Kenneth Konet

Corporate Instructional Designer · AI Enablement · Strategy · Leadership

I build training people actually finish.

Twenty-five years designing corporate learning inside multiple Fortune 100 corporations, most recently at AT&T, plus a decade before that building training for banking, energy, insurance, and IT clients. I turn tangled subject matter into courses, videos, and workshops that change what people do on Monday morning. Lately, most of that work has involved teaching humans to work alongside AI without losing the plot.

Central Florida · Open to remote, hybrid, or relocation

30 days to 3.5

call center onboarding, rebuilt

25+ years

designing learning at multiple Fortune 100 Corporations

700+ courses

videos, web based courses, and workshops built and launched

300+ people

trained on various AI tools across 9 client groups

30+ titles

published, including business and leadership nonfiction, & fiction

What I do

Three things I'm hired for

Most instructional designers are strong in one of these. The job usually requires all three.

Instructional Design

I do the whole arc: needs analysis, curriculum architecture, storyboarding, build, pilot, and evaluation. My core conviction is that most corporate training teaches far more than the job requires. Cut to what people actually need to perform, move the rest to reference, and the timeline collapses without the quality going with it.

Tools

Articulate Rise & Storyline Vyond Adobe Creative Suite Camtasia Green screen & motion graphics LMS administration

Proof point. Sole designer of AT&T's enterprise DEI training curriculum for four years, recognized with multiple awards and quarterly quality bonuses ranging from $500 to $6,501.

Program & Project Management

I run the whole delivery, not just my piece of it. That means scoping, SME wrangling, review cycles, stakeholder sign-off, and hitting the launch date when three of the five inputs arrive late.

I have also managed people, budgets, travel, and contractors on globally distributed technical projects, which is a different muscle than managing a course build.

Proof point. Project-managed enterprise video programs of 20 to 36 videos each, delivered on deadline for the Workday and Infor platform launches.

Facilitation & Leadership

I have taught in front of executives and in front of skeptical rooms, which are frequently the same room. I coach, facilitate, and translate between technical experts and the people who have to use what they built.

Proof point. Met twice yearly with the CEO and senior leadership to set annual enterprise focus areas, and helped design the annual company-wide conference programming.

AI enablement

I've been teaching AI to people who didn't want to learn it

For the last two years, my main job has been closing the gap between "the company bought AI tools" and "people actually use them well." That is not a technology problem. It is an instructional design problem, and it is the one I am best at.

Inside AT&T

Built and delivered the AI enablement curriculum for L&D strategists, HR business partners, and enterprise client groups. Live workshops, custom decks, animated explainers, and hands-on labs covering Ask AT&T and Microsoft Copilot, plus AI-assisted production inside Articulate Rise and Vyond.

Reached 300+ people across 9 client groups and roughly 12 L&D teams. Recognized with a $6,501 performance bonus for the impact of the program.

Prompt design as a teachable skill. I built the practice frameworks, not just the tool demos. Most AI training teaches buttons. Mine taught people how to think about the ask, evaluate the output, and know when the machine is confidently wrong.

Workflow and tooling. Reverse-engineered LMS content structures to move toward single-source publishing, cutting duplicate maintenance across shared course materials. Partnered on automation approaches to eliminate manual content rebuilds.

Outside AT&T

AI-assisted publishing at production scale. I use AI as a daily working partner across a full publishing catalog, with human editorial review at every stage. That has given me an unusually practical understanding of where these tools genuinely accelerate work, where they quietly degrade quality, and how to build a process that keeps a human accountable for the output.

AI in multimedia production. Generative audio and music composition, animated video, and visual asset generation, integrated into finished, shipped products.

Why it matters to an employer: I am not an AI enthusiast who read about it. I have used these tools every day for years, at volume, under deadline, on work that carries my name. When I train your teams, I can tell them what actually breaks.

Selected work

Case Studies

Proprietary details are generalized. Happy to walk through any of these in depth.

01

30 Days of Onboarding, Rebuilt Into 3.5

JP Morgan Chase · Second Mortgage Division

The problemNew call center hires went through thirty days of classroom training before taking a single live call. Thirty days of salary, thirty days of seats, thirty days before anyone knew whether a new hire could actually do the job.

What I didI cut the curriculum to what the role genuinely required and moved every policy and procedure document online as searchable reference instead of memorized content. I rebuilt the classroom around live data pulled from the call center floor that same day, so trainees were working real volume patterns and real customer situations instead of sanitized examples. New hires went on the phones on day one with an experienced rep seated beside them, listening and coaching in real time. Then I tested hard. Not a participation quiz, a genuine competency check.

