Learning Strategy & Instructional Design

I help organizations turn learning into a driver of growth and performance.

I help organizations turn learning into a driver of growth and performance.

Instructional design leadership, learning strategy, and emerging AI capabilities — brought together to create meaningful learning experiences and enable organizational change.

Instructional design leadership, learning strategy, and emerging AI capabilities — brought together to create meaningful learning experiences and enable organizational change.

EXPERTISE

Four ways I move learning forward

Four ways I move learning forward

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Training Program Design

END-TO-END CURRICULUM ARCHITECTURE

Multi-year, multi-level curricula built from needs and task analysis — the kind that takes someone from entry level to fully qualified.

01

Training Program Design

END-TO-END CURRICULUM ARCHITECTURE

Multi-year, multi-level curricula built from needs and task analysis — the kind that takes someone from entry level to fully qualified.

02

Learning Strategy & Transformation

ALIGNING L& D TO BUSINESS CHANGE

Learning that moves with the business: organizational assessment first, then a roadmap tied to real objectives.

02

Learning Strategy & Transformation

ALIGNING L& D TO BUSINESS CHANGE

Learning that moves with the business: organizational assessment first, then a roadmap tied to real objectives.

03

AI-Enabled Learning Design

AGENTIC AI APPLIED TO TRAINING

Bringing emerging AI capability into instructional practice, deliberately and with judgement about where it belongs.

03

AI-Enabled Learning Design

AGENTIC AI APPLIED TO TRAINING

Bringing emerging AI capability into instructional practice, deliberately and with judgement about where it belongs.

04

Team Leadership & ID Capability Building

BUILDING AND MENTORING ID FUNCTIONS

Hiring, developing and advocating for design teams, and setting the standards that keep their work consistent.

04

Team Leadership & ID Capability Building

BUILDING AND MENTORING ID FUNCTIONS

Hiring, developing and advocating for design teams, and setting the standards that keep their work consistent.

SELECTED WORKS

SELECTED WORKS

Case studies in complexity, made clear

Case studies in complexity, made clear

I bring strategy, direction, and refined execution together to create meaningful experiences with lasting impact.

I bring strategy, direction, and refined execution together to create meaningful experiences with lasting impact.

Dominion Technical Learning Programs

Built two multi-year technical learning ecosystems: • Electrical Equipment Specialist Training Development Program • Gas Technician Training Program

Salesforce Financial Services Cloud

Led learning through enterprise technology transformation.

Core Conversion

Designed learning for organizational transformation

Dominion Technical Learning Programs

Built two multi-year technical learning ecosystems: • Electrical Equipment Specialist Training Development Program • Gas Technician Training Program

Salesforce Financial Services Cloud

Led learning through enterprise technology transformation.

Core Conversion

Designed learning for organizational transformation

Dominion Technical Learning Programs

Salesforce Financial Services Cloud

Core Conversion

About me

About Marvette

About Marvette

For most of my career, I've been drawn to complexity.

For most of my career, I've been drawn to complexity.

A former leader once described my superpower as having the uncanny ability to "unfurl a ball of yarn."

Over time, I realized she was describing something I've always loved doing — finding the hidden thread that transforms complexity into clarity.

A former leader once described my superpower as having the uncanny ability to "unfurl a ball of yarn."

Over time, I realized she was describing something I've always loved doing — finding the hidden thread that transforms complexity into clarity.

LEARNING & CREDENTIALS

Learning with purpose. Leading with impact.

COMPLETED - 202601

Certificate Program in Agentic AI

Johns Hopkins University, Whiting School of Engineering.

IN PROGRESS - 202602

AI Transformation and Leadership

The University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

STARTING OCTOBER - 202603

Professional Certificate Program in Project Management with GenAI

Virginia Tech

RECOMMENDATIONS

In their words.

In their words.

Long-term relationships built on trust clear communication, and work that speaks for itself.

Marvette Johnson and I worked together in a variety of capacities across several organizations. She has a remarkable ability to take highly complex situations and organize them into clear, digestible parts that lead to thoughtful, effective learning solutions. Marvette quickly distinguishes the essential components from the extraneous ones and brings others along by clearly explaining her reasoning. She is also highly skilled at managing projects from the initial brainstorming stage through development and successful implementation. Marvette keeps a pulse on emerging ideas and technologies. She has explored ways to integrate and develop AI solutions while also introducing new instructional design tools to strengthen learning experiences. Most of all, Marvette is unfailingly positive and approaches every project with energy, optimism, and high spirits. I recommend her wholeheartedly.

Sue Kushnir

Global Head of Investment Bank Talent and Development, Deutsche Bank (Retired)

Marvette Johnson and I worked together in a variety of capacities across several organizations. She has a remarkable ability to take highly complex situations and organize them into clear, digestible parts that lead to thoughtful, effective learning solutions. Marvette quickly distinguishes the essential components from the extraneous ones and brings others along by clearly explaining her reasoning. She is also highly skilled at managing projects from the initial brainstorming stage through development and successful implementation. Marvette keeps a pulse on emerging ideas and technologies. She has explored ways to integrate and develop AI solutions while also introducing new instructional design tools to strengthen learning experiences. Most of all, Marvette is unfailingly positive and approaches every project with energy, optimism, and high spirits. I recommend her wholeheartedly.

Sue Kushnir

Global Head of Investment Bank Talent and Development, Deutsche Bank (Retired)

Marvette Johnson and I worked together in a variety of capacities across several organizations. She has a remarkable ability to take highly complex situations and organize them into clear, digestible parts that lead to thoughtful, effective learning solutions. Marvette quickly distinguishes the essential components from the extraneous ones and brings others along by clearly explaining her reasoning. She is also highly skilled at managing projects from the initial brainstorming stage through development and successful implementation. Marvette keeps a pulse on emerging ideas and technologies. She has explored ways to integrate and develop AI solutions while also introducing new instructional design tools to strengthen learning experiences. Most of all, Marvette is unfailingly positive and approaches every project with energy, optimism, and high spirits. I recommend her wholeheartedly.

Sue Kushnir

Global Head of Investment Bank Talent and Development, Deutsche Bank (Retired)

Articles & Insights

Writing about what I'm learning

Writing about what I'm learning

Ideas, perspectives, and what I'm exploring Thoughts on learning, leadership, AI, organizational transformation, and the evolving world of work.

Ideas, perspectives, and what I'm exploring Thoughts on learning, leadership, AI, organizational transformation, and the evolving world of work.

Some additional things to know about me

Some additional things to know about me

Here are some thoughts on how I approach the work, lead others, continue learning, and think about what's next.

Here are some thoughts on how I approach the work, lead others, continue learning, and think about what's next.

What kinds of roles and opportunities am I open to?
What kinds of roles and opportunities am I open to?
How do I approach instructional design and learning strategy?
How do I approach instructional design and learning strategy?
How am I using AI in learning and instructional design?
How am I using AI in learning and instructional design?
What does leadership mean to me?
What does leadership mean to me?
What kinds of work do I show in my portfolio?
Why do I share learning journeys and professional development?
What do I believe about the role of learning in organizations?
Why did I create Simply Marvy?