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TJ Newsflash 11 March – Learning is wanted, AI is everywhere, but uptake lags
The latest L&D news, reports, research and updates, personally compiled by TJ’s Editor, Jo Cook. This week: Why emotion is the missing ingredient in service design, what’s shifting in the learning systems market, how success is stressing people out, and why talent strategies must change as AI literacy becomes baseline. Workers say they want learning. Why is engagement low when it’s offered? Employers create learning opportunities in response to worker demand — but when the programs are presented, uptake tends…
TJ Newsflash 4 March – L&D job cuts rise as AI, accountability and menopause pressure
The latest L&D news, reports, research and updates, personally compiled by TJ’s Editor, Jo Cook. This week: Managers not platforms drive day-to-day learning while ‘AI washing’ muddies layoff stories. UK staff stay silent on bullying. Employers prioritise mental health. Rising lunch costs sap energy. LT2026 offers a tech reality check. L&D redundancies double in 2025 The annual Work and Salary Report is out this week and points to difficult times for many working in learning and development, with tighter budgets,…
TJ Newsflash 25 February – Human skills surge, AI anxiety grows, HR demand dips
The latest L&D news, reports, research and updates, personally compiled by TJ’s Editor, Jo Cook. This week: Screens are eating the workweek, stressing eyes and productivity. Skills gaps widening as AI floods hiring. Learners still rate human-led training best. Stress drives mistakes and silence. Cyber teams brace for AI threats. 2026 L&D Global Sentiment Survey marks a turning point for L&D Donald H Taylor shares insight from his 2026 L&D Global Sentiment Survey, which shows a profession leaving familiar patterns…
TJ Newsflash 18 February – Upskilling, AI readiness, apprenticeships and AI-powered learning
The latest L&D news, reports, research and updates, personally compiled by TJ’s Editor, Jo Cook. This week: AI reshapes corporate training fast, workers threaten to quit amid stalled innovation, Instagram disputes “clinical addiction” claims in court, and the UK wrestles with its data future plus EU AI Act ripple effects. Train them or watch them leave: 9 in 10 workers say loyalty now depends on upskilling New research from Emergn reveals that professional development has become one of the strongest…
“Workplace learning is at its best when it sounds like real work”
TJ Editor Jo Cook comments about the new Podcast Learning Festival, hosted by Andrew Jacobs in London, February 2026: “We strive for the most efficient and realistic learning interventions, and workplace learning is at its best when it sounds like real work: curious, human and specific. The Podcast Learning Festival brings learning and conversation craft into the same room, so we can build audio that travels, lasts, and genuinely changes what happens for people every day at work.” The Podcast…
TJ Newsflash 11 February – Training feels unreal, bosses stress staff, AI slows, focus fades
The latest L&D news, reports, research and updates, personally compiled by TJ’s Editor, Jo Cook. This week: Gen Z embraces AI for productivity yet fears thinking impact. UK SMEs want apprenticeships but face red tape. Hiring diverges globally. Employees self-teach AI skills. Three 2026 events unite evidence, leaders, HR tech. Listen and learn The Podcast Learning Festival (Thursday 26 February 2026) has confirmed its Central London venue as Mary Sumner House, Westminster. The UK’s first face-to-face event bringing workplace learning…
TJ Newsflash 4 February – AI upskilling, shaky leadership, manual compliance, hiring shifts
The latest L&D news, reports, research and updates, personally compiled by TJ’s Editor, Jo Cook. This week: Workers cling to roles as change accelerates, HR still won’t trust AI for people decisions, recruiters face deepfake scams, focus time is shrinking, a leadership podcast returns, and No.10’s growth team needs bolstering. Teaching employees to use AI could add up to $6.6T to US economy Augmenting jobs with artificial intelligence and upskilling employees, instead of replacing workers, could add between $4.8 trillion…
TJ Newsflash 28 January – AI for coaching, supervisor promotions, seasonal decisions, and creativity race
The latest L&D news, reports, research and updates, personally compiled by TJ’s Editor, Jo Cook. This week: Traditional career ladders are adapting to portfolio approaches. Respect at work is collapsing, with discrimination costs soaring. L&D’s AI use is maturing. Davos leaders unpack scaling hurdles; Nvidia’s Jensen Huang dismisses bubble fears. How coaches can use AI in practice without becoming “prompt jockeys” AI in coaching should reduce admin and sharpen reflection, not turn practitioners into full-time prompt tinkerers. In practice, that…
How coaches can use AI in practice without becoming “prompt jockeys”
AI can be genuinely useful in coaching, but only when it serves the craft, not the other way round. The goal is not to turn coaches into people who spend their days iterating prompts. It is to help them do better work, more consistently, with clearer boundaries. AI for the parts of coaching that benefit from structure and reflection, while keeping the relational, ethical, and contextual judgement firmly human In practice, that means using AI for the parts of coaching…
TJ Newsflash 21 January – AI, regulation and stress reshape the workplace
The latest L&D news, reports, research and updates, personally compiled by TJ’s Editor, Jo Cook. This week: Why AI projects stall on infrastructure, four-generation teams and what’s rising in L&D surveys to contribute to, and new financial literacy courses aiming to sharpen civil servants’ decision-making and Governmental value for money. Hogan Lovells Employment Horizons 2026 reveals how political instability is reshaping global workplace regulation Global law firm Hogan Lovells has published its Employment Horizons for 2026, a comprehensive report analysing…
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