Author Bianca Baumann

Bianca Baumann is an enterprise workforce transformation executive, published author, and international keynote speaker with more than 15 years of experience designing capability strategies that drive measurable business outcomes. She has led global learning portfolios and served as a trusted advisor to C-suite leaders on skills-based operating models, leadership pipeline architecture, and AI-enabled workforce strategy. As VP of Learning Solutions & Innovation at Ardent Learning, Bianca leads the teams behind Ardent's consulting, design, technology, and facilitation practices. Her conviction that workforce capability is a business strategy — not a training program — shapes how Ardent designs solutions that connect learning investment to organizational performance, with AI as one critical accelerant in that work. Bianca is the co-author of Think Like a Marketer, Train Like an L&D Pro (ATD Press), facilitates the Learning Experience Design Certificate Program at OISE, University of Toronto, and curates the English-language track at LEARNTEC. She serves on the Board of Directors at I4PL and speaks at conferences across North America and Europe. Key clients she has worked with include Kraft Heinz, Kia North America, Kia Global, MINI, Mazda, Agilent Technologies, BAYADA, and Citrix.