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ELE is a peer-powered community where people leaders don't just reframe challenges — they leave with decisions, next moves, and 30/60/90-day commitments to move real work forward.&nbsp;For 22 years, leaders from Fortune 1000 companies have brought their hardest problems here — and left sharper than they arrived.

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This is where people leaders get sharper — and their teams get smarter.ELE is a peer-powered network of people leaders who accelerate business results through shared intelligence and real-work collaboration. Learn more below about why ELE has been the trusted choice for leaders building high-performing teams for over 20 years.

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Find the peer conversation that moves your work forward.The right exchange builds better leaders, closes capability gaps, and cuts through what internal meetings can't.

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<blockquote>"AI is cosmically stupid if it doesn't have context." — <a href="https://www.ele.llc/members/christopher-lind" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Christopher Lind</a></blockquote>
That line set the tone for everything that followed on March 12.

<a href="https://www.ele.llc/members/anton-maletich" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Anton Maletich</a> brought a real problem to the room: Alter Domus is scaling fast, hiring junior officers straight out of university, and by week four those employees can't explain what the company does — let alone speak credibly with clients. Not a motivation gap. A mental model gap. The business needed a repeatable way to close it.

So the room built one. Live.

The live discussion brought together a sharp mix of senior talent and L&amp;D leaders — from Alter Domus, Precisely, and Learning Sharks anchoring the conversation, to practitioners from Lurie Children's, PepsiCo, Discover, Zurich North America, Aon, CNA Insurance, insightsoftware, SunSource, FranklinCovey, Reynolds Consumer Products, and Waukesha County Technical College in the mix. The kind of room where the chat is as good as the main conversation — and it was.

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The brief matters more than the tool.

Marty walked through The CRIT Model live — Context, Role, Interview, Task — and built a 30-day onboarding framework for Alter Domus in real time, no proprietary data shared. The output was specific because the input was specific. The move most people admitted skipping: asking the AI to ask you clarifying questions before it responds.
<blockquote>"Full disclosure: The CRIT Model was new to me in that room too. Marty pulled it from Geoff Woods' <a href="https://www.ele.llc/members/bookshelf/the-ai-driven-leader" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The AI-Driven Leader</a> — and watching him run it live was one of those lightbulb moments where you think, why haven't I been doing this the whole time? Context, Role, Interview, Task. Four steps. Completely changes what comes back." — <a href="https://www.ele.llc/members/dirk-tussing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dirk Tussing</a>.</blockquote>
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="822"]<img title="The CRIT Model infographic" src="https://wp.ele.llc/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Gemini_Generated_Image_CRIT-model.jpg" alt="Infographic of the CRIT model for AI leading, breaking down Context, Role, Interview, and Task with icons and descriptions for each step." width="822" height="448" /> The CRIT Model for AI-driven leadership, from Geoff Woods. (Credit: Google Gemini Banana)[/caption]

When the AI pressed Anton on where his junior officers actually break down, he got precise: it's not the legal structure — it's how accounting flows through it. That answer changed everything the AI produced. The diagnosis landed correctly. The room noticed.

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You own the output.

Speed is real. So is the risk of using it uncritically. Christopher drew a hard line: if you can't answer detailed follow-up questions about what the AI produced, you haven't done the work.
<blockquote>"If you just use the results without analysis or reflection, you're not using it correctly." — <a href="https://www.ele.llc/members/david-scherer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">David Scherer</a></blockquote>
And AI won't tell you when you're wrong — it's built to keep you engaged, not challenge you. You have to ask for the pushback explicitly.

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Design the workflow, don't improvise it.

The practical split that landed: use outside-firewall tools for structure and frameworks, then move inside your approved environment to add sensitive detail.
<blockquote>"I'm looking for this tool outside your firewall to give structure. I can take that and put it inside the firewall and flesh out the detail." — <a href="https://www.ele.llc/members/marty-murrillo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Marty Murrillo</a>, Precisely</blockquote>
Christopher added: build custom GPTs, Gems, or Claude Projects for work your team repeats — stakeholder interviews, onboarding design, needs assessments. Pre-load the context once. Anyone picks it up without starting cold.

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What to try next

Use The CRIT Model on one real work product this week. Add the Interview step — ask it to ask you up to three clarifying questions before responding. Early evidence: fewer revision cycles, more specific output.

Split your AI workflow deliberately. Map which parts happen outside the firewall (structure, options, frameworks) and which stay inside (proprietary detail). Make it a decision, not an accident. Early evidence: you can explain your process to InfoSec without hesitating.

Ask it to push back before you finalize. Prompt it directly: "What's wrong with this? What am I missing?" It won't do this unprompted. Early evidence: you'll catch at least one assumption you'd been treating as settled.

