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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…




