--- title: From Learning Data to Business Decisions | Explorance | Brandon Hall Group description: Join L&D leaders at the BRiC Summit to explore innovative strategies for demonstrating learning value and making impactful business decisions through data-driven insights. --- [Skip to content](https://web.brandonhall.com/explorance-summit#main-content) ![explorance\_hero\_1600x700](https://web.brandonhall.com/hubfs/explorance_hero_1600x700.png "explorance_hero_1600x700") EXECUTIVE EVENT · BRiC SUMMIT # From Learning Data to Business Decisions ### **Helping L&D leaders prove value with confidence** **Date:** Thursday, October 29, 2026 **Time:** 12:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. ET **Location:** BRiC | Boca Raton, Florida **Fee**: Complimentary [Register](https://web.brandonhall.com/explorance-summit#register)[View Agenda](https://web.brandonhall.com/explorance-summit#agenda) ## **Event Description** Learning and development leaders are being asked to do more than deliver programs. They must build critical skills, demonstrate business value and make smarter investment decisions while expectations continue to rise. The question is no longer whether learning matters—it is whether organizations can clearly show how and why it matters. Co-developed and **hosted by Brandon Hall Group and Explorance**, this executive event brings together research, practitioner perspectives and practical guidance to help L&D leaders move from learning data to confident business decisions. Attendees will explore the future of L&D, new approaches to optimizing learning investments, real-world insight from Thermo Fisher Scientific and a hands-on skills workshop. The program will examine how learning measurement is evolving beyond reporting toward predictive intelligence, prescriptive guidance and continuous optimization. Participants will leave with ideas for uncovering insights faster, anticipating risks earlier, prioritizing investments more effectively and connecting learning intelligence directly to workforce and business performance. **What attendees will gain** - A clearer view of the forces shaping the future of learning and development. - Practical approaches for demonstrating and optimizing the value of learning investments. - A preview of how AI-powered insights, conversational analytics and continuous impact monitoring can support better decisions. - Peer connection with senior L&D leaders in an intimate, innovation-focused setting. ## **Agenda**   | Time | Session | | --- | --- | | 12:00-1:30 p.m. | **Registration and Networking Lunch** | | 1:30-2:15 p.m. | **Keynote: Proving Learning's Value: Measurement, Performance, and Business Impact** Michael Rochelle, Chief Strategy Officer, Brandon Hall Group | | 2:15-3:00 p.m. | **Optimizing the Value of Learning Investments** Steve Lange, General Manager, Explorance Metrics That Matter | | 3:00-3:15 p.m. | **Networking Break with Refreshments** | | 3:15-4:00 p.m. | **Featured Practitioner Session** Ryan Sullivan, Director of Strategy for Enterprise Learning at Thermo Fisher Scientific | | 4:00-4:30 p.m. | **Demonstrating Learning and Skills Impact at Scale** Stephanie Johnson, Head of Consulting, Metrics That Matter  | | 4:30-4:45 p.m. | **Closing Remarks** | ## Session Descriptions ### Proving Learning's Value: Measurement, Performance, and Business Impact Keynote Learning leaders are under increasing pressure to answer a simple but difficult question: What changed because of the learning investment? Brandon Hall Group's latest Awards Survey reinforces that pressure: training effectiveness and ROI was the top learning priority at 58.6%, while 50.6% of respondents selected learning measurement and impact. Completions, participation and satisfaction remain useful operating measures, but they are no longer enough to demonstrate value. This session will introduce Brandon Hall Group's Learning Performance Convergence model as a framework for connecting learning activity to skill acquisition, behavior and performance, workforce outcomes and business results. The model helps organizations move from isolated learning metrics toward a more complete view of how development contributes to performance. AI-enabled analytics, continuous feedback and stronger links between learning and operational data are creating new opportunities to measure impact faster and adjust strategy as results emerge. The goal is not measurement for its own sake, but a measurement system that improves decisions, investment and performance. #### What You Will Learn - How to move beyond activity metrics toward evidence of performance and business impact - How to apply Brandon Hall Group's Learning