Introduction – Kelly Palmer
Kelly Palmer (Author & CLO at Degreed)
Kelly Palmer
Author & CLO at Degreed
Kelly Palmer is on a mission to change the way the world learns. A well-known thought leader on learning, business, and career development, she is currently on the executive team of Degreed and was formerly the chief learning officer of LinkedIn. Prior to LinkedIn, Kelly was vice president of learning at Yahoo! and held executive positions in learning, M&A, and product development at Sun Microsystems. She speaks regularly at companies and business conferences around the world, has been featured in the Financial Times, Fast Company, Forbes, Entrepreneur, Inc., Chief Learning Officer (CLO), and on Bloomberg radio. Kelly has a bachelor of arts in English/communications and a master of science in adult learning and education technology.
Interviewed By
Vanessa Tyler
Sarder TV Journalist, and Emmy Award-Winning Journalist & Anchor
Full Interview – Kelly Palmer
Kelly Palmer (Author & CLO at Degreed)
Learning is…Transformational
Kelly Palmer (Author & CLO at Degreed)
Why did you write The Expertise Economy: How the Smartest Companies Use Learning to Engage, Compete, & Succeed?
Kelly Palmer (Author & CLO at Degreed) Kelly Palmer discusses the book, The Expertise Economy: How the Smartest Companies Use Learning…
Tell us about your career in Silicon Valley.
Kelly Palmer (Author & CLO at Degreed) Kelly Palmer, CLO at Degreed, talks about her life experience working in the tech…
Were you able to implement a new learning model in the companies you worked for?
Kelly Palmer (Author & CLO at Degreed) Kelly Palmer discusses why she believes that many companies have still not changed from…
Are you optimistic that organizations will embrace a new learning culture?
Kelly Palmer (Author & CLO at Degreed) Kelly Palmer goes over some of the changes she is seeing in corporate learning…
What is Degreed’s company mission?
Kelly Palmer (Author & CLO at Degreed) Kelly Palmer talks about Degreed, where she is the Chief Learning Officer. According to…
Can you address some of the issues with Sun Microsystems?
Kelly Palmer (Author & CLO at Degreed) Kelly Palmer talks about the missteps made by Sun Microsystems, where she was the…
Can you explain what it means to reinvent a company?
Kelly Palmer (Author & CLO at Degreed) Kelly Palmer provides an example of a company that continues to reinvent itself to…