Data or Die Trying: The Budget Survival Guide For L&D Leaders

Learning and Development leaders are under pressure from CFOs to prove ROI or risk losing their budgets. In this episode, Junior and Dr. Tim Clark share a practical playbook for L&D success: assess, intervene, and prove. You’ll learn how to align your learning strategy with business goals, measure behavior change with data, and protect your training budget from cuts. This conversation is essential for HR, talent, and L&D professionals who want to survive budget scrutiny and turn learning into measurable business impact.

📖 Timestamps:
0:00 – Intro
2:11 – Welcome back & setup
3:26 – The CFO boardroom scenario
7:55 – Why measuring ROI in training is so hard
10:47 – The growing CFO pressure on budgets
13:16 – Choosing the right metrics that matter
14:39 – Using AI and analytics beyond content creation
17:14 – Measurement maturity vs tool maturity
20:18 – The 3-step playbook
25:08 – Proving ROI with longitudinal dashboards
29:23 – The future of data-fluent L&D professionals
32:39 – Closing thoughts & wrap up

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