Performance Convergence model - How to connect learning, skill acquisition, performance and organizational outcomes - How to build a practical measurement strategy that improves learning investment decisions ### Metrics That Matter Vision and Mission: Optimizing the Value of Learning Investments Presented by Steve Lange, General Manager, Explorance Metrics That Matter L&D is under increasing pressure to do more than deliver programs. It must build critical skills, demonstrate business value and make smarter investment decisions in an environment where expectations are rising fast. The question is no longer whether learning matters. It is whether we can clearly show how and why it matters. This keynote explores how Metrics That Matter is evolving to meet that challenge. More than a product roadmap update, it is a look at how MTM is moving from measurement and reporting toward predictive intelligence, prescriptive guidance and continuous optimization. Attendees will see how the future of MTM is designed to help organizations uncover insights faster, anticipate risks earlier, prioritize investments more effectively and embed learning intelligence more directly into business decision-making. From AI-powered insight generation and conversational analytics to portfolio optimization and continuous impact monitoring, the session will reveal a bold vision for the next 18-24 months. Learning leaders will see how measurement can become a smarter, more strategic driver of business decisions, helping them prove value, predict outcomes, guide action and shape stronger workforce performance at scale. ### Demonstrating Learning and Skills Impact at Scale Presented by Stephanie Johnson, Head of Consulting, Metrics That Matter This session will explore cutting-edge approaches to measuring learning effectiveness using MTM’s new skills functionality. Attendees will discover how to go beyond traditional metrics to truly assess whether their learning initiatives are driving meaningful skill development within their organizations. We will showcase scalable methods for using MTM data and benchmarks to surface which skills are improving, where gaps remain, and how to refine curricula based on evidence and learner feedback to maximize impact. #### What You Will Learn - Scalable strategies for measuring skills contribution to training - Methods for connecting learning data, including skills, to business outcomes - Actionable approaches for refining curricula based on evidence ## Speakers ![1-Aug-20-2026-04-28-11-9204-PM](https://web.brandonhall.com/hs-fs/hubfs/1-Aug-20-2026-04-28-11-9204-PM.png?width=400&height=400&name=1-Aug-20-2026-04-28-11-9204-PM.png) ### Steve Lange General Manager, Explorance Metrics That Matter ![explorance Logo](https://web.brandonhall.com/hs-fs/hubfs/explorance%20Logo.png?width=142&height=71&name=explorance%20Logo.png) Presenter: Optimizing the Value of Learning Investments. With more than 25 years in Learning and Development and 8+ years at Explorance, Steve has built a career around helping organizations connect strategy, measurement, and outcomes in meaningful ways. Steve has worked in Learning and Development for companies such as MetLife and McDonald's, helping to design, develop, and deliver multiple different learning interventions connected to business problems. At McDonald's, he was an MTM client as the leader of learning measurement and evaluation for Hamburger University. ![2-4](https://web.brandonhall.com/hs-fs/hubfs/2-4.png?width=400&height=400&name=2-4.png) ### Ryan Sullivan Director of Strategy for Enterprise Learning at Thermo Fisher Scientific ![Thermo Fisher Scientific](https://web.brandonhall.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Landing%20Pages/images.png?width=152&height=77&name=images.png) Ryan Sullivan is Director of Strategy for Enterprise Learning at Thermo Fisher Scientific, with 22 years of experience spanning nearly every facet of L&D, including delivery and design, program management, learning technology, operations, and analytics. For more than a decade, Ryan has specialized in learning analytics, helping organizations connect learning metrics to business outcomes and demonstrate the value and ROI of the learning function. A Brandon Hall Gold Award winner for Learning Measurement, Ryan is passionate about shifting the perception of L&D from a mandatory cost to a strategic investment by focusing measurement on what matters most to the business. ![3-1](https://web.brandonhall.com/hs-fs/hubfs/3-1.png?width=400&height=400&name=3-1.png) ### Stephanie Johnson Head of Consulting, Metrics That Matter ![Metrics That Matter](https://web.brandonhall.