Scaling Learning Sideways: Empowering Patagonia’s Distributed L&D

In today’s dynamic business landscape, agility and adaptability are essential. But what happens when your L&D team is restructured and responsibility for learning shifts across the organization?

Hear from Janice, Sr. Manager of Skills and Experience Ecosystem at Patagonia, as she shares how the company embraced a “scale sideways” approach—empowering internal power users and subject matter experts to lead learning initiatives. Discover how Patagonia continues to foster a culture of continuous learning and development without a centralized L&D department, ensuring critical knowledge transfer and skill-building remain strong.

What you’ll learn:

• Strategies to empower non-L&D professionals as facilitators and content creators
• How to leverage technology, including the Docebo platform, to support a decentralized learning ecosystem
• Challenges and successes of building a strong learning culture with distributed ownership
• Practical approaches to delivering high-quality, impactful learning with limited dedicated resources

Host

Savannah Dudley, Account Executive, Docebo

Featured Speakers

Janice Talley, Skills & Experience Ecosystem Sr. Manager, Patagonia