Welcome & Introductions

Hiya! 👋 My name is Erica Beaton, and I’m based in Grand Rapids, Michigan. I work at Meijer as a Leadership Development Specialist, where my day‑to‑day includes designing learning experiences for leaders across our retail, supply chain, manufacturing, and corporate footprint. I always joke that my job is to help leaders "people" better.

I joined this cohort to level up how I use my "AI Bestie" and to explore how it can help us design more lean and impactful content. I’m especially interested in using AI to make learning authentically fit into the real work of our learners.

Looking forward to learning alongside you all!

Here's a photo of Pippa, our 15YO Frenchie. She sleeps about eighteen hours a day, snorts like a pig incessantly, and—yeah—her tongue sticks out all the time. She's an absolute queen. 👑