September 24th, 2026 13:00 - 14:00 EDT
Artificial intelligence (AI) enables individual productivity. It is also changing how organizations communicate across functional silos and make strategic decisions. As routine work gets automated and answers surface faster than ever, building effective cross-functional teams takes stronger leadership skills than before. Navigating rapid change and ambiguity, weighing tradeoffs with imperfect information, reading sources of influence and creating alignment across functions are human skills that cannot be automated. This session looks at what AI automation means for your L&D strategy, and how companies are using experiential, practice-based learning to develop individual and organizational capabilities.
Abilitie CEO Bjorn Billhardt has spent more than 20 years designing experiential leadership programs for Fortune 500 organizations. In this session, he shares a practical point of view alongside Abilitie’s Product Director, Jonathan Schneider, on why cross-functional collaboration and decision-making skills belong at the center of L&D strategy, and how experiential learning programs can build those skills. Attendees will leave with a clearer sense of where to focus and how to make the case to their own stakeholders.