Are You Ready to Stop Defending Learning—And Start Amplifying Its Value?
If you’ve ever asked yourself…
How can I elevate the role of organizational learning?
How can I prove learning drives business results?
I believe in the power of learning, how do I make others believe it too?
How do I stop defending learning and start showing its value?
You’ve found the answer.
Hidden Value:
How to Reveal the Impact of Organizational Learning
For too long, Learning & Development (L&D) has struggled to be recognized as a strategic driver of business success. Despite launching powerful programs, L&D teams often find themselves justifying their worth, fighting for resources, and defending their budgets instead of being seen as a key contributor to growth, innovation, and competitive advantage.
But what if the problem isn’t that learning lacks value—but that we haven’t learned how to amplify its value?
In Hidden Value, Dr. Keith Keating—author of The Trusted Learning Advisor—flips the script on traditional L&D thinking and presents a bold new roadmap for making learning’s impact undeniable. This book isn’t just about measurement; it’s about transforming L&D into a value powerhouse by seeking, creating, measuring, and communicating impact in a way that business leaders understand.
Whether you’re an L&D leader, HR professional, or business executive, this book will equip you with the strategies, tools, and insights to move beyond training metrics and start speaking the language of business.
Hidden Value is the book you need if you’ve ever struggled to prove L&D’s value, felt frustrated by stakeholder resistance, or wondered how to amplify learning’s impact.
After Reading This Book,
You Will ...
How to become a Value Seeker, Creator, and Amplifier
Shift from order-taker to strategic enabler by proactively shaping learning solutions that solve real business challenges and elevate human potential. You’ll learn how to seek out hidden opportunities for impact, create learning experiences that drive measurable value, and amplify your contributions across the organization.
How to reposition L&D as a value driver, not a cost center
Executives invest in business outcomes. Learn how to directly link L&D to business strategy, positioning learning as an indispensable asset that drives performance, retention, and competitive advantage.
How to measure what truly matters—beyond ROI
Move beyond outdated ROI metrics that fail to capture learning’s full impact. You’ll learn how to use the Value Creation Compass—a clear, business-aligned framework that helps you identify, measure, and communicate tangible and intangible outcomes. By mastering this approach, you’ll ensure that L&D is recognized as a vital contributor to business success, not just an expense.
How to communicate L&D’s value in a way executives respect
Stakeholders don’t invest in what they don't understand. Discover how to translate learning outcomes into business metrics that matter, and use compelling, data-driven storytelling to capture leadership's attention with insights they can’t ignore.
What Others Are Saying
Dr. Keith Keating's book is a powerful tribute to the Learning & Development field, highlighting our crucial role as stewards of learning. He passionately champions our work and underscores the strategic importance of L&D in driving organizational evolution. This book is a must-read for anyone committed to advancing their organization's growth through effective learning strategies.
Kristy Callahan
Executive Learning & Leadership Development, GE Healthcare
About the Author
Dr. Keith Keating is the Chief Learning & Development Officer at BDO Canada, a globally recognized keynote speaker, workforce futurist, and author focused on the future of work, leadership, and the evolving role of learning in business.
With more than 25 years of global experience spanning organizations including McKinsey & Company, HSBC, and General Motors, Keith has built a reputation for challenging conventional thinking in Learning & Development and helping organizations rethink how they create value through people.
Hidden Value is his second book. The Trusted Learning Advisor (Kogan Page, 2023) was his first. Together they form a complete argument: first, evolve the role. Then, make the impact impossible to ignore.
At the center of Keith's work is a simple belief:
Learning changes lives.
As someone who went from a high school dropout to earning a doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania, Keith understands firsthand the power of learning. His personal journey continues to fuel his mission to encourage, enable, and empower others through lifelong learning. He also serves as a Lecturer in the Chief Learning Officer doctoral program at the University of Pennsylvania.
Keith's keynotes and programs blend research, business strategy, and human-centered leadership to help organizations build future-ready talent, strengthen credibility, unlock hidden value, and create cultures where learning becomes a competitive advantage.
His work has earned the Brandon Hall Gold Award for Learning Leader of the Year, the ATD Speaker of the Year distinction, the Goody Award, and a place on the CLO Learning Elite.
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