The latest L&D news, reports, research and updates, personally compiled by TJ’s Editor, Jo Cook. This week: Young talent, workplace trust, autonomy, news habits and bereavement support all come under scrutiny. Also new research revealing where employers may be missing…
Empathy can get dismissed, but paired with coaching it becomes a performance lever. Drawing on podcast insights, Amy Brann and Dr Jessie Gulsin explore how empathy reduces threat, deep listening builds psychological safety, and clear boundaries strengthen accountability. Practical tips…
In shift-based or manufacturing environments, men’s mental health support must be designed for how and when people actually work. Rick van den Bosch outlines practical moves for L&D and leaders: build intervention skills beyond signposting, provide flexible 24/7 resources and…
Dr. James Gupta argues the legitimacy of digital assessment now depends on proportionality. Blanket surveillance can harm accessibility, candidate trust and legal defensibility, especially under current GDPR expectations. A risk-based model specifies controls to exam stakes, using privacy-by-design and transparency…
Agility, for most L&D teams, is less about sprints and more about decisions close to work, safe experimentation and leading through uncertainty. Matt Smith reviews Giles Lindsay’s book The Adaptive Leader, exploring adaptive traits and cross-cultural ambition, alongside a key…
The latest L&D news, reports, research and updates, personally compiled by TJ’s Editor, Jo Cook. This week: Front-line managers revive improvement efforts, HR leaders feel the strain, graduates doubt degrees, and employee-manager gaps widen. US hiring cools, Sunday dread rises,…
AI is erasing the practice layer of everyday work, and L&D must rebuild it. Dmitry Zaytsev says draft writing, rough analysis and early recommendations were safe spaces for learning judgement. As machines take those tasks, organisations need structured practice, decision…
Former senior civil servants Kate Sturdy and Clare Dobson share lessons from training policymakers as AI moves from pilots to everyday use. They explain why prompting is a discipline, critical thinking prevents hallucinations, and the smartest officials know when to…
Allegations during wrestling’s 2020 Speaking Out reckoning show what happens when growth outpaces governance. Andy Evans argues misconduct is a systems problem, not just bad actors, and urges HR and L&D to build ethical capability: psychological safety, scenario-based training, independent…
Ben Satchwell argues that capability frameworks fail when treated as a design deliverable instead of a change programme. The document is only the opening move. Prioritise sponsorship, manager enablement, behaviour change and reinforcement before taxonomy perfection. Budget for adoption first,…
