Live Virtual Workshop · August 13, 2026 · Noon–2pm ET
When You Know It's Not "Just a Training Problem"
An introduction to systems thinking for learning design.
Stop building courses for problems training can't fix.
You know the moment. They say "We need training." And you know that lack of training isn't the real problem — and that creating even the best training won't change anything.
Map the system
How systems thinking can help
Systems thinking is a tool for L&D professionals who want to move beyond order-taking, diagnose the real problem, and identify design interventions that could actually make change happen.
Find the right level of intervention
Identify whether the issue lives at the individual, group, workflow, or system level — so your effort lands where it can actually move the needle.
Map the dynamics shaping performance
Use systems mapping to surface feedback loops, delays, reinforcement, constraints, and the ways people quietly game whatever gets measured.
Choose smarter intervention points
Apply practical frameworks for making sense of messy organizational challenges and deciding where learning can help — and where something else is needed.
Who this workshop is for
Instructional designers, L&D professionals, learning consultants, and training managers who want to make better decisions and drive stronger business impact.
About the Instructor
Julie Dirksen
Julie Dirksen is the author of two bestselling books for learning professionals — Design for How People Learn and Talk to the Elephant: Design Learning for Behavior Change — with more than 80,000 copies sold.
As a learning strategist, she specializes in making behavior change stick, working with Fortune 500 companies, startups, and global research initiatives to bring behavioral science and design thinking into the learning process.
Workshop details
- Format
- Live Zoom workshop
- Length
- Two hours
- Date
- August 13, 2026
- Time
- Noon ET (USA)
- Price
- $199
Seats are limited.