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AI should enable your L&D goals, not hijack them

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AI will not transform learning through technology alone, warns Gaurav Gupta. For L&D leaders, the real value comes from aligning AI with strategic goals, engaging practitioners in experimentation, and addressing employee fears. Success depends less on the tools themselves and…

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Coaching’s identity crisis

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The coaching industry may look fragmented and fiercely competitive, but Angela Cox feels it is better understood as a profession still evolving. As models multiply and practitioners adapt what they were taught, the deeper shift is towards more human-centred coaching…

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Reviewers don’t become advocates, co-designers do

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Ben Satchwell argues that review rounds create judges, not champions. Sending a near-final capability framework for comment builds critique, not ownership. Co-design brings influential practitioners into the room early, at key moments: framing the problem, shaping the structure, and testing…

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How L&D can build the agility that AI adoption demands

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As organisations race to adopt AI, Tristan Boutros argues that technology alone is not enough. Real progress depends on agile learning cultures, adaptive talent and psychological safety. For L&D leaders, the task is to build human capability that helps organisations…

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AI is exposing L&D’s value problem

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Generative AI is accelerating content creation, but Dr Ravinder Tulsiani argues that speed and volume are not the same as value. For L&D, the real opportunity is to move beyond mere output and focus on capability, judgement and measurable performance…

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From intention to action: Designing behaviour that makes change stick

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Don’t demand just willpower! This article draws on two Make Your Brain Work podcast episodes with Amy Brann and Dr Jessie Gulsin to explain why change snaps back to old habits. Learn how biology drives ‘resistance’, why environments beat motivation,…

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Designing resilience training that supports people, not broken systems

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Resilience training needs better design if it’s to help rather than harm. Stephan Lendi writes that L&D teams should stop treating resilience as an add-on. Instead, Stephan promotes that we build programmes that strengthen individual capability, expose structural pressures and…

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Good leaders don’t avoid office politics

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Leaders who want to drive effective change cannot afford to ignore office politics, much as they might want to. Far from being manipulative, political skill helps people build trust, read situations, and influence organisational outcomes constructively. Steve Macaulay and David…

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TJ interviews: Ravin Jesuthasan on actionable insights for building skills-first enterprises

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Conor Gilligan speaks with Ravin Jesuthasan about why job-based models are failing, how skills-powered organisations unlock AI and productivity gains, and the practical steps HR and L&D leaders can take to redesign work, reskill talent and deploy skills faster for…

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AI adoption has a people problem, not a tech problem

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Jennie Marshall argues that while organisations are investing heavily in AI, too few are turning pilots into meaningful impact. The real barrier is not technology but leadership, culture and capability. To close the gap, leaders must build confidence, embed AI…

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