ResultOnboarding went from thirty days to three and a half. Every trainee passed the assessment. Some finished in minutes, some took an hour, but nobody washed out. The clearest signal came during nesting: I had floor walkers assigned to field questions from the new cohort, and they had almost nothing to do. The new hires already knew what to do.

02

Global IT Deployment and Training Across an Acquisition Wave

BP · 3.5 years

The problemBP was acquiring small oil companies faster than it could integrate them. Each acquisition arrived with its own systems, its own hardware, and staff who needed to be running BP's platforms quickly.

What I didI served as IT Project Manager, traveling internationally to stand up servers, desktops, and laptops on site, and building the training for every new system the acquired teams had to adopt. I supervised a team of IT staff and trainers, managed all travel logistics for the crew, and handled contractor hiring and terminations. My team owned the day-to-day; I owned the escalated technical problems and the delivery commitments.

ResultAcquired operations transitioned onto BP systems with training delivered alongside the hardware rather than months behind it. [ADD A NUMBER IF YOU HAVE ONE: SITES DEPLOYED, COUNTRIES, USERS TRAINED].

03

Client Management System Training for an Investment Division

Key Bank, Investment Division · 3-month contract

The problemInvestment brokers needed to adopt a new client management system. Brokers are a demanding training audience: their time is expensive, their tolerance for generic content is zero, and a system that slows them down gets abandoned regardless of what the rollout plan says.

What I didI built the curriculum around what the system actually changed about a broker's day, then delivered it hands-on across multiple cities, spending a full week face to face in each center rather than parachuting in for a half-day overview. Brokers practiced on their own client scenarios instead of demo data.

ResultBrokers repeatedly told me they expected a thin, rushed rollout and got a thorough one instead. Adoption came from the training being worth their time, not from a mandate. [ADD ADOPTION OR SATISFACTION METRIC IF YOU HAVE ONE].

04

Five Courses in Six Months, Built on Real Field Evidence

ComSys · 6-month contract

The problemSafety and systems training that nobody took seriously, because the content was abstract and the consequences were theoretical.

What I didI built five courses across safety and systems operation. For the safety curriculum I used real photographs and video of actual mistakes made in the field, which changes the room in a way that a stock illustration of a hard hat never will. For the systems courses I focused narrowly on speed and accuracy: the specific actions that made someone faster and the specific errors that cost time, and nothing else.

ResultFive courses delivered inside the contract window. [ADD ERROR-RATE, INCIDENT, OR THROUGHPUT METRIC IF YOU HAVE ONE].

05

Enterprise AI Enablement

AT&T

The problemPowerful AI tools were rolled out enterprise-wide. Adoption was low and inconsistent, and the people expected to lead the change were not confident using the tools themselves.

What I didDesigned and delivered a workshop curriculum for L&D strategists and HR client groups, combining live facilitation, custom animated video, and applied practice on real work tasks. Built reusable frameworks so each group could extend the training internally.

Result300+ people trained across 9 client groups and 12 L&D teams, reaching full adoption in the groups I trained. Participants reported cutting the time on core tasks by half or more, which gave them room for the difficult cases and got them home on time. HR and L&D leaders reached out directly to say their departments were faster and better for it. The difference was teaching people how to use AI rather than doing the work for them. Recognized with a performance bonus for program impact.

06

Platform Launch Video Programs

AT&T

The problemTwo major enterprise platform launches (Workday and Infor) required end-user training for a large, distributed workforce on a fixed cutover date.

What I didProject-managed and produced video series of 20 to 36 modules each. Ran SME intake, scripting, green screen and motion graphics production, review cycles, and publishing.

ResultFull library delivered on schedule for both launches. [ADD COMPLETION OR SUPPORT-TICKET METRIC].

07

Sole Ownership of an Enterprise Curriculum

AT&T

The problemA high-visibility enterprise training portfolio needed a single owner who could handle executive stakeholders and produce consistently at quality.

What I didServed as sole designer of the full curriculum for four years, from annual strategy through design, build, and delivery. Presented to and took direction from the CEO and senior leadership twice annually.

Result[MULTIPLE AWARDS], repeat quality bonuses, and a curriculum that scaled across the enterprise.

08

Content Single-Sourcing Initiative

AT&T

The problemShared course content lived in multiple places, so every update meant editing the same material several times, with images rebuilt by hand.

What I didAnalyzed the LMS content layer, identified structured data pathways underneath the front end, and mapped an extraction approach to move toward single-source publishing.

Result[ADD HOURS SAVED OR STATUS]. Reduced duplicate maintenance and established a repeatable path for future course migrations.

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Free Courses

The fastest way to judge an instructional designer is to take something they designed. So here are a few, free, no signup, no email wall.

