The latest L&D news, reports, research and updates, personally compiled by TJ’s Editor, Jo Cook. This week: Explore free tools for neuro-inclusion and menopause support, read about career regrets, office noise losses, redundancy as a brand-builder, neurodivergent entrepreneurs’ growth potential, apprenticeships info gaps, cognitive load creep and more for L&D. 5 trends shaping skills development To face the changing future of work, employers may need to redouble their efforts to address skills gaps, according to a report from CompTIA, an…

The latest L&D news, reports, research and updates, personally compiled by TJ’s Editor, Jo Cook. This week: Entry-level roles demand experience graduates lack. Workers fear AI overuse dulls skills. Compliance hiring surges amid churn and looming AML updates. Gartner predicts career disruption. Plus sci-fi podcast, entrepreneurs reskill, Thailand engagement soars. In 2026, more HR leaders are focused on training — and not just for AI skills In HR Dive’s 2026 Identity of HR survey, the number of respondents who named…

The latest L&D news, reports, research and updates, personally compiled by TJ’s Editor, Jo Cook. This week: From hidden workplace stress to L&D’s shifting purpose in AI-first organisations, plus a worrying dip in manager engagement. Also: sci-fi’s tech legacy podcast, a CS enrolment slowdown, brain plasticity, and over-50s unemployment issues. Global study finds widening gap between AI ambition and workforce readiness A global Adecco Group study of 2,000 c-suite executives across 13 countries finds that organisations are accelerating AI adoption,…