From Flawed Reviews to Growth: Connecting Performance and Learning That Works

Performance conversations fail not from intent, but from missing tools, context, and support. Anchored in customer use cases and real data, this session reveals why reviews fall flat, why current systems don’t close the gap, and how connecting performance and learning through capabilities empowers leaders and drives growth.

3 Key Learnings

1. Build a data-driven business case for aligning performance and learning strategies.
2. Identify and apply your team’s capabilities to support practical, measurable growth.
3. Co-create scalable, living competency frameworks without consultants or complex systems.

About Blake

Blake Proberts is the Co-Founder and CEO of Acorn, an AI-powered platform building the architecture for capability development. Corporate learning and performance are broken. Organizations chase skills hype, bloated catalogs, and shallow reviews without knowing their true capabilities. Acorn fixes this by identifying, assessing, and developing them across roles and goals, giving organizations clarity and people direction.