Getting ready to board my flight home following our TechLearn Conference in September, I glanced down at my left hand, and my heart stuttered. The diamond from my engagement ring was…gone. Frantically searching every available surface in the hopes of spotting my precious sparkler, I finally, heart-brokenly had to give up hope and get on the plane.
When I got home and tearfully explained what had transpired, my very understanding husband (yes, he’s a keeper!) urged me to pick out a new ring. Reluctant to invest in another expensive diamond that I could potentially lose again, I decided to go with the latest in gemstone technology: moissanite, which is every bit as sparkly as a diamond but at a fraction of the price.
Lovely as my new ring is, what mattered most was the human/emotional element: my husband setting up a lighted tree in our sunroom and bending down on one knee to propose again just as he had on Christmas Eve 24 years ago.
Just as my new high-tech ring was made all the more special by my husband’s re-proposal, the human element likewise remains critical for training. As TechLearn keynoter Mairéad Pratschke said, “The new hybrid is Human and AI. It’s no longer about learners, teachers, and tools being nodes in the network, it’s about us collaborating with AI. It’s about learning as a dialogue and understanding how interaction with AI changes what we need to know.”
For more insights and data, check out the TechLearn and Learning Leaders Summit Wrap-Ups, as well as the results of our 2024 Training Industry Report.
The learning and collaboration continue at our Training 2025 Conference & Expo February 17-19 in Orlando. Register with the Super Early Bird rate at: https://www.trainingconference.com/2025/index.cfm. I hope to see you there!
In the meantime, best wishes for a New Year brimming with peace, prosperity, and promise!