Why L&D needs to put on Superman’s cape in 2026
Learning and development has spent too long playing Clark Kent – quietly capable but underestimated. Erica Farmer, Business Director at Quantum Rise Talent Group Ltd, argues 2025 proved it’s time to put on Superman’s cape. Can your function shed the mild-mannered act and embrace its strategic superpowers: vision, capability building, and evidence-driven impact?
TrainingZone’s 2025 most popular reads
What captured your attention in the 2025 L&D sphere? It’s time to reveal our 10 most popular reads on TrainingZone…
2025 in review: Did the L&D experts get it right?
With the end of the year drawing closer, we asked 11 L&D experts to look back at their 2025 forecasting. Did they get it right? Were they woefully wrong? Find out here.
Beyond the hype: What’s really happening with AI in learning systems
Fosway’s David Wilson cuts through the noise to reveal which AI capabilities are genuinely live, where vendors are over-promising, and what L&D leaders should prioritise right now – not three years from now.
Personalised learning: A long overdue shift away from box-ticking
While organisations continue rolling out one-size-fits-all programmes, people disengage from irrelevant content that fails to meet their real needs. Des Anderson, co-founder of LearnUpon, reveals how AI-powered personalised learning transforms L&D from compliance box-ticking into strategic skill development.
Four ways to disrupt your learning function with AI – before somebody else does
AI is already reshaping your business – is your learning team ready? In this piece, Liz Naylor and Lior Locher, senior learning consultants at NIIT, challenge you to rethink your value, strategy, and role before someone else does it for you. This isn’t about chasing the latest tech. It’s about leading boldly, with AI as a strategic ally.
Four hard questions L&D professionals must ask themselves
Are you asking the tough questions that drive impact? L&D expert Nigel Paine urges the learning profession to stop making surface-level inquiries and, instead, interrogate the root of problems, get curious about AI innovations, and seriously consider L&D’s future.
Brains, bias and breakthroughs: Tackling AI learning anxiety with neuroscience
What happens when a cognitive neuroscientist takes on the fears surrounding AI? Teresa Rose, Director of Consulther Ltd, reflects on Professor Joseph Devlin’s compelling session at Learning Technologies 2025 – and why it sparked real hope for learning professionals grappling with AI learning anxiety.
AI leadership skills: Genuine asset or digital window dressing?
Leaders are racing to add AI skills such as ‘prompt engineering’ to their LinkedIn profiles – but are they real or just for show? L&D expert Robin Hoyle explores why genuine AI literacy matters, how HR and L&D can bridge the adoption gap, and what’s at stake if leaders get it wrong.
L&D leaders, get set for complete change
If shifts like LMS to LXP, microlearning, video learning, and gamification felt disruptive, the next wave of L&D change will be even more revolutionary – and that’s a good thing, says global HR analyst Josh Bersin.
How ‘colleague AI’ can help L&D on assessments, skills and metrics
Meet your new digital team mate, AI, who has come on board to help you tackle your knottiest L&D problems. We’re not far off from this reality, says Lior Locher and Liz Naylor, senior learning consultants at NIIT. Here, they outline three emerging AI capabilities to watch and explore.
Agentic AI shakes up Learning Technologies 2025
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From skills erosion to complex resilience: How AI will transform L&D
How will AI disrupt the skills and development landscape? Professor Tom Calvard of the University of Edinburgh Business School examines the latest academic research, highlighting key insights for L&D professionals. From the realities of complex systems to the potential demise of human skills, this analysis explores what the future holds – and how to prepare for it.
How AI helps learning professionals push into untapped spaces
AI finally allows us to push into spaces we kept talking about in learning and development but couldn’t quite do yet. Here, Lior Locher and Liz Naylor, senior learning consultants at NIIT, outline the role of AI in better performance support, simpler operations and personalisation at scale.
Boundaryless performance in an AI world: Real-world examples, challenges and future implications
Artificial intelligence has introduced a new era of boundaryless performance. But what does this look like in practice? And what challenges remain? AI strategist Dr. Markus Bernhardt and L&D expert Teresa Rose share real-world use cases and realities.
From workflow learning to boundaryless performance: How AI is transforming work
AI advancements have made workflow learning a thing of the past. In the first installment of this two-part series, L&D experts Teresa Rose & Dr. Markus Bernhardt introduce boundaryless performance and its potential to transform the way we work.
Getting AI to help with your emergent learning content legacy: A seven-step beginner’s guide
As AI continues to transform work, it’s becoming clear that L&D will soon be grappling with an enormous legacy with learning content. To help manage this legacy, Lior Locher and Liz Naylor, senior learning consultants at NIIT, outline a seven-step programme to work through, with the help of AI.
Four key trends for L&D in 2025
How will L&D be at the heart of organisational success in 2025? Here, Elliot Gowans of Access Learning explores four key trends set to define the L&D space in 2025 and how organisations can leverage these insights to empower their people.
Reflections on the 2025 World of Learning Summit
Having rested his weary feet following the World of Learning Summit 2025, Chair Robin Hoyle is now ready to share three important reflections from the event.
Start your year strong at the World of Learning Summit
Get inspiration for your 2025 L&D plans at the World of Learning Summit, taking place on 4-5th February at Olympia, London.