In this live workshop, I walk through what it actually looks like to design a learning experience before you ever open Storyline. And yes—this is the “boring stuff” for some people, but it’s also the work that separates order-takers from strategic instructional designers. We start with a realistic intake scenario (a training request form) and use it to identify the real business problem: IDs building training without tying it to measurable business goals. From there, I model the decision-making process in real time: clarifying what success metrics could look like (even when the scenario gets a little meta), defining a target audience, and choosing a high-level solution approach (asynchronous, VILT, or blended). Then we get into learning objectives using a more traditional structure—terminal performance objectives and enabling objectives—so you can see how to build a clean “straight arrow” from objectives to practice to assessment. I also show how I use ChatGPT as a teammate (not a replacement) and why it often struggles with objectives unless you’re very specific about job performance vs. learning activities.