LH133 The Great AI Steal with Ross Stevenson

Ross Stevenson is founder of Steal These Thoughts! and describes his job as AI enablement architect. Before going independent he was Head of Learning at Trainline, ran digital learning at Tesco for six years, and spent seven years in HR. If enablement sounds a lot like performance consulting, he wouldn't disagree. So is AI the thing that finally makes performance consulting happen?

Also in this episode: where people really are with AI, what Ross won't hand over to a machine, and what might be left of the learning function in three year's time.

• How HR taught him what the business really thinks of L&D
• Adoption versus enablement
• Have the people running L&D grasped how different AI is?
• The one-and-done problem
• What not to do with AI

LINKS AND RESOURCES

• Steal These Thoughts!: https://stealthesethoughts.com/
• Steal These Thoughts! newsletter: https://stealthesethoughts.beehiiv.com/
• Ross Stevenson AI (training): https://rossstevensonai.com/
• L&D Global Sentiment Survey 2026, Donald H Taylor: https://donaldhtaylor.co.uk/research_base/global-sentiment-survey-2026/
• AI 2027 scenario (AI Futures Project): https://ai-2027.com/
• Filtered: https://filtered.com/
• iVentiv: https://iventiv.com/learninghack

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