The speaker will explore the complexity of leading and managing learning and development in organizations and examine how, by achieving greater simplicity, learning executives may play a more central role. He will explore whether Jack Bauer, head of the LA Counterterrorist Unit in the fictional U.S. television series "24" is a great role model for learning executives in the future. The session content also references and builds on concepts introduced by Marcus Buckingham in "First Break all the Rules" and "Playing to Strengths." You will experience a whirlwind tour through all aspects of leading and managing the learning function over a 365-day period: the 24 angles of attack; the 12 Ps of learning leadership; the six elements of effective implementation; and the three contexts in which we work. The content provides a framework within which to operate, including elements of the Benchmarking Forum, the WLP Scorecard, and AIGEES: Alignment, Integration, Governance, Efficiency, Effectiveness, and Sustainability. The 24 angles of attack explore the complexity of the role and the competencies and capabilities required to truly lead learning in an organization. The 12 Ps show the reason for being and the organizational cultures that either enable or block the contribution of learning to workplace performance, engagement, and future capability. How might the approaches taken by Bauer's unit help? The six elements of implementation examine the opportunities to take control that implementation and execution give to the learning executive. How these opportunities can be taken to benefit the contribution of learning, the function, the organization, the learners, and the Learning Executive will also be explored. The three contexts in which we work bring the session together with an analysis of the Optical, Organizational, and Operational challenges we face and the need for Learning Executives to step up to the role they can and should play.