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Conference overload? Why L&D events need creative reflection

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Conference days can feel like a firehose: keynotes, chats, slides, then a tired journey home and a notebook nobody opens. AMC Newton and Amelia Wakeford show how intentional reflection breaks overload, helping brains consolidate learning. Their Creative Download approach uses…

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Beyond pass rates: Building audit-ready evidence of capability

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Online exam analytics can evidence workforce capability, spot skills gaps and support audit-ready decisions. But the insight only holds if secure delivery, consistent conditions and clear governance are in place, says Dr. James Gupta. With the right controls, assessment data…

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The mid-career crisis employers aren’t talking about: How L&D can fix the mid-career plateau

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Somewhere between ‘settled’ and ‘stuck’, mid-career talent hits a quiet dip that drains energy and invites exits. Drawing on workplace happiness data, Kimberley Rowbottom shows why employees at the five/ten-year point feel least recognised and developed. Potential solutions include personalised…

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The skills obsession is creating a performance blind spot

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Charles Jennings highlights the issue no training programme addresses: behavioural patterns inside teams that derail performance. He shows why Behavioural Risk should be on every L&D leader’s agenda, shifting focus from individual upskilling to interaction. Diagnose dynamics, track psychological safety…

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From controller to keyboard: Why gamers are an untapped IT pipeline

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Could your next cybersecurity analyst be a gamer? Ben Smith explores five gaming-honed strengths, from pattern recognition to resilient problem solving, and shows how L&D can convert them into job-ready capability. Expect practical ideas for onboarding, labs and simulations that…

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Gen Z – rebuilding workplace culture, break by break

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We’ve been told that Gen Z are reshaping the workplace, and not always for the better. They’ve been typecast as less focused, more demanding, and more likely to challenge traditional ways of working. Russell Cowley argues that taking proper breaks…

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The global team trap: 5 mistakes leaders keep making

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Leading teams across time zones means more than adding Zoom calls. Mykhailo Voitovych explains five common mistakes that derail multicultural, distributed work, from fuzzy definitions of “done” to undocumented decisions and clumsy feedback. He shares practical fixes: structured handoffs, decision…

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The leadership blind spot: Managers who stop listening when it gets awkward

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Difficult workplace conversations are now routine, but many managers lose confidence when emotions rise and listening matters most. Joseph Conway explores why employees feel dismissed, what the psychological safety data reveals, and how L&D can build people’s skills for listening…

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Research: CIPD Skills and Learning at Work Survey 2026

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L&D professionals have a valuable and important opportunity to share the reality of workplace learning today. Honest responses will help benchmark current practice, shape future tools and resources, and inform national policy, making it vital that voices from across the…

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L&D in the age of reinvention: Four imperatives for the CLO

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Chief Learning Officers are being asked to reinvent organisations, while AI rewires jobs and careers. The route is unlearning: letting go of ladders, fixed roles and ‘training as an event’. Dr Helmut Schuster and Dr David Oxley set out four…

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