AI Enablement Strategies for Non-L&D Teams

How to scale training production by enabling more teams to contribute course content

THE PROBLEM

Training demand outpaces production capacity

Demand for employee training and upskilling is off the charts. Business needs are evolving at warp speed, and yesterday’s skills are becoming obsolete faster than ever. The result? A massive need for responsive, effective training.

Here’s what the numbers say

1.1 billion jobs may be “radically transformed” by 2030 due to technological changes. ⁽¹⁾
52 percent of workers say they need to learn new skills in the next year. ⁽²⁾
70 percent of workers surveyed feel unprepared for the future of work. ⁽³⁾

Yet many organizations simply aren’t equipped to meet the increased appetite for training.

THE SOLUTION

Empower any team to draft quality course content

Broaden your pool of training contributors

Here’s the good news: your organization is sitting on a goldmine of untapped expertise.

Subject matter experts (SMEs) have the knowledge your employees need—but capturing that expertise is often a long, clunky process. HR or L&D teams had to interview SMEs, absorb their insights, and then transform those lessons into effective training materials. Why? Because SMEs lacked the instructional design know-how, time, or tech skills to create courses themselves.

With AI built for e-learning, SMEs and other team members can create professional, engaging courses—with no instructional design experience required.

The table below shows opportunities to partner with and enable subject matter experts to create training with AI designed for e-learning.

Non-L&D Team	Subject matter expertise
Legal and IT teams	Compliance training and cybersecurity courses
HR teams	Onboarding, company culture, and leadership training
Marketing, sales, and product teams	Branding communications, sales enablement, and product training
Operations teams	Standard operating procedures (SOPs) and productivity tools training

How to set non-L&D contributors up for success

Set SMEs up for success and get strong course content from the start by using AI support tailored for e-learning. Purpose-built tools should include:

01.

Guided approach

An intuitive, step-by-step framework walks users through building a course.

02.

Built-in prompts

Integrated AI prompts should help users consider the audience and learning objectives.

03.

Editing assistance

AI-powered editing keeps writing efficient and auto-suggestions elevate course quality.

Benefits at-a-glance

AI doesn’t just simplify content creation for SMEs. It transforms the way L&D teams work, giving L&D the bandwidth to focus on higher-value tasks. This shift helps to:

Cut redundant steps to speed development times.
Ease the burden on L&D and enable SMEs to directly contribute course content.
Improve course quality by reserving L&D teams for higher-value instructional design tasks.

Read on to discover strategies that experienced course creators can use to increase their impact.