We're all improvising. You're using Slack as a knowledge base. Someone else is stitching together Storyline templates to mimic personalization. Another team is creating AI videos because they need something faster. It works, but is it sustainable?

In this session, we'll explore what we do in the Innovations in Training Test Kitchen, and consider how that might help you move beyond workarounds. We'll dive into the Test Kitchen philosophy of hands-on experimentation, share decision-making strategies for innovation that can work within constraints, and help you determine what to test first. You'll walk away with a practical framework and canvas to map your challenge, audit your current toolkit, identify your gaps, and prioritize what to explore next.

Whether you're exploring on your own or diving deeper at the upcoming Training conference, you'll have a tangible approach and the confidence to cook up something new that actually drives real learning impact.

Phylise Banner is a learning experience designer with more than 25 years of vision, action, and leadership experience in transformational learning and development approaches.

She holds a BA in Information Visualization from New York University and an MSEd from Nova Southeastern University. She is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP), certified Learning Environment Architect (CLEA), Adobe Education Leader (ALE), and Fellow of the Society for Technical Communication.
 

Hector Valle is an Associate Director of Instructional Design and Team lead at Emeritus, with over 15 years of experience in instructional design. He’s a techno-nerd, drone pilot, videographer, and nature lover. Inspiration and learning are his passions. Hector holds an MA in Instructional Design and Technology from the University of Central Florida and was recently awarded the NISOD Teaching Excellence award. He enjoys leading teams that design world-class learning that is accessible and affordable to working professionals across the globe.