AI: super charging coaching or destroying it?
Coaching and AI: The balance between technological efficiency and human connection with Dave Tee, Visiting Fellow, University of South Wales and Rebecca Rutschmann, Co-Founder & AI Coaching Innovator, Viva la Coaching Academy, at Learning Technologies 2025.
AI: super charging coaching or destroying it?: Coaching and AI: The balance between technological efficiency and human connection at Learning Technologies 2025 this April in London.
Artificial intelligence has the potential to transform coaching, offering it at a scale previously unimaginable. However, this raises crucial questions about the balance between technological efficiency and human connection. With the rapid advance of AI, L&D professionals must consider the ethical implications, including data security and the boundaries of human-technology relationships.
Can AI revolutionise coaching while preserving its human essence? Technology offers the promise of personalised support and challenge at scale, but questions about ethics, data ownership, and the risks of forming parasocial relationships with technology remain critical. This session examines how organisations can balance the advantages of AI-driven coaching with the essential elements of trust, empathy, and human oversight.
Learning Technologies Conference Chair, Donald H Taylor, said: “Explore the latest research, emergent good practices, and real-world successes in integrating AI with traditional coaching methods. Gain insights into setting guardrails, ensuring data security, and maintaining the human connection. Technology-supported coaching is a new, fast-moving world, with potentially huge benefits if we can get it right.”
Talking points/takeaways:
- Addressing ethical concerns and risks in AI coaching
- Techniques to integrate technology while retaining human oversight
- Strategies for managing data ownership and privacy
- How AI can help solve Bloom’s two sigma problem
- Balancing specialisation and generalisation in coaching practices
Dave Tee and Rebecca Rutschmann's session, AI: super charging coaching or destroying it?, takes place on day one, 23 April at 13:55.
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Rebecca Rutschmann
Co-Founder & AI Coaching Innovator, Viva la Coaching Academy
Rebecca Rutschmann is a pioneer in the convergence of coaching technology and artificial intelligence. She is the co-founder of Viva la Coaching, the world's first AI literacy movement bringing AI literacy specifically to coaching and corporate learning. She has also co-founded the AI coaching companion startup evoach in 2019, being responsible for all product development and acting as Co-CEO overseeing product development and marketing. She is the creator of the AI Coach Alpina that was officially launched early March 2023 as one of the first AI Coaches completely integrating generative AI (ChatGPT). As a tech entrepreneur, communications specialist and certified business coach, her expertise shines in crafting outstanding user experiences, a testament to her deep understanding of both technology and human interaction. Rebecca's mission is bold and transformative: she aims to make coaching accessible through designing and developing innovative AI coaching and learning experiences.