From critical path diagrams and formal standards to televised training and overseas schemes, The Training Officer in 1968 shows an L&D profession preoccupied with order, technology and status. Through today’s lens, its worries about credibility, media hype and meaningful impact…
In March 1968, The Training Officer captured a profession coming of age. Between log books, training boards and debates about education’s purpose, the issue reveals how industrial-era concerns about standards, governance and real performance improvement still echo through today’s learning…
Vishaal Gupta argues that building an AI-ready workforce is less about technology and more about culture. From transparent leadership to continuous learning, this feature lays out how organisations can move beyond hype to action, bridging people readiness gaps, reducing risk,…
Andy Candler has spent nearly four decades in L&D without setting foot in an HR team, and he thinks that’s exactly why it’s worked. In this refreshing and honest take, he champions a commercial, customer-focused approach to learning that’s more…
Most L&D teams collect data, but few translate it into the business language that decision-makers value. iSpring’s global survey reveals a “translation problem” holding many teams back. Tanya Galton shares insights into three L&D maturity clusters, along with practical steps…
Jo Cook shares the thinking behind the TJ 60th Anniversary Conference and why reflection and action planning are central to its design. Drawing on expert insights and her own experiences, Jo explains how making space for thought can transform a…
By 2035, skills graphs, adaptive learning, and trustworthy analytics will turn corporate learning into a true capability operating system. From course catalogs to capability supply chains, learning leaders must build now to thrive in the next decade. Dr. Ravinder Tulsiani…
Artificial Intelligence is reshaping work at speed, but human wellbeing is struggling. TJ Conference speaker Tom Bryant explores how L&D can take the lead in building wellbeing as a skill, designing more human-centric workplaces and using AI with intention to…
As AI accelerates workplace transformation, from the everyday to the strategic, UK organisations face a dual challenge: closing persistent skills gaps and preserving human expertise. Jennie Marshall explores how a strategic, people-first approach to lifelong learning, ethical AI, and human-AI…
Learner outcomes are dropping, and AI is being hailed as the fix, but technology alone won’t solve a broken approach to learning design. TJ Conference speaker Sascha Evans argues that L&D must flip the script on inclusion and adopt a…
