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From cost centre to growth engine: Enter the Chief Revenue Officer of Talent

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Barb Hyman argues that talent acquisition and talent management must stop operating in silos and start acting as a single business engine. By connecting hiring, internal mobility and learning to commercial outcomes, organisations can reduce restructuring costs, deploy skills more…

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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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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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TJ podcast: Building L&D influence in a changing world, with Don Taylor – episode 331

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Showing value, building influence and developing the skills to operate strategically are becoming increasingly urgent priorities for L&D. In this TJ podcast conversation, Jo Cook and Don Taylor explore AI-driven uncertainty, entrepreneurial leadership, changing expectations of the profession, and why…

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How to cut L&D costs without reducing headcount

Reduction concept is to reduce unnecessary usage for the organization in order to reduce cost and increase profits for the company, such as reducing electric consumption and water

If budget costs are looking imminent, rather than draw up a list of redundancies, Ryan Austin suggests looking to see where other costs can be improved. Explore three overlooked operational levers that can absorb a mandated cost-reduction target before headcount…

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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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Loneliness is an entrepreneur’s hidden challenge

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Entrepreneurship promises freedom, but Reece Borg argues that independence can also bring loneliness, pressure and disconnection. For freelancers, consultants and business owners, success depends not only on resilience and performance, but on building trusted relationships, support networks and spaces for…

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Influence is L&D’s biggest readiness challenge: The Josh Bersin Company reacts to the TJ L&D Influence Report 2026

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Jordan Hammerstad, L&D lead at The Josh Bersin Company, argues that L&D must step out of the course factory and into the messy reality of performance where influence evidence and business proximity decide whether change sticks. L&D needs to build…

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L&D’s biggest influence barrier is access to decision-makers

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L&D can’t make impact visible an important from the side-lines. The TJ Readiness Enablers Index shows that the biggest bottleneck to meaningful change is access to decision-makers about strategy, budget and priorities. While L&D has momentum, readiness is inconsistent, and…

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