Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Navigating the evolving landscape of the L&D Job market: insights and trends for 2024
Exploring the job market for job seekers and those in hiring roles, four L&D experts share their experience and suggestions in this detailed feature As the year 2023 unfolded, the Learning and Development (L&D) job market underwent a profound transformation. The pandemic catalysed a shift in work environments and learning modalities, challenging the traditional in-person training model and giving rise to a more flexible, multi-faceted approach to professional development. L&D professionals need to acquire a deep understanding of business strategies…
TJ Newsflash: 14 February
The latest learning news and research personally compiled by TJ’s Editor, Jo Cook The skills gap isn’t improving More than four in ten project professionals say the skills gap in their sector is not showing signs of improving, according to new research by the Association for Project Management (APM). Figures from a poll of 1,000 UK project professionals, carried out for APM by research company Censuswide, show that 83% of respondents feel there is a skills gap in their industry…
Editor’s blog: don’t rush to trust ChatGPT
Jo Cook explores whether artificial intelligence is robust enough for the information processing she wants I’m a geek. I wear that title with pride because the Cambridge dictionary says that a geek is: “Someone who is intelligent but not fashionable or popular” and “someone who is very interested in a particular subject and knows a lot about it”. Something that doesn’t often come up in professional circles is that I’m a Superman geek (the Christopher Reeve movies, specifically). I obviously…
#WOL24: Navigating the new frontiers of hybrid work and learning
This AI written article analyses some of the themes shared on Twitter from the recent World of Learning conference and summit In the span of a few days, from January 30th to February 1st, 2024, the digital realm buzzed with insights, discussions, and revelations under the hashtag #WOL24. This digital congregation marked a pivotal moment in the evolving landscape of work and learning, epitomized by the World of Learning Summit. Professionals from various sectors converged in a virtual space to…
L&D skills for the digital world
Is the current state of technology overwhelming you? Or is your organisation asking you to focus on something when your passion is elsewhere? And is technology the most important thing anyway? Harri Le Claire and Jo Cook share more in this full-on feature The recent journey most organisations and individuals have been on with the digital skills can be a challenging one for many. Covid accelerated digital skills adoption with users, learners, workers and of course within L&D and 2023…
Preparing for the Evolving L&D Landscape in 2024
Three L&D experts, Tommy Richardson, Kyile Stair and Dr. Jill Stefaniak, share their predictions and advice for 2024, stressing the importance of AI training, time-sensitive training, and keeping up to date with evolving regulatory landscapes Employee demand for corporate training opportunities has been rising steadily over the past few years. With 76% of employees being more likely to stay with a company that offers continuous training than one that does not, continuous training has become more of a “need” than…
Gen AI in L&D: don’t throw the bot out with the bath water!
Ricci Masero looks at the latest trends and best practices in marketing, strategy, and corporate training and in this feature focuses on not dismissing AI just because it isn’t good enough… yet I recently went to an HR business conference where integrating generative AI into corporate training programs sparked a heated debate. One keynote speaker boldly declared that generative models like ChatGPT produce only superficial content, riddled with inaccuracies. He warned the audience that relying on this technology would severely…
TJ podcast: Challengers and practitioner focus – episode 312
The TJ podcast has a host of L&D experts talk through the challenges, leadership and practitioner focus for workplace learning. Speakers include: Links from the discussion: CIPD report L&D: New challenges, new approaches Future of Jobs Report from the World Economic Forum TJ article Spotlight on critical reflection by Mary Holmes Follow the Training Journal podcast on your app of choice, or sign up to the newsletter to always be in the know!
Future human: AI and the behavioural skills we will all need
Join Liggy Webb on this blog to explore AI and robots through a different lens, one of ourselves and our own future How will new adaptive technologies change the way we behave? It’s a fascinating question and one well worth consideration and debate. We are experiencing the advent and convergence of exponential technologies that are already having a big impact on our behaviours and the way that we live. Artificial intelligence (AI) is on track to be the most transformative…
Marc Ramos on how AI and GenAI will affect L&D practitioners and vendors
Marc is Chief Learning Officer at Cornerstone OnDemand and in this video discusses artificial intelligence and the impact it will have on all aspects of the learning offering. This video was originally part of the Learning Now TV show. You can see many more videos and the monthly one-hour show at LearningNow.TV
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