Love this

But your loyal customers have to “upgrade” for this feature 🙄

I love this notion site, have you thought about doing a session on how you build it? I’d tune in :)

What’s your strategy vibe this season? Are you a “plan every detail” type or a “let’s see what happens” kind of person? Share your best tips or stories below, can’t wait to read them.

#learningadvent25 #instructionaldesign

Stocking up on strategy is like prepping for a trip: pack the essentials, plan for detours, and remember that the snacks (involving the team) are non-negotiable. And if you fail? Learn, grow, and keep going.

This pushed back our transition plans and caused quite the disruption across the organization. After some four letter words and caffeine, we pivoted, re-prioritized, and delivered what we needed to do. I saw team members come together to work towards a solution that helped two of them get promoted.

The best leaders roll with the punches, adjust the plan, update the team, and keep moving forward.

I once led the team building a rollout strategy of a new learning technology across the organization only to have the single sign on completely bust like a can of biscuits on launch day.

As the great @tmiket.bsky.social loves to say “All of us is better than one of us” :)

The hardest part of leading a team and building a strategy is the inevitable pivot. No strategy will ever go exactly to plan (if yours does, you are either lying or live in magical unicorn land).

Much like the vision conversation from yesterday, I believe that strategies have to be created collaboratively and transparently. Involve other parts of the organization and of course the team. Ask them questions. Let them poke holes in your ideas.

Lesson learned: strategy isn’t about looking smart, it’s about being practical, intentional, and real. Now I take guidance from the organization's annual and quarterly goals and work backwards, making sure L&D strategy crosswalks to it and the team can see themselves in the work.

My first formal Learning Leadership role was in Operations where my leadership asked a lot of hard questions about feasibility and relatedness. One lesson I’ve learned is that if the L&D strategy isn’t in alignment with the organization, it will flop. You shouldn’t “assume” it fits.

You too? One of my MANY pet peeves as an Instructional Designer and something I vowed to not do when I was in the leadership seat.

I’ll admit, my first crack at building a strategy was… let’s say “chaotic.

Congrats

I hear their voices looking at this pic

Welcome! There needs to be more practitioners to keep asking questions and challenging our practices. Thank you for the kind words :)