Published author

I write books, which is just instructional design with a longer runway

I have published across business, leadership, personal development, and fiction, released through Humbolton Press. The nonfiction runs on the same engine as my corporate work: take something complicated, find the through line, and make a reader want to keep going. Here is a selection.

Business & Leadership

The Engaged Leader

The Engaged Leader: How to Build Trust, Empower Teams, and Lead with Impact

A practical framework for leaders who inherited a team and are not sure what to do on day one.

Amazon
Still Useful in an AI World

Still Useful in an AI World: The Human Playbook for the Age of AGI

What actually holds value when the tools get this good, and how to position yourself for it.

Amazon
Rubber Ducking

Rubber Ducking: How to Think Your Way Out of Almost Anything

Why explaining a problem out loud solves it, and how to build the habit deliberately.

Amazon
Everybody's Complicated

EVERYBODY'S COMPLICATED: The Surprisingly Simple Science of Reading People

What the research actually says about reading people, minus the pop-psychology shortcuts.

Amazon

Development & Life Skills

Gamify Your Life for Success

Gamify Your Life for Success: Level Up Your Goals, Habits, and Mindset

Goal setting borrowed from game design, so progress is something you can actually see.

Amazon
Move Forward

Move Forward: Building Healthy Habits for a Fulfilling Life

Habit building for people who have already tried once and quit.

Amazon
Stop Stepping on Rakes

Stop Stepping on Rakes: Laugh at Your Mistakes, Learn from Them, and Keep Moving Forward

Mistakes are tuition. This is how to stop paying it twice.

Amazon
The Meaning of YOUR Life

The Meaning of YOUR Life: Build a Life That Matters—At Any Age, Any Stage

A short book about deciding what counts before someone else decides for you.

Amazon

MEDICAL/SOCIAL

Migraines Demystified

Migraines Demystified: Your Snarky, Science-Backed Survival Guide

What the research says about triggers, treatment, and living around the ones you cannot avoid.

Amazon
Amathia

Amathia: The Smartest Way to Stay Stupid

How intelligent people talk themselves out of knowing things.

Amazon
The Happiness Algorithm

The Happiness Algorithm: How to Stop Chasing, Start Living, and Finally Take Control of Your Life

Why the chase never ends, and what to do instead.

Amazon
Adults Don't Exist

ADULTS DON'T EXIST: Why No One Knows What They're Doing—and How to Think Anyway

Nobody has it figured out. Here is how to think clearly anyway.

Amazon

Fiction (because range matters)

Accidental Assassin

Accidental Assassin: The Harper Sisters, Book One

Espionage thriller. Two sisters, one very bad week.

Amazon
Squirrelacula

Squirrelacula: Origins of Chaos

Monster comedy from the Monsterific series. The bite was only the beginning.

Amazon
Lucifera: The Anomaly

Lucifera: The Anomaly

Book one of the Lucifera series.

Amazon
Winnie the Pooh and The Zombies

Winnie the Pooh and The Zombies: A Rather Moaning Apocalypse

A rather moaning apocalypse in the Hundred Acre Wood.

Amazon

Full catalog available on request.

About

About

I started in IT, running global deployments and managing technical teams before I ever built a course. That order matters. I learned what people actually struggle with on a system before I learned how to teach it.

From there it was training design for banking, energy, and IT clients, and then twenty years at AT&T: first as an instructional design contractor, then as a Senior Training Manager on the design side supporting Network, Construction and Engineering, Mobility, and fiber deployment, and most recently as a Specialist in Training Design supporting HR at the enterprise level.

My degree work sits in a useful spot for this field: a Master of Education in Instructional Technology, an MBA in Human Resources, an MBA in Management, and an undergraduate degree in Industrial and Organizational Psychology, with a study-abroad term at Oxford. The short version is that I was trained to understand how adults actually behave at work, and then trained again to understand what the business needs from them. Instructional design is where those two things meet.

Outside of the corporate work, I write. A lot. That habit is not a side note to my professional profile; it is the reason I can take a subject matter expert's brain dump and turn it into something a person will voluntarily read.

I am currently exploring new roles. If you are building a learning function, modernizing one, or trying to get an organization comfortable with AI, that is the work I want.

What colleagues say

Excerpts from anonymized 360-degree feedback collected by a former employer.

“Ken is a delight to work with and excels as a mentor in the use of AI. Continue to build relationships and teach others about AI. People like you will keep L&D on the cutting edge.”

Peer reviewer, 360-degree feedback

“He listened to my needs, created a plan to address them and acted on them very quickly. I sincerely appreciate his partnership and his focus and dedication to deliver a stellar product.”

Internal client, 360-degree feedback

“Ken has great people skills. He is able to talk and engage with everyone on the team and in the company. His communication skills are beyond reproach.”

Peer reviewer, 360-degree feedback

Contact

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