small tweak
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09:36) L&D as investigative journalist and problem solver
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10:23) The diagnostic mindset and holistic performance
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11:29) What separates high-impact L&D teas in 2-3 years
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14:23) The pharmacist vs doctor approach to L&D
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Harald’s Curious Corner is where curiosity meets connection.
Harald chases that question with a guest, gathers perspectives from voices across the industry, and then steps back to reflect on what it all means. The show unfolds like a story arc, part exploration, part roundtable, part reflection, blending imagination with analysis.
The result: trusted insights, meaningful conversations, and forward-looking takeaways that shine a light on where learning is headed next.