The conditions L&D professionals work in have fundamentally changed. Priorities shift constantly. Stakeholders want certainty you can’t provide. The old playbooks don’t work anymore.
When you’re navigating without a map, you need something more fundamental than frameworks, you need an internal compass that helps you hold your course even when everything around you is turbulent.
This interactive workshop explores how to calibrate your internal compass by being BOLD : staying Business-focused, remaining Open-minded to what’s emerging, Leading and Learning simultaneously, and acting with Deliberate intent rather than reverting to comfortable solutions. Through reflection and dialogue, we’ll work with real dilemmas from your practice to strengthen your ability to make courageous, evidence-informed choices, from stakeholder conversations to design decisions to knowing when to push back.
After this session, participants will be able to:
- Navigate complex L&D decisions by calibrating their internal compass using BOLD principles
- Strengthen their professional positioning when working with ambiguity and competing stakeholder demands
- Make more intentional choices that create business value in conditions of uncertainty
Laura Overton
Learning Changemaker, researcher & author the L&D Leader
Laura brings over 30 years of experience in learning and development, combining deep expertise in research, innovation and business impact to help organisations unlock the true value of learning. As Founder of Learning Changemakers and former CEO and Founder of Towards Maturity, she led one of the world’s most influential research agendas in workplace learning.
Drawing on evidence-based insight, broad international experience and a sharp understanding of what drives performance, Laura supports L&D leaders in strengthening their strategic role and business credibility. She is a highly sought-after keynote speaker and facilitator, known for turning insight into practical, results-driven action.
Geraldine Voost is thought leader en internationaal spreker op het snijvlak van learning, performance en the future of work. Vanuit haar ervaring en achtergrond in cognitiewetenschap verlegt zij het gesprek van trainingen en skills naar de condities waaronder mensen daadwerkelijk presteren in hun dagelijkse werk. In 2025 ontving zij de DevelHub Pole Star Award voor L&D Professional of the Year.
Geraldine Voost
Organizational Learning Strategist/Learning Business Partner Nedap