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Elizabeth Loutfi-Hipchen

Chicago

Managing Editor at Chief Learning Officer

Managing Editor at Chief Talent Officer

Managing Editor for @BetterWorkMedia and @CLOmedia. Storyteller. @mujschool alum. She/Her. Story tip? [email protected]

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  • 3 weeks ago | chieflearningofficer.com | Elizabeth Loutfi-Hipchen

    Learning and development professionals face unprecedented challenges in today’s rapidly evolving business landscape. According to LinkedIn’s 2025 Workplace Learning Report, 67 percent of L&D professionals report being “maxed out” on capacity, while 66 percent have experienced budget reductions in the past year. Despite these constraints, 87 percent agree their organizations need to develop employees faster to keep pace with business demands.

  • 1 month ago | chieflearningofficer.com | Elizabeth Loutfi-Hipchen

    I was struck by Work Friend’s initial response in their popular New York Times career advice column about working with a neurodiverse colleague. Though they ultimately reconsidered and offered thoughtful reflection, their first reply felt reductive: The letter described a colleague as lacking emotional intelligence and framed his behavior as a diversity issue because he was “on the spectrum,” prompting the columnist to dismiss him as a “lost cause” in need of intervention rather than support.

  • 1 month ago | chieftalentofficer.co | Elizabeth Loutfi-Hipchen

    Imagine the perfect colleague. One who embodies your company’s culture and values, understands your business inside and out, is always available to help and—almost never—talks back. This was our vision when we set out to build SOFI, SoftServe’s new assistant, powered by artificial intelligence. At SoftServe, we thrive on innovation, and our HR team is no exception.

  • 1 month ago | chieflearningofficer.com | Elizabeth Loutfi-Hipchen

    You’ve probably seen people messing around with artificial intelligence lately. Every day, my social feeds are filled with AI-generated goofy cat memes or turning their selfies into comic book heroes. All of these examples are fun and exploratory.

  • 1 month ago | chieflearningofficer.com | Elizabeth Loutfi-Hipchen

    Since 2011, the LearningElite Awards Program has highlighted those at the cutting edge of corporate learning and development, from large and ingrained to tiny but mighty. We opened this year’s program iteration three days ago, and we are looking forward to receiving and reading the stories in this year’s submissions.

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21 Oct 22

RT @CLOmedia: The 2022 LearningElite Best Practices & Benchmarking Report is now available! It includes: -A comprehensive list of all ranke…

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12 Jul 22

RT @GuildEducation: The @WaltDisneyCo is making dreams come true for their Cast Members and employees through the Disney Aspire program in…

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22 Jun 22

RT @CLOmedia: Congratulations to all of our #LearningElite award winners and thank you to all that applied! View the full list of recipient…