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If any of these insights reflect the business challenges you're navigating right now — bring them into the room. ELE builds its event experiences around the real problems members are wrestling with. <a href="https://www.ele.llc/faqs/share-top-of-mind-talent-challenges">Submit My Business Challenge Now</a>

✨ AI Practical Lab: Context Is the Job

Digital &amp; AI

christopher.lind

dirk.tussing

anton.maletich

colin.hahn

keri.kersten

adrienne.guerrero

nancy.dome

marty.murrillo

Performance Improvement

ana.bedard

shonda.cromwell-rashad

peter.hogaboam

audra.pinter

david.scherer

human AI collaboration

AI Adoption

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prompt engineering

L&amp;D strategy

1Q2026

AI governance

AI Workflow Design

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Senior Talent Leaders

Zurich North America

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GenAI isn’t just another tool—it’s a way to rethink how your team designs, delivers, and measures talent development at scale. In this interactive lab, we’ll cut through the noise and spotlight how GenAI tools can accelerate key L&amp;D workflows. You’ll map a real-world use case, experiment with prompting, and walk away with a 30-day starter plan for applying AI inside your team. Expect practical insights, real-time demos, and a collaborative challenge that shows how GenAI can simplify and supercharge your L&amp;D work.

This is a deep-dive, hands-on laboratory designed for senior L&amp;D leaders ready to move past theory and integrate Generative AI directly into their core talent workflows. This session focuses on turning whiteboards and rough ideas into polished, personalized learning programs with unprecedented speed and efficiency.

We will focus on the single biggest challenge for GenAI in L&amp;D: creating rapid output without sacrificing critical human expertise and strategic alignment.

You will walk away with immediately applicable playbooks to:
<ul>
 	<li>Implement the "Whiteboard to Workflow" Model: Learn a precise, scalable process for using GenAI to accelerate your development cycle—from identifying a capability gap to launching high-quality content—cutting weeks out of your standard design process.</li>
 	<li>Master Advanced Prompt Engineering for L&amp;D: Go beyond basic prompts to engineer workflows that embed your organizational voice, validate against internal subject matter expertise, and generate content aligned with your specific business context.</li>
 	<li>Balance Speed with Control: Discover practical methods for maintaining quality control and ethical oversight when leveraging AI for content creation, personalized learning pathways, and performance support.</li>
 	<li>Move to a Data-Driven Design: See how integrating GenAI into talent mapping allows you to instantly pivot and personalize learning offerings based on real-time data and emerging organizational needs.</li>
</ul>
This is not a demonstration; it’s an implementation session. Bring your curiosity and be ready to build a new operating model for your talent development function.

AI Practical Lab: Using GenAI to Supercharge Talent Development Without Losing the Human Touch

Integrated Talent Management

talent development

strategic alignment

kate.haney

julia.meyer

rebecca.benson

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CHIE2025

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AI Implementation

Ethical AI

nicole.defalco

practical insights

GenAI in L&amp;D

high quality content

data driven design

talent workflows

L&amp;D operating model

integrated talent

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“This is your test kitchen. Use yourself as the case study before making the case for AI in your org.” —<a href="https://www.ele.llc/members/nicole-defalco" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nicole DeFalco</a>
</blockquote>
<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-43041" src="https://wp.ele.llc/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/AI-Practical-Lab-with-Newt-Nicole-Phyllis.jpg" alt="✨ AI in Action: Create, Iterate, Elevate - Partnering with AI in Your Work" width="1920" height="739" />
This session provided a practical, hands-on experience for senior HR and L&amp;D leaders ready to explore how AI can support—not replace—human capability.
We started by reframing AI not as a tech initiative but as a personal learning opportunity. Instead of waiting for enterprise-wide rollouts, participants used their own roles as safe spaces to experiment—testing how AI could simplify tasks, spark creativity, and save time. That mindset shift—from fear to curiosity—became the launchpad.
As Nicole framed it, your role becomes the “test kitchen.” But then comes the real recipe for scale.

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“Break down your job by tasks. Ask—what can a machine do, and what should be left to people?” —<a href="https://www.ele.llc/members/newton-moore" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Newt Moore</a>
</blockquote>
By dissecting roles at the task level, leaders discovered quick-win opportunities for AI collaboration: summarizing interviews, generating learning roadmaps, automating analysis, and more. This bottom-up experimentation revealed that smart adoption doesn’t require a massive overhaul—just a thoughtful starting point.
🔑 Key Takeaways:

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AI augments human skill—it doesn’t replace it.
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You don’t need permission to start—begin with your own role.
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Task-based thinking unlocks practical, scalable AI opportunities.
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Effective prompt writing (using frameworks like CAPS) is now a leadership skill.
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L&amp;D is in a unique position to guide ethical, inclusive, and strategic AI use.
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</ul>
💡 Actions You Can Take:

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Audit your day: What tasks would you delegate to an assistant? Try them with AI.
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Use the 6-step framework (Mindset → Empathize → Define → Generate → Prototype → Test).
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Introduce CAPS prompt writing (Clarity, Audience, Precision, Structure, Tone) to your team.
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Share personal AI wins to build trust and credibility across your org.
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Encourage peer learning through AI communities of practice.
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This isn’t about perfection—it’s about progress. Use yourself as the case study, and then lead others with clarity, confidence, and curiosity.
Are you a senior HR leader passionate about talent and innovation? Ready to embrace the power of AI? Let's <a href="https://www.ele.llc/events?tags=4022">Learn together through monthly hands-on applications of AI in L&amp;D</a>

✨ AI Practical Lab: Context Is the Job

AI Practical Lab: Using GenAI to Supercharge Talent Development Without Losing the Human Touch

✨ AI in Action: Create, Iterate, Elevate - Partnering with AI in Your Work

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