Running L&D Like a Business: Drive Value With Learning Operations
I wrote this book because it's the book I wish I had when I first stepped into senior leadership. When I started leading L&D teams, I looked everywhere for guidance on how to build and scale them through process and systems, not headcount and vibes.
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L&D teams are operating with outdated models, disconnected systems, and no shared language with the business. Running L&D Like a Business gives you the frameworks, language, and operating infrastructure to change that. For new senior leaders, and every leader who's ready to run L&D like the business function it is.
What's Inside
Learning
Operations
L&D functions run on operating models whether they've built one intentionally or not. The infrastructure decisions covered here determine whether yours can perform at scale.
Measuring
Impact
Most L&D teams measure what's easy to count. The measurement architecture shifts the focus to what the business actually cares about.
Portfolio
Management
Every L&D team has more demand than capacity. The portfolio management infrastructure here gives you a defensible framework for deciding what gets resourced and when.
Tracie Cantu
CEO & Chief Learning Strategist
Tracie Cantu, MHRM, CPTD is Chief Learning Strategist at Your CLO. She partners with CHROs, COOs, and senior L&D leaders to transform how enterprise learning functions operate. Her background includes more than 20 years in internal L&D leadership and transformation work across industries, including senior leadership experience with organizations such as Whole Foods Market, Meta, and Atlassian. She is an international speaker at ATD, Learning Technologies UK, and other major industry events.
Free Resources
Companion materials available on the 14th of April, 2026.
Book Club &
Discussion Guide
Facilitation guide for ATD and SHRM chapters, teams, and learning cohorts.
Frameworks & Models
Reference
All models from the book in a single printable reference document.
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Invite Tracie to
Speak
Book a keynote, webinar, workshop, or podcast appearance.
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