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Ten weeks. That's all it took for Capgemini to build a company-wide generative AI learning campus, enroll 150,000 employees, and start issuing certifications. For a global consulting giant with 420,000 people spread across 50+ countries, that's not just fast—it's a blueprint. Capgemini partnered with learning experience platform Degreed to build what they called the GenAI Campus. It launched with 95 role-specific learning plans, 176 structured pathways, and 2,700 curated resources—everything from AI literacy basics to advanced prompt engineering. The result: 50,000 certifications awarded from 150,000 participants. A one-in-three certification rate that signals real engagement, not just compliance box-checking. What made the 10-week timeline possible? A few deliberate choices: an aggressive but achievable goal, a platform that handled content aggregation and role-based personalization at enterprise scale, and clear executive backing. Capgemini didn't try to build custom infrastructure—they mapped existing job families to tailored learning paths and measured engagement, not just completion. For HR and L&D leaders watching this unfold, the message is direct: large-scale AI upskilling doesn't have to take years. The tools exist. The frameworks are proven. Capgemini just showed us what's possible when you have the organizational will to move fast.