Lisa MD Owens

Lisa MD Owens is a learning expert who combines her engineering mindset with her deep interest in instructional design and learning sciences to create training that moves business forward, while moving employee-learners into careers they love.

In the later part of her 30+ year career at Procter & Gamble, Lisa was P&G’s leading global training professional, with a broad range of cutting-edge internal learning programs. She also co-created the first Fortune-100 multi-national job posting online program to help over 60,000 employees find their next job inside the company.

After retiring from P&G in 2011, Lisa partnered with Crystal Kadakia to research and solve issues facing the Learning & Development (Training) departments in this modern age. From this research emerge the Owens-Kadakia Learning Cluster Design Model (OK-LCD), which is touted as the next evolution for the L&D industry beyond blended learning. Since 2016, the workshop on the model receives top reviews from attendees. When shared at the 2021 atd International Conference, the conference bookstore sold out of the book!

In the learning space, Lisa co-authored “Designing for Modern Learning: Beyond ADDIE and SAM” (2020), “Leaders as Teachers Action Guide” (2014) and "Lo Start-Up Di Una Corporate University" (2012 Italian). Since 2009, she annually judges for learning awards such as ATD BEST Awards and CLO ELITE. In the career space, Lisa coauthored the textbook, “Your Career: How to Make it Happen" 9th & 10th edition.

Lisa holds a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering (1977 Georgia Tech), and Masters in Education (1996 UC). She worked at the Savannah River nuclear facility ('72-76), joined P&G in 1977 as a Process Design & Construction Engineer, and in 1992, took on full-time global training responsibilities. She is married (since 1978), with two sons and grandchildren. She has been active in church education and was the lead instructional designer for a nation-wide multi-day, youth leadership training programs that is still in use since its 2003 roll out.

You can find Lisa in Cape Coral, Florida in winter, and Ellicott City, Maryland in warmer months. Throughout the year, she and her husband travel, with National Parks as typical destinations.