Strategic learning & workforce transformation · Zürich · working globally
Most organisations don’t have learning problems. They have performance problems.
I help build learning functions that shift business numbers for organisations rethinking capability in the age of AI. I bring twenty-plus years experience across pharma, banking, life sciences and consulting.
Fractional CLO
AI capability
Learning strategy
−50%
learning development effort, via AI-augmented production
−80%
localisation cost in a pilot that became an enterprise service
18,000+
employees served across 30+ sites and global functions
20+ yrs
in learning that works in pharma, banking, healthcare, government
WHERE I’VE DONE IT
Takeda · Samsung · Cochlear · Coca Cola Amatil · Credit Suisse · Financial Ombudsman · Mace · Ofsted · Otsuka · Allergan · Lovells
What I do
Four ways to work with me
Fractional / interim CLO
Senior learning leadership without the twelve-month hiring cycle. Strategy, team, governance, up and running in weeks. Ideal for growing and medium-sized companies.
AI capability building
From daily application through to strategic learning campaigns and programmes that make AI part of how work gets done.
Digital learning strategy
Enterprise-level analysis of organisations to craft a practical strategy focused on business objectives and capability building.
Learning design & delivery
Award-winning design measured by business results. Innovation in VR, XR, AI and VILT experiences.
About
Most learning functions measure activity. I measure impact.
Learning and people-development leadership at Takeda and Credit Suisse; consulting for clients including Samsung, Westpac and Cochlear; CPD for 33,000 physicians. AITD L&D Professional of the Year. Based in Zürich, working globally.
What colleagues say
“Dave has a unique ability to translate business needs into engaging, practical learning solutions that actually drive behavior change, not just course completions.”
David Barone
Head of Global Digital Learning, Takeda
“Finance and Manufacturing Leaders don’t always speak the same language, but David’s work on our financial acumen program helped create a common understanding that helped to improve our manufacturing metrics.”
Mike Zingg
CFO, SVP Takeda Global Manufacturing, Supply and Quality
Writing
Recent thinking
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A tale of two prompts
I experimented with the same prompt about L&D in two different AI chats. The results were eye-opening — and say more about us than about the models.
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Digital and AI are transforming coaching: a guide for L&D professionals
Coaching has emerged from L&D as a distinct industry, accelerated by the pandemic. What the platforms and the AI layer mean for your people strategy.
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A meeting-design AI coaching prompt
Fed up with inefficient meetings? A working prompt from my ongoing quest to use generative AI for learning and performance.
Share your performance problems.
I’ll tell you whether learning is the answer…and what to do if it isn’t.
Hiring, or just thinking about it?
Full-time, interim or fractional. If you need someone who’s succeeded with learning at enterprise scale then let’s have a conversation. CV and references on request.