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Mindset under pressure: Making better decisions in a noisy world

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Information overload, AI and relentless workplace change are putting decision-making under pressure. Martin Fairn argues that mindset development can help people pause, regain perspective and think more clearly, strengthening resilience, improving judgement and supporting better decisions when demands mount, uncertainty…

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Beyond the training calendar: Building continuous learning interventions

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L&D needs to move beyond periodic programmes and participation metrics, building continuous interventions that respond to real workplace challenges. By listening closely, reinforcing behaviour and measuring meaningful outcomes, learning teams can become strategic partners. Nikhil Sharma explores how this shift…

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What is helping or holding back your L&D impact?

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Impact depends on more than measurement. This reflection asks whether you have the access, data, permission and support needed to act on what you learn. Use it to sense-check your current reality, spot what may be holding progress back, and…

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Transfer by design: The next maturity level of learning design

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Closing the transfer gap means designing for workplace application from the outset, not hoping learning will stick afterwards. Melanie Martinelli and Ger Driesen explain how the 12 Levers of Transfer Effectiveness can help L&D teams build stronger transfer conditions, establish…

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TJ podcast: L&D needs to stop talking about learning, with Cathy Hoy – episode 332

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What does it take for L&D leaders to now think more commercially, connect learning to business outcomes and move way beyond delivery? Cathy Hoy talks strategic thinking, the limits of ROI, the importance of understanding the business, and how L&D…

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The AI fire hydrant: L&D’s new job is to redesign the pipework

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AI can make the creation of work dramatically faster. Unless L&D helps their organisation to change how work moves, gets judged and turns into value, the result will be pressure, not progress: stress on teams that are already at capacity,…

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My journey from HR to the c-suite, and what I learned along the way

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A cold shift in a supermarket set an unexpected career in motion. Tom Emery traces the decisions led to the C-suite. Reflecting on setbacks, stretch roles and hard-won lessons, he shows how adaptability, relationships and courage can shape a career…

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John Adair’s three circles still shape better leadership

Leadership is Action

A timeless framework for modern challenges, Action-Centred Leadership still offers leaders a clear way to balance results, relationships and individual needs under intense modern pressure. Steve Macaulay shows how John Adair’s enduring three-circle model remains a practical diagnostic and leadership…

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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…

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