What happens when HR leaders stop talking about AI—and start building with it?
On March 20, 2026, at the Bund Center in Shanghai, a group of 20 HR leaders gathered for R.E.D. Learning Day: Optimizing L&D with AI. —led by Fabrizio Ulivi, Managing Partner at SBA, and Olivier Wang at System In Motion. This wasn’t a lecture about the potential of AI. It was a hands-on, high-impact session designed to turn AI from a concept into an HR Business Partner’s most practical tool.
The Shift: From “Knowing” to “Doing”
It wasn’t just the trainer’s delivery, it was the collective realization that AI isn’t here to replace the HR mindset—it’s here to enhance it.
Participants engaged in a deep-dive process:
- Step 1: Building the Role Development Scorecard. Using iterative prompts, leaders learned how to refine outputs, eliminate buzzwords, and ensure behaviors were observable and realistic for in-role application.
- Step 2: Role Development Diagnosis. We explored how HRBPs can use AI to understand the “day-by-day” reality of a role, adjusting for expertise and aligning with hiring managers.
- Step 3: Growth Paths & Micro-Learning. The group tackled the biggest risk of using AI for personalization—consistency vs. standardization—and built a 6-week individual growth pathway with micro-learning modules.
“I’m surprised by how much we actually practiced,” said another participant.
By the end of the day, participants didn’t just leave with notes or ideas. They left with outputs—drafts, frameworks, and starting points they could take back and apply immediately. The question for L&D is no longer whether AI matters.
It’s whether teams know how to use it.
From Blank Page to Working Structure.
The HR leaders who joined us came with curiosity. They left with a structure.
“I didn’t expect we would do so much in so little time… I already have almost my full structure for a development plan,” one participant shared.
That is the essence of the R.E.D. methodology. Under the Fabrizio’s guidance, we moved past theoretical discussions. We focused on the mechanics of how AI supports structured development processes.
Learning Through Practice, Not Explanation.
Why R.E.D.?
At R.E.D., we believe learning happens through doing—where ideas are tested, refined, and applied in real contexts.
Ready to stop talking about AI and start using it? Join us next time.
Stay tuned for the next R.E.D. LearningDay.
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