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Landing%20Pages/images%20(1).png?width=152&height=77&name=images%20(1).png) Stephanie Johnson is Director of MTM Consulting at Explorance and brings 20+ years of experience in talent, learning and HR consulting. She specializes in learning measurement strategies that show how training affects performance and business outcomes. Stephanie works with clients to build measurement capability; best practices for survey design, reporting, analysis, and data visualization; and provides hands-on analytics to translate feedback into decisions and improvements. At BP she managed the global learning impact measurement strategy (as an MTM client), coaching leaders and teams on improving program effectiveness, driving a measurement culture, and simplifying reporting across multiple learning and talent platforms. Stephanie holds a master's degree in Industrial/Organizational psychology. ![4](https://web.brandonhall.com/hs-fs/hubfs/4.png?width=400&height=400&name=4.png) ### Michael Rochelle CSO and Principal Analyst ![Brandon Hall Group](https://web.brandonhall.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Landing%20Pages/logos.png?width=180&height=88&name=logos.png) Prior to joining Brandon Hall Group, Michael was the Chief Strategy Officer and Co-founder at AC Growth. Michael serves in a variety of roles, including overseeing research and advisory support for organizations and solution providers. Michael is one of the company’s principal analysts covering learning and development, talent management, leadership development, HR, talent acquisition and DEI. Michael brings nearly 40 years of experience in executive leadership roles, including human resources, information technologies, sales, marketing, business development, M&A, strategic and financial planning, program management and business operations across a wide variety of organizational settings. Michael is a graduate of the following certification programs: Kirkpatrick Four Levels™ Evaluation, Balanced Scorecard Collaborative, Strategy Focused Organization and Office of Strategic Management. ## BRiC Campus Brandon Hall Group’s headquarters at the Boca Raton Innovation Campus (BRiC) offers a distinctive blend of historical significance and modern excellence. As the birthplace of the IBM Personal Computer, the venue carries forward a legacy of breakthrough thinking into today’s learning and development landscape. The iconic 1.7-million-square-foot campus features the longest office hallway in the Western Hemisphere, an extensive walking art exhibition, miles of scenic paths, a lake and multiple on-site restaurants. Its self-sustaining complex also includes a 10-megawatt power plant capable of operating for 13 consecutive days. BRiC Summits are exclusive leadership events hosted by Brandon Hall Group at the Boca Raton Innovation Campus. More than a venue, BRiC is a historic and innovative setting designed to foster connection, insight and organizational excellence. **Address:** 5000 T-Rex Avenue, Boca Raton, FL 33431 **Video:** [BRiC Summits at the Boca Raton Innovation Campus](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MibaxeuapTY) **Campus information:** [Brandon Hall Group Summits & Workshops](https://brandonhall.com/summits-workshops/) |   |   | | --- | --- | ![BRiC (1)](https://web.brandonhall.com/hubfs/BRiC%20(1).webp "BRiC (1)") ![photo-417](https://web.brandonhall.com/hs-fs/hubfs/photo-417.jpg?width=2000&height=1333&name=photo-417.jpg "photo-417") ## Hotel Block Host Hotel ### Boca Raton Marriott at Boca Center 5150 Town Center Circle, Boca Raton, FL 33486 **Group booking link:** [Click here](https://book.passkey.com/event/51325141/owner/68173/home?utm_campaign=301456830) ### Hotels near Boca Raton Innovation Campus Hampton Inn Boca Raton 1455 Yamato Road, Boca Raton, FL 33431 SpringHill Suites Boca Raton 5130 NW 8th Avenue, Boca Raton, FL 33487 Embassy Suites Boca Raton 661 NW 53rd Street, Boca Raton, FL 33487 Holiday Inn & Suites Boca Raton - North 701 NW 53rd Street, Boca Raton, FL 33487 Additional hotels are available nearby, including ultra-luxury properties such as The Boca Raton within approximately 10 miles of the campus. ![boca-raton-marriott-at](https://web.brandonhall.com/hs-fs/hubfs/boca-raton-marriott-at.jpg?width=900&height=500&name=boca-raton-marriott-at.jpg "boca-raton-marriott-at") ## Register [![brandon hall group](https://web.brandonhall.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Company%20Logos%20(BHG)/BHG-logo-2022-v1-white.png?width=298&height=142&name=BHG-logo-2022-v1-white.png "brandon hall group")](https://brandonhall.com/) © 2026. 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