What happens when a learning and development team has to evolve as quickly as the technology and business around it?
Cammy Wood, Global Director of L&D & Engagement at
GoDaddy, shares how her role grew from supporting sales training to shaping enterprise-wide learning, leadership development, onboarding, and skills enablement. She explains how GoDaddy uses experimentation, pilots, social learning, and learner communities to connect L&D with business performance.
We also discuss AI’s changing role in L&D. Cammy explains why learning teams must use AI, learn AI, and train others to use it while protecting proprietary information and keeping human judgement involved. They explore personalised learning, learning in the flow of work, dynamic SharePoint playbooks, manager accountability, and the soft skills organisations will need as AI becomes more common.
Some curious takeaways:
- Start with the business outcome and work backward to the learning need
- Use pilots and experimentation to learn quickly and iterate quickly
- Meet learners in their time zones and create opportunities for social connection
Episode highlights:
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00:00) Welcome to Harald’s Curious Corner
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01:47) Building GoDaddy’s sales training programme
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03:26) How Cammy’s L&D role evolved
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06:09) Connecting learning to business performance
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08:56) GoDaddy’s align, connect, and grow strategy
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16:44) Making global learning feel personal
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21:56) Learning in the flow of work
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27:50) Why L&D must teach AI
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30:15) Balancing AI exploration with security
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32:17) AI as an enabler for learning
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37:21) Growing the Learning Connect community
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40:17) Creating shared language through team training
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42:16) The future skills of discernment and prioritization
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45:30) Why learning needs more lab work
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47:42) Keeping human judgement in the work
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