Episode 15: Personalised Feedback at Scale: AI’s Real Superpower

22 April 2026
Learning Horizons Series

In this episode, we move beyond the hype to explore the practical application of AI-powered simulations in leadership development. What happens when managers can rehearse difficult conversations in realistic scenarios and receive immediate, competency-based feedback? Can this finally bridge the gap between learning and real-world performance?
We examine how these tools can support learning transfer and workplace application, while tackling the critical question of trust. If AI can analyse conversations and benchmark behaviour, how do we integrate it into programmes in a way that is ethical, developmental and psychologically safe?
This conversation is not about promoting technology. It is about understanding how to design with intent and how to use AI responsibly to strengthen leadership capability at scale.

Key learnings of Personalised Feedback at Scale: AI’s Real Superpower

AI simulations: what do they really look like in practice?
What is recorded, analysed and evaluated and how?
When is the optimal moment to use AI simulation within a learning journey?
Can data from simulations become credible evidence of learning transfer?
Development tool or assessment tool? Why the distinction matters.
Trust, transparency and ethical data use: the foundations of learner engagement.
Getting started: how to pilot, integrate and scale responsibly.

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1. Opening: Why AI for personalized feedback? (00:10)
2. Mark’s journey into AI & simulations (01:41)
3. From high‑risk simulators to everyday leadership practice (02:51)
4. Under the bonnet: What is the feedback actually based on? (04:23)
5. What does a simulation looks like: Demo (06:29)
6. Behind the scenes: dynamic avatars & feedback reports (07:10)
7. Scenarios and context for simulations and practice (10:09)
8. Integration into real learning journeys (11:13)
9. Measuring impact and linking to business KPIs (14:18)
10. Data privacy and learner risk: who sees what? (16:42)
11. Development vs assessment: a strategic choice (18:20)
12. Will this become the new e‑learning? (22:06)
13. So what and now what? (25:58)

Tools and resources

Example of simulated conversation https://youtu.be/Nzdm66UOAHM

Interesting article on Conversation simulation: Why, How, when and what

About Mark Temple, guest speaker of Personalised Feedback at Scale: AI’s Real Superpower

Mark Temple is the CEO of IMELD.AI, which offers managerial and leadership development and assessment through cutting-edge AI simulations. The organisation is backed by the prestigious Google Cloud Start-up Accelerator. He brings over 20 years of experience in research, innovation, and commercial leadership—including as commercial leadership at Russell Reynolds Associates, where he led the firm’s work on AI-enabled leadership assessment, and in senior roles at Ernst & Young, overseeing global strategy, research, and innovation programs.

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Episode 5: Driving Learning Impact Through Accountability

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