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Dr Stella Lee has over 20 years of progressive experience internationally in consulting, planning, designing, implementing, and measuring learning initiatives. Today her focus is on large scale learning projects including enterprise-wide e-learning strategy and governance, learning management system (LMS) evaluation and implementation, learning analytics, and artificial intelligence applications in learning.  Stella has most recently consulted for the LMS implementation project at TransLink, the transportation authority in the city of Vancouver, Canada. She has also served as subject matter expert in evaluating e-learning standards for the United Nations’ International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and conducted postdoctoral research with iCore Research Lab at Athabasca University, Canada’s Open University. Stella serves as Canada’s Startup Advisor and is a regular contributor and speaker at learning and technology-related events.   She is passionate about augmenting technologies to optimize human potentials.   Questions I asked during the interview:    How did you get into online learning profession?  Tell us your story, what drives you? Why do you get up in the morning? 20 years is a long time to be excited :)   AI - what do most people have wrong about AI and integration with eLearning?   You’ve spoken and presented with some big orgs. What are your strategies for building confidence as a professional? What helps you get up there and share ideas with confidence?   What are elements that take adult learning to the next level? Where does learner-centered fit into all this? Or does it?    People always bring up “learning styles” and you have a great perspective on this…. Can you tell us a bit more about this?   What do you see as a seriously untapped strategy that is going to blow up in the next 5 years? What’s the impetus for this?   You’ve said that Europe is more advanced in terms of collaboration between educational institutions and industry… tell us more about that? What kind of benefit does this hold?   What is your favourite resource for personal learning?    What advice would you have for a novice instructional designer. The person who really wants to make a difference and be proud of their work?   What is a book that you initially took lightly but then suddenly resonated later?   What was one of the best/most impactful lessons you’ve learned over your career?   If someone wants to get in touch, or learn more about your work, where should they go?   Connect with Dr Lee on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/stellal/  Learn more about her work here http://www.paradoxlearning.com/