Shakil Awan on Building a 17000-Member Learning Community at Deutsche Telekom

Описание: Professional athletes spend 90% of their time training. Employees? Just 5%. How do you build a learning culture when no one has time to learn?

In this episode of AI Made Simple: The Transformation Series, I'm joined by Shakil Awan - Squad Lead and Product Manager for LEX at Deutsche Telekom - who built a 17,000-member grassroots learning community from scratch with no budget and no formal permission.

In this conversation, we explore:
Why "button courage" - the courage to be a beginner again - matters more than technology
The mistake most L&D leaders make when building AI champions communities
How peer-to-peer learning scaled to 6,500 sessions per year at Deutsche Telekom
What leaders must do differently when they want employees to actually adopt new skills

Connect with Shakil Awan:
LinkedIn:   / shakilawan  
LEX: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/87547...

Connect with Valeriya:
LinkedIn:   / valeriya-pilkevich  
YouTube:    / @aimadesimpletalks  
Podcast: https://aimadesimple.buzzsprout.com/

Need help building AI capability in your organization? Book a call: https://calendly.com/valeriyapilkevic...


Chapters:
00:00 - Teaser
00:11 - Welcome & Introduction
02:04 - What is LEX and how peer-to-peer learning works
05:42 - Building a mindset for continuous learning culture
08:47 - Ownership and the entrepreneur mindset inside organizations
10:31 - Where leaders should step in and where to step back
12:41 - What makes learning actually stick
18:28 - Why employees need dedicated learning time
20:21 - Fireside questions and where to find Shakil Awan