14/10/2025
At the 'AI-First, Not AI-Overwhelmed' session last week, Per Lagerstrom described what’s happening right now as the Industrial Revolution of our time... just crammed into ten years!
Ryan Heydenrych, Head of Growth for PETE Learning and PlutoLMS by PETE, attended the Innovation City Cape Town event as an engaged member of the AI and innovation community. He considered how these shifts are reshaping business strategy and impacting companies focused on employee learning and development.
Per’s message was clear: the old ways of doing things... in consulting, education, and HR are no longer keeping up. The way people learn and make decisions is evolving, and the systems designed to teach and guide them need to evolve too.
Key takeaways for L&D teams!
⚖️✨ Balance and experiment
Use your proven training materials, or company documents, but start leveraging this using AI to make learning faster, easier, and more personal.
💡🎯 Know the employees “why
Just like brands study customer intent, training needs to understand what drives employees to learn, and what skills they are needing to thrive. Motivation is a vital metric.
🌍💻Blend the real and digital
Classroom, on-site, and online learning should feel like one seamless experience, not separate worlds.
Companies that focus on building trust, adapting quickly, and having a clear sense of purpose will go beyond just teaching employees new skills, they’ll develop stronger, more capable teams who can handle change and think for themselves.
At PETE and PlutoLMS, that’s exactly where our focus lies. Using AI to make course creation faster, smarter, and more human-centred. It goes deeper than content - with voice cloning, simulations, and real-world testing that bring learning to life.
If your organisation is rethinking how it builds skills in this new AI-first world, book a short PETE or PlutoLMS demo with Ryan and see what’s possible.
👉 https://meetings.hubspot.com/ryan-heydenrych
Which of these points feels most relevant to your own experience?