Hello everyone! My name is Ladek and my guest for this episode is Crystal Kadakia. Crystal is the co-creator of the Learning Cluster Design model. She also leads her own independent organizational development consulting practice at Kadakia Consulting.

Crystal is also the author of The Millennial Myth: Transforming Misunderstanding into Workplace Breakthroughs, and the co-author of Your Career: How to Make It Happen with Lisa Owens.

In this ‘strategic’ conversation Crystal and I discuss

00:00 › Start

7:38 › Roadblocks—Crystal explains what roadblocks exist for a learning and development department or an individual that is practicing in this space that prevent the narrative within an organization that L&D is really a strategic investment

13:46 › Frameworks—Crystal then offers specific ideas and frameworks that she gives to her clients that help to change the mindsets of leadership

21:11 › Discomfort—Crystal then discusses why it is important for everyone to become uncomfortable to get confident and truly become a strategic player

34:17 › AI-proof L&D—Crystal talks about the things that are “AI-proof” in talent development in the L&D space.

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