L&D Shakers Special:The Pulse of L&D — What's Actually Keeping Us Up At Night?
🎤 L&D Shakers Special: A one-off live podcast panel in collaboration with Harald’s Curious Corner. Real conversation, real challenges, audience Q&A. No scripts.
✨ Participation: Live audience — listen in, react, and bring your questions.
What’s actually on the minds of L&D professionals right now? Not the conference-stage version — the real one.
In this live podcast panel, we’re bringing together four L&D practitioners from different corners of the field to have an honest, unscripted conversation about the trends, challenges, and questions that are shaping our work in 2026. Hosted by Harald Overaa from Harald’s Curious Corner, this session is part conversation, part community — and you’re in the room.
Join us and:
Hear what’s really keeping L&D practitioners up at night, beyond the buzzwords
Get honest perspectives on where L&D is heading and what challenges lie ahead
Ask your own questions live during the audience Q&A
Connect with fellow Shakers who are navigating the same landscape
Whether you’re deep in transformation, figuring out AI, building the case for L&D’s value, or simply wondering if anyone else feels the way you do — this one’s for you.
See you there!
Your host and panelists:
🎧 Harald Overaa — Host of Harald's Curious Corner and learning professional at Docebo. A self-described L&D nerd who leads with curiosity, Harald dives deep into AI, learning technology, and the future of work. His podcast blends exploration, roundtable conversation, and reflection — chasing big questions with voices from across the industry to make sense of where learning is headed next.
Lori Niles-Hofmann — Independent senior EdTech strategist and Founder of 8Levers . With 25 years spanning international banking, consulting, and marketing, Lori advises Fortune 500 CLOs on navigating change and turning L&D into a strategic growth engine.
Milica Sapic — Talent & Org Development Manager at Publicis Sapient. Milica builds the capability systems that make transformation actually land — from AI enablement to enterprise-wide upskilling architectures. She thinks in systems, operates in complexity, and cares most about making new ways of working stick at scale.
Andy Sontag — Program Director, Experience Design at Kaospilot. Andy designs learning experiences that grow people and relationships. He works with producers and experience design teams globally, bringing Kaospilot's signature approach to how people learn through doing.
Debora Gallo — VP Talent Development at Mews. Debora works at the intersection of AI, workforce capability, and organisational performance — leading initiatives spanning AI capability building, skills-based talent systems, and leadership development. She also builds internal tools and micro-apps to improve how organisations learn and adopt new technologies.