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TJ Newsflash 26 August – AI productivity, wasted work and digital skills gaps
The latest L&D news, reports, research and updates, personally compiled by TJ’s Editor, Jo Cook. This week: AI capability gaps, synthetic managers, security scares and agent readiness dominate this week, alongside warnings over leaked chatbot conversations, a podcast milestone, squeezed small-business training, and fresh thinking on L&D’s commercial influence today. AI productivity gains risk being lost without work redesign, says Erica Farmer AI may be helping individuals produce more, but organisations will not see the full performance benefit unless they…
AI productivity is rising. Organisational performance needs to catch up
Tickets are now open for TJ Conference 2026: L&D Means Business, with Erica Farmer announced as keynote speaker. Her session, The AI fire hydrant: Turning more output into better performance, explores how L&D can help organisations turn AI productivity gains into better work, stronger decisions and improved performance at scale. Tickets are now open for TJ Conference 2026: L&D Means Business, taking place on Monday 21 September at the Royal Society of Chemistry in London. This year’s conference will explore…
TJ Newsflash 19 August – AI reshapes expertise, careers, productivity and mental workload
The latest L&D news, reports, research and updates, personally compiled by TJ’s Editor, Jo Cook. This week: AI fuels cognitive strain in teams and raises questions over who manages hybrid workforces, UK hiring stalls, resilience training lags, and new interview research reveals how candidates prepare and what hiring managers notice. Training Journal keynote speaker announced Tickets are now open for TJ Conference 2026: L&D Means Business, with Erica Farmer announced as keynote speaker. Her session, The AI fire hydrant: Turning…
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