- January 27, 2023
Learning Trends for 2023: What to Expect
We observe new learning trends and developments every year, and lately there seems to be an ever-increasing demand for new...
- January 20, 2023
More Efficient Employee Training: 5 Steps for Global Organizations
Over the past 30 years, I have been fortunate to live and work in the Americas, EMEA, and Asia. The...
- January 12, 2023
How to Choose a Learning Outsourcing Partner for Impactful, Cost-Effective Employee Development
Over the last several years, the work, the worker, and the workplace have transformed. But how we conduct business isn’t...
- December 9, 2022
A Complexity Reduction Journey
About a dozen years ago, I had an opportunity to take an idea we had generated while I was CLO...
- December 2, 2022
4 Reasons Strategic Sourcing Enhances Training Delivery
Delivering quality and cost-effective learning opportunities to employees is a great challenge for many organizations. The push to constantly upskill,...
- October 21, 2022
5 Tips to Maximize Your Training Budget, Now and in the Future
With inflation rearing its ugly head, organizations all around the world are casting an extra watchful eye on their overall...
- September 26, 2022
The Hybrid Workforce: Creating an Effective Working Culture
Many organizations have adopted a hybrid working approach. It provides employees with the flexibility of how, where and when they...
- September 1, 2022
A Digital Learning Journey for the Modern Learner
Technology has modified the way we digest information; gone are the days of stuffy hour-long informative training videos and hefty,...
- August 26, 2022
New Roles for the Connected Learning Experience
To create a valuable and connected learning experience, it’s important to consider the range of learning types and the roles...
- July 1, 2022
The Metaverse and Corporate Learning
Virtual reality (VR), extended reality (XR), the metaverse. Many organizations are grappling with how to use these technologies effectively. Michael...
- June 24, 2022
Five Tips for Facilitating Hybrid Training Experiences
As we emerge from the pandemic, we have all heard the expression the ‘new normal’. For Learning and Development (L&D),...
- May 13, 2022
The Return to In-Person Training with Lessons from a Virtual World
In the early parts of 2020, companies around the world had to rapidly shift their training plans away from in-person...
- April 29, 2022
Rethinking Design for Sustainable Learning
The past two years have shown that learning and development (L&D) can deliver experiences at scale with a hybrid strategy...
- March 11, 2022
The Reality of Extended Reality in Learning and Development
What Is Extended Reality? Extended reality (XR) is a catch-all term for virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and mixed...
- March 4, 2022
Retail Standards Accreditation: Challenge Traditional Thinking
“How can we provide business performance improvement support to our retail partners and distributors when on-site visits to their businesses...
- February 3, 2022
It’s Crunch Time: What’s the Future for L&D?
You can find transformation everywhere. From how we travel via apps, to how we cook using YouTube, and even down...
- January 21, 2022
Seven Learning Trends to Adopt and Develop in 2022
Failure can become our most powerful path to learning if we’re willing to choose courage over comfort. —Brené Brown Organizations...
- January 14, 2022
The Evolution of eLearning for the Modern Learner
Back in the day, eLearning started as a way to get information out to a large audience, and it proved...
- January 11, 2022
Lessons from a US Navy Pilot: How L&D Can Use a Root Cause Analysis to Eliminate Future Mistakes
Learning and Development (L&D) professionals can sometimes find themselves in situations where their solutions fall short of the desired learner...
- January 7, 2022
4 Steps to Improve Your Engagement
Resolutions for Personal and Professional Achievement Full disclosure: A version of this blog appeared nearly a decade ago. Its principles...

