Santhosh Kumar

Episode 18 of𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟&𝗗 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗳𝘁 𝗕𝘆𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 (~15 mins) just dropped, and we're exposing the lie costing careers: the belief that annual skills updates can keep pace with the AI age. Listen: Spotify: lnkd.in/gVda8RPJ Apple: lnkd.in/gVNFNH6n

Nick Shackleton-Jones just called out L&D's biggest lie: We've been doing education, not learning. . . AI just made education free and instant. The only thing left that matters? The human judgment to design experiences that move people. Join me here: linkedin.com/posts/santhosh…

What if learning didn't require courses at all? Taylor Blake just proved it's possible. @degreed's AI Labs is quietly prototyping something that makes every course catalog look prehistoric. . . We're going to see a lot more of these this year. Link: linkedin.com/posts/santhosh…

The Great Training Robbery is happening again. Right now. In your company. . . Now we're doing it again with AI. Same robbery. Different decade. The fix isn't complicated: Change the system first. Train second. Not backward. Let's discuss here: linkedin.com/posts/santhosh… #LND

We've known since 2017... and still get it wrong! Training has NO direct effect on performance. . . In the AI era, knowledge changes too fast to keep training people. Your only advantage? How fast you absorb. Let's discuss here: linkedin.com/posts/santhosh… #ReimagineLND

"I promoted my teammates for not breaking things. Now I need them to break things, and they're paralyzed." A leader said this to me last week. . . ...the biggest risk isn't someone breaking something. It's everyone being too afraid to try. Discuss here: linkedin.com/posts/santhosh…

L&D was built for a "learning before doing" problem. AI flipped it into a "doing before learning" problem. And we're still solving for the old one. . . Stop asking: "Are they ready?" Start asking: "How do we support them while they figure it out?" linkedin.com/posts/santhosh…

AI didn't replace instructional designers. Our people did. . . We have two choices: Keep building courses they'll redesign anyway. Or become the amplifiers who enable that capability. Our people have already decided. Have we? linkedin.com/posts/santhosh… #LearningAndDevelopment

AI didn't just change how people learn. It let anyone 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 learning. And we're pretending it didn't. . . Teams fighting democratization will become obsolete. Teams enabling it will become indispensable. 2026 will separate the two. Discuss?linkedin.com/posts/santhosh…

Yes, I said we should get 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥. And I meant it. (My original post is in the comments if you want the full context.) . . The question isn't whether AI will replace traditional L&D. It already has. The question is: how long will we pretend it hasn't? linkedin.com/posts/santhosh…

My hope for L&D in 2026? That we get 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥. Not because we failed. Because we succeeded in making ourselves obsolete. . . The question isn't "How do we stay relevant?" It's "How quickly can we make ourselves unnecessary?" linkedin.com/posts/santhosh… #LearningAndDevelopment

A few years ago, my team built things people said they didn’t need. . . We even won global awards. And still… the market shrugged. . . What are your experiences? Let's discuss here: linkedin.com/posts/santhosh… #Leadership #AILeadership #LearningInnovation #LearningAndDevelopment

One of my clients created a C-suite role that doesn't exist anywhere else. Chief Unlearning Officer. Their only KPI? How much they eliminate. . . What if your biggest L&D win this year isn't what you add, but what you finally kill? Let's discuss here: linkedin.com/posts/santhosh…

In the AI era, certainty is the enemy. The old model: "Here's who we are." The new model: "Here's what we're brave enough to question." Your mission statement makes you comfortable. Your mission question makes you dangerous. Let's discuss here: linkedin.com/posts/santhosh…

Last week, I watched a company promote their worst performer. . . The future doesn't reward perfection. It rewards useful failures over useless wins. So who on your team is breaking enough things to build what's next? Link:linkedin.com/posts/santhosh…

The internet solved access to information. We're still acting like that's the problem. . . So what's left for L&D? Stop being content creators. Start being the guide who helps people find their guide. linkedin.com/posts/santhosh… #LearningAndDevelopment

The traditional eLearning course is dead. And if you're still building them, you're already behind. . . . Who's ready to stop building courses and start building systems that actually keep up? Link~linkedin.com/posts/santhosh…

The Pottery Class Paradox just became L&D's biggest threat. Not because it's wrong. Because we're too scared to apply it. . . . But with AI, failure IS the curriculum. Messy practice is the pedagogy. And AI just made both free. Join the discussion here: linkedin.com/posts/santhosh…

If your path feels messy, good. The future doesn’t belong to the linear thinkers. It belongs to the 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳-𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨. Sir Ken Robinson warned us: That map is outdated. Link:linkedin.com/posts/santhosh…

Most companies aren't "bad at learning." They're bad at 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 learning. . . Most of us are stuck in single-loop. Optimizing ourselves to death. And in the AI age, this gap just became fatal. linkedin.com/posts/santhosh… #LND #OrganizationalLearning