Thinking with AI Hosted by NextArrow for ATD Puget Sound (October 05, 2026)

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 19:00:00 GMT

ATDps: October 2026 Virtual Member Event

Thinking with AI Hosted by NextArrow for ATD Puget Sound

Researchers warn that passive AI use quietly weakens the critical and creative thinking that makes us most human. The costs are showing up at work: unchecked errors, generic ideas, and polished AI output that someone downstream has to redo. Yet as Marcus Aurelius wrote 2,000 years ago, "What stands in the way becomes the way": the same technology that can erode our thinking can be used to sharpen it.

In this workshop, we'll pair ancient thinkers with modern researchers, from Sun Tzu to Daniel Kahneman, to build the three habits of deliberate AI users: Frame (think before AI thinks), Challenge (think with AI), and Reflect (think after AI thinks), each practiced live on real work challenges. Participants will leave with better results from every AI interaction, and a new mental operating system that transforms AI from an answer machine into a thinking partner.

In this workshop, participants will:

Leave with better results from every AI interaction, and a new mental operating system that transforms AI from an answer machine into a thinking partner.

Our guest:

Robleh Kirce has more than a decade of experience working directly with executive and leadership teams to develop people practices that promote retention, performance, and engagement. His background in Industrial-Organizational Psychology, and insights from working with some of the world’s most rapid-growth tech companies, give him a training style focused on effective tools and practical wisdom. Robleh has worked extensively with international management teams across Europe focusing on training tools that can be translated across cultures. As Managing Partner and a lead facilitator, Robleh brings all aspects of NextArrow’s mission and vision to life. He works closely with clients to identify learning goals that translate into immediate improvements in performance and engagement.

Performance Improvement

Registration:

Pre-Registration - Members attend at no charge. There is no walk in availability. Pre-registration is mandatory.

Pre-Registration - Non-Member $20.00. There is no walk in availability. Pre-registration is mandatory.

We are not able to issue refunds after the Friday prior to the meeting. Substitutions are encouraged.

Special Instructions:

Instructions to attend the virtual meeting will be included in your confirmation email and on the reminder email the day prior to the program. Please save these instructions. Real time assistance is not usually available.

Measuring Learning Impact When You Don't Have a Data Team with Traci Cantu, MHRM, CPTD (November 11, 2026)

Wed, 11 Nov 2026 20:00:00 GMT

ATDps: November 2026 Member Event

Measuring Learning Impact When You Don't Have a Data Team with Tracie Cantu, MHRM, CPTD

You're being asked to "prove impact" with no analyst, no dashboard, and no time. Welcome to modern L&D.

In this session, you'll learn a practical, step-by-step way to measure learning impact using what you already have: existing business data, targeted manager input, and a few simple metrics that actually travel well in leadership conversations.

You'll leave with an understanding of frameworks to help you define the right questions, pick defensible measures, and build evaluation into your design from day one. If you're tired of reporting completions and praying people assume it worked, let's start building a measurement approach you can use Monday morning.

Learning Objectives

Translate a training request into measurable performance questions tied to business outcomes.
Identify 3-5 "good enough" metrics using existing operational data, even when systems are messy.
Use lightweight manager feedback methods to validate behavior change without "survey theater," and build evaluation into the design upfront so measurement isn't a frantic afterthought.

Our guest: Tracie Cantu, MHRM, CPTD

Tracie Cantu, MHRM, CPTD is Chief Learning Strategist at Your CLO and an enterprise learning and workforce capability executive with more than 20 years of experience helping organizations rethink how people build skills, perform, and grow as work changes.

Her career includes senior leadership roles at Meta, Atlassian, Whole Foods Market/Amazon, and The Aspen Group, where she has led enterprise learning operations, technology, workforce capability, and organizational transformation. Her work focuses on the intersection of business strategy, workforce development, operating models, and emerging technology.

Tracie is the author of “Running L&D Like a Business: Drive Value with Learning Operations.” She speaks internationally and appears regularly at learning, HR, and EdTech conferences across North America and Europe. Her writing has appeared in publications including TD Magazine, Learning Solutions, Federal News Network, and other industry publications.\

https://www.linkedin.com/in/traciemcantu/?isSelfProfile=false