Training Transformers
Reimagining Corporate Learning With James Robles of HID
James Robles is a fifth-generation educator: he taught English in China and special education before choosing L&D on purpose. Now a training and enablement specialist at HID, he tells Tejas Pitkar how to pick between online and in-person training, build career ladders people believe in, design content like Lego, and pilot AI without compromising your values or your data.
- Series
- Training Transformers
- Length
- 26 minutes
- Guest
- James Robles
- Access
- Free to watch
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The conversation
Start small, then scale.
James weighs every training decision on two axes: what it costs to deliver, and what experience the learner needs. Compliance can live online; management training benefits from people in a room.
On AI his advice is to pilot, not to fear: adaptive platforms make learning personal, but anonymize what you paste, read the privacy policies, and vote with your wallet when a tool doesn’t fit your values.
On the episode
One guest. One host.
Guest
James Robles
Training and Enablement Specialist, HID
A fifth-generation educator and certified professional in training management, James taught in China and in special education before moving into L&D, and is vice chair of an education committee at the Security Industry Association.
Host
Tejas Pitkar
Senior Product Marketing Manager, KITABOO
Tejas hosts KITABOO’s video podcasts, Training Transformers and Inside Associations, talking to learning leaders and association executives about how they build, deliver and measure learning.
Inside the episode
Go straight to what you need.
Pick a chapter and the recording starts at that moment.
What to take away
Small steps, built to scale.
James’s advice, each starting the episode where he gives it.
After the episode
Modular, secure training content.
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