The Competence Illusion: What Learning Leaders Need to Know About the Quiet Cost of AI
As AI takes on more of the cognitive heavy lifting in our work, like synthesizing, summarizing, drafting, and deciding, many of us are sliding into a new and largely invisible failure mode. We look competent without becoming competent.
In this webinar, Matt Donovan, Chief Learning and Innovation Officer at GP Strategies, unpacks his recent article, The Competence Illusion. He looks at an emerging stage of incompetence that sets in when AI-assisted outputs convince us we’ve learned something we’ve only watched happen. Matt explains why the same features that make AI so useful can wear away the productive friction that real learning depends on. He also covers what that means for a workforce at risk of becoming more productive and less capable at the same time.
Watch now to get a practical way to think about where AI belongs in the learning process, where it doesn’t, and how to build teams that are AI-fluent without becoming AI-dependent.
Key Takeaways:
- Explore this new stage of incompetence and what it means for your organization
- Get tips for redesigning training around building judgment, not just AI skills
- Learn how to protect productive friction so your teams stay AI-fluent without becoming AI-dependent
Whether you’re a CLO, learning leader, HR executive, or talent development professional, this session will help you see where AI is building your workforce’s capability and where it may be quietly eroding it.
