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Honest conversations with influential voices in L&D about making learning collaborative, strategic, and part of everyday work.

“I highly believe in the strength of a network. I get very inspired by the diversity of thought and it’s a great platform to share thoughts and ideas with others. Coming together on a specific interesting topic, learning about other businesses or ways of working. Being part of something exciting!”

Melanie Calle

Sr. Manager, Talent Development | Kontoor Brands

“It’s great to meet like-minded people who share the same passion. Everyone brings different perspectives that broaden my thinking and help me spot patterns in my own organization. Learning from peers and exchanging real experiences is what I value most about this community.”

Sami M Leppänen

Head of L&D PMO, People and Comms | KONE

“This is the first community I genuinely make time for. Every meeting is professionally facilitated and full of inspiration and practical value. The session on creating a feedback culture was a highlight—especially since we were researching our own feedback processes at the time. I walked away with concrete ideas I could apply right away.”

Marianne Helenius

Head of Group L&D | Cimcorp Group

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What is L&D Leaders about?

L&D Leaders is a space for mid-to-senior learning leaders who want to bridge the gap between L&D and the business.

Through our community, events and podcast, we explore how to move from delivering courses to enabling performance. We believe collaborative learning is the key, focusing on the dialogue, reflection, and peer-to-peer exchange that builds real capability and makes learning a strategic part of the organization.

As technology and AI reshape our work, we focus on keeping learning human. We share practical ways to use new tools to support sense-making and connection, not replace them.

Free to join, and powered by Howspace, our growing community of 150+ members connects curious, open-minded professionals who want to learn with and from each other.

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Making L&D a strategic driver with Frida Monsén, Vattenfall

In Episode #05 of the L&D Leaders Podcast, Frida Monsén, Global Head of L&D Strategy and Portfolio at Vattenfall, joins us to explore how to scale learning in a 20,000-employee organization by moving beyond traditional training. We discuss the critical role of social learning in navigating the AI transformation and why psychological safety is essential for fostering a culture of continuous improvement, especially in an engineering-heavy environment.

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“It’s great to meet like-minded people who share the same passion. Everyone brings different perspectives that broaden my thinking and help me spot patterns in my own organization. Learning from peers and exchanging real experiences is what I value most about this community.”

Sami M Leppänen

Head of L&D PMO, People and Comms | KONE

“This is the first community I genuinely make time for. Every meeting is professionally facilitated and full of inspiration and practical value. The session on creating a feedback culture was a highlight—especially since we were researching our own feedback processes at the time. I walked away with concrete ideas I could apply right away.”

Marianne Helenius

Head of Group L&D | Cimcorp Group

“I highly believe in the strength of a network. I get very inspired by the diversity of thought and it’s a great platform to share thoughts and ideas with others. Coming together on a specific interesting topic, learning about other businesses or ways of working. Being part of something exciting!”

Melanie Calle

Sr. Manager, Talent Development | Kontoor Brands

Sami M Leppänen, KONE
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People behind L&D Leaders

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Hanna Liimatainen

Hanna, host of the L&D Leaders Podcast, draws on her background in communications, systemic thinking and digital facilitation to help organizations reimagine how people work, lead, and learn.

With her warm yet thought-provoking style, she sparks conversations that reveal not just what works in learning, but why, and how others can put it into practice.

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Emilia Åström

Our community lead Emilia is a learning experience designer, facilitator and community builder who helps L&D leaders turn learning into living, social systems.

Rooted in design thinking, digital transformation, and collaborative learning, she inspires organizations to make learning more participatory, human, and impactful.

Human connection as a leadership enabler with Dr. Eerika Hedman-Phillips

In Episode #04 of the L&D Leaders Podcast, Dr. Eerika Hedman-Phillips explores how leadership development must evolve to truly support organizational transformation. We discuss the biological necessity of human empathy in the age of AI and why "social sense-making" is the secret to making learning stick far beyond the classroom. Drawing on her experience leading Talent Management for a global sports media giant, Eerika shares how she bridges the gap between deep academic theory and the pragmatic, non-linear reality of human behavior.

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Ep #01 with Katarina Noén, Head of Learning for Sweden at Ericsson

 In this episode, Katarina shares how she helps people learn and grow inside a global, fast-moving tech organization. We discuss what it takes to build future capabilities at scale, why social learning matters, and how to keep learning connected to real business needs. Katarina talks about working across functions and industries, and creating spaces where people learn from each other through real projects, mentoring, and communities.

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