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Stop Taking Orders and Start Adding Value
The constant orders and tight constraints that stakeholders impose on L&D professionals can sometimes leave them feeling small and confined. However, performance improvement practitioners can evolve beyond their constraints to become sought-after, listened to, trusted, and respected partners. How? Dr. Keith Keating, Chief Learning & Development Officer at BDO […]
By Christine Shaw • -
Learn-It, Build-It, Use-It: Redesigning Just-In-Time Training
By aligning learning design with how adults actually learn best—through choice, creation, and real-world use—this approach delivers both engagement and performance impact.
By Dawn Daley • -
The Phoenix Leader: What L&D Must Let Burn to Rise Stronger in 2026
To lead in 2026 and beyond, learning and development professionals must become Phoenix Leaders—those who are willing to let parts of the old system burn in order to create something more agile, human, and future-ready.
By Lucas Stidham • -
Your Past Skills Are Your L&D Superpower
Every experience, from playing an instrument to managing a team, adds a new note to your professional composition. Those lessons in practice, perseverance, and teamwork are what make you effective in leading learning today.
By Armando Contreraz • -
AI Is Not the Answer to Everything in L&D
AI offers tools that can enhance efficiency and engagement. However, while AI brings many benefits, it is not a silver bullet for every challenge in L&D.
By Peter Lazaro • -
AI Clarity: 4 Mindset Shifts Learning Leaders Need Before Building an AI Strategy
The AI landscape will keep shifting—new tools, faster models, endless possibilities. But clarity, not speed, will determine who succeeds.
By Stacy McCracken • -
New Guild Master Jeff Batt Shares His Predictions for the Future
Each year, the achievements of two learning professionals are honored by the Learning Guild with the Guild Master Award. At DevLearn in November, Jeff Batt, Founder of Learning Dojo, became the latest distinguished practitioner to join these ranks. After the ceremony, our team caught […]
By Christine Shaw • -
What L&D Leaders Should Prioritize in 2026: Pragmatic AI & the Human Touch
AI isn’t the hero—people are. Our role in L&D is to help others feel confident and capable in a changing world. Pragmatic AI simply helps us do that with more clarity and intention.
By Ashley Cooks • -
2026 Priorities for L&D Leaders: Navigating Change, Tech & Talent
The more digital we become, the more human we need to be. L&D exists at this crossroads.
By Olivia Savage • -
Urgent Patience: Breaking Complacency, Sparking Change
Technology doesn’t drive transformation—people do. It’s fueled by their urgency to move, their readiness to challenge what’s outdated, and their courage to create what’s next.
By George Hall •
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