Kelly Palmer talks about a Utopian vision for the future where all the necessary work is automated and humans get to concentrate on a higher purpose and only do the work we enjoy. She explains that even if that doesn’t come to be, we need to be prepared for a world where automation is a reality and humans need to work in concert with technology to utilize the skills that will never be mastered by machines.
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.
