The latest L&D news, reports, research and updates, personally compiled by TJ’s Editor, Jo Cook. This week: Entry-level roles demand experience graduates lack. Workers fear AI overuse dulls skills. Compliance hiring surges amid churn and looming AML updates. Gartner predicts career disruption. Plus sci-fi podcast, entrepreneurs reskill, Thailand engagement soars. In 2026, more HR leaders are focused on training — and not just for AI skills In HR Dive’s 2026 Identity of HR survey, the number of respondents who named…

The latest L&D news, reports, research and updates, personally compiled by TJ’s Editor, Jo Cook. This week: From hidden workplace stress to L&D’s shifting purpose in AI-first organisations, plus a worrying dip in manager engagement. Also: sci-fi’s tech legacy podcast, a CS enrolment slowdown, brain plasticity, and over-50s unemployment issues. Global study finds widening gap between AI ambition and workforce readiness A global Adecco Group study of 2,000 c-suite executives across 13 countries finds that organisations are accelerating AI adoption,…

The latest L&D news, reports, research and updates, personally compiled by TJ’s Editor, Jo Cook. This week: Employee experience lags despite HR optimism; a learning design mastery day; AI skills boosting pay and promotion; fears automation shrinks roles; employers expand overseas; spotting research misconduct; plus Donald Taylor on L&D priorities. Two thirds of leaders would rather look certain and be wrong than admit doubt and get it right Britain is paying a £20 billion annual price for leaders pretending to…