2023 CLO Symposium: Day 2 Recap

A brief recap of Day 2 of the 2023 CLO Symposium, held in San Diego.

The second day of the 2023 CLO Symposium — held in San Diego this year — began bright and early with a networking breakfast, followed by a keynote address by Dr. Ruth Gotian, chief learning officer for Weill Cornell Medicine.

During her keynote, Dr. Gotian discussed the characteristics and attributes of high performers and shared applicable lessons based on research and in-person interviews she’s conducted with astronauts, Nobel Prize winners, CEOs and Olympic champions.

Dr. Ruth Gotian presents her keynote address, “The Success Factor — Developing the Mindset and Skill Set for Peak Performance” at the 2023 CLO Symposium, held in San Diego.

For the rest of the morning, attendees took part in workshop sessions featuring topics such as digital transformation and reskilling, building a robust coaching culture, artificial intelligence in learning and extending diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging efforts beyond simple check-the-box approaches.

Attendees listen to Trena Minudri, vice president and chief learning officer at Coursera, during her workshop session, “Heros of the AI Economy — Helping Companies Rethink and Adapt” at the 2023 CLO Symposium in San Diego.

Dr. Gotian was also on-site signing copies of her latest book, “The Success Factor.”

Dr. Ruth Gotian poses for a photo with attendees during her book signing for “The Success Factor” at the 2023 CLO Symposium in San Diego.

In the afternoon, attendees had more workshops to choose from covering matters such as servant leadership and generative AI. The 2022 LearningElite Organization of the Year, ADP, also hosted a workshop about their journey to becoming an award-winning learning and development organization.

Alwyn Klein,  senior director strategic enablement and knowledge management for ADP, speaks during his workshop, “The Recipe for an Award-Winning L&D Organization (Literally),” at the 2023 CLO Symposium. ADP is the 2022 LearningElite Organization of the Year and a current member of the LearningElite Winner’s Circle.

Sessions concluded with a live “Voices of CLO” podcast taping featuring a conversation between De. Keith Keating, chief learning officer and author of the upcoming book “The Trusted Learning Advisor,” and Ashley St. John, CLO’s editor-in-chief and chief content officer.

Keith Keating, chief learning and talent officer and SVP at Archwell, speaks during a live podcast taping of “Voices of CLO” at the 2023 CLO Symposium in San Diego.

Tune in tomorrow our Day 3 2023 CLO Symposium Recap!