Podcast | Cross-functional complexity - how can employers operationalise better L&D?

As workforce development becomes more connected to AI, governance, workflows, and enterprise systems, learning decisions are no longer being made by L&D alone.

IT, Finance, Legal, Procurement, and Security teams are now deeply involved in evaluating workforce development solutions — and many organizations are pushing back against adding more fragmented tools into already complex ecosystems. So, what does this mean for employers looking to shift away from a platform-centric approach to L&D, to a more embedded experience for employees?

Sarah Budd-Katz, GTM leader at Go1, and Al Dea, Speaker, Facilitator, Advisor and Podcast Host for The Edge of Work, joins the HR Grapevine Podcast to address that question, drawing on insights from Go1’s New Buying Committee research and real customer conversations.

We’ll explore how workforce development buying behaviour is changing, what stakeholders are actually asking during evaluations today, and the key issues L&D leaders need to understand to build stronger cross-functional support for future workforce development initiatives. 

This episode is the final installment of a three-part series of podcasts in partnership with Go1, in which we explore one of the most important challenges facing our workplaces today: why workforce development has to leave the platform, and what leaders need to consider next. Join us as we cover:

• Why the platform-centric model is breaking down

• What learning should actually feel like instead

• How to operationalise this shift amid the growing complexity of modern organisations

About Go1:

Go1 is helping organisations deliver the right learning for the right person at the right moment. With trusted, personalized learning delivered in the flow of work, Go1 makes development feel more relevant, more natural, and more useful to the people it’s built for. Because learning should be built around people, not platforms. For more information, visit Go1.com.