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The definitive guide for L&D professionals navigating the AI transformation. From understanding AI platforms to designing prompts to building autonomous agents — this is the desk reference our team built for what comes next.

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Finally — An AI Book Written for L&D Professionals, by an L&D Professional

The AI books on the shelf right now fall into two categories: technically dense texts written for engineers, or surface-level overviews that tell you AI is important without showing you what to do about it.

Applying AI in Learning & Development was authored by Josh Cavalier — founder and Chief Learning Strategist at Lodestone Digital, headquartered in Charlotte, NC — a 31-year L&D practitioner who has spent decades inside the same organizations, meetings, and workflows you navigate every day. Every chapter connects AI capabilities to the specific challenges talent development professionals face, informed by the research and applied methodology our team has developed through engagements with enterprise clients across industries.

This isn’t theory. It’s a practical playbook for integrating AI across your entire L&D function — from platform selection to performance consulting to building the automated workflows that will define the next era of the profession.

What You’ll Learn — Chapter by Chapter

Each chapter comes with downloadable companion materials developed by our instructional design and content teams to help you apply what you read — immediately.

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Who Should Read This Book

Whether your organization is just beginning to explore AI or your teams are already experimenting and ready for a structured approach, this book meets you where you are.

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Author

Josh Cavalier, founder and Chief Learning Strategist at Lodestone Digital (Charlotte, NC), has spent 31+ years in Learning & Development, designing solutions for corporations, government agencies, and educational institutions. He is a featured speaker at DevLearn, ATD ICE, Learning Solutions, and Adobe MAX. He leads the ATD Applying AI in L&D Certificate program. And he hosts Brainpower, a weekly AI training show on YouTube and LinkedIn.

This book is the culmination of three decades of L&D practice and years of focused work at the intersection of AI and talent development — the resource our organization set out to create when AI first entered the L&D conversation. Drawing on the applied research and client engagements conducted by Lodestone Digital, Josh authored the guide he and our team saw the industry urgently needed.

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The book gives you the knowledge. These programs — developed and delivered by our training and consulting teams — give you the hands-on practice and community.