Learner-centric strategies for better L&D fitness
With the right approach, L&D professionals can turn their learning vision into reality. This involves the use of learner-centric strategies.
Growth outside climbing the vertical career ladder
Modern careers are no longer ladders. People grow in all directions and workplaces must now reflect this by nurturing employee growth with a positive learning culture.
Your subject matter experts don’t want to be learning content creators – so what’s next?
It is time to forget free expert content creation and start investing in quality, professionally-produced content.
Back to basics: How to leverage performance-focused learning
In part two of her Back to Basics series, Jackie Clifford explores learning methods that can support performance-focused learning.
Replace your boring eLearning with adaptive learning
Learning specialist Erica Farmer discusses some of the reasons behind this, and actions you can take to increase interest and engagement.
Digital Literacy and Skills for 21st Century Gold
Digital literacy has become essential for L&D professionals navigating modern education. This guide explores how learning experts can master technology integration, leverage data analytics, and embrace innovative tools like VR and gamification to create engaging, personalized learning experiences that drive 21st-century excellence.
Learn to Play and Play to Learn
Games unlock genuine workplace behaviours in training environments because emotional engagement makes participants forget they’re learning. Unlike role play, games reveal authentic interactions and skills—from negotiation to strategic thinking—that mirror real-world demands while remaining fun and impactful.
Wisdom 2.0 2023 in Review
The Wisdom 2.0 Conference 2023 brought together thought leaders exploring mindfulness, technology, and ethics. Keynote speakers including Byron Katie, Sam Altman, and Chris Plowman addressed artificial intelligence’s implications, meditation technology, and the critical need for ethical frameworks as AI reshapes society.
Bringing Mindfulness Home
Create a mindful home environment by aligning your interior design with your inner world. This practice uses reflection and intentional changes to boost wellbeing, happiness, and creative vision through colors, lighting, and thoughtful design choices.
How To Work Well Asynchronously
Asynchronous work enables distributed teams to collaborate across time zones by documenting everything clearly and passing ownership between collaborators. Master async communication with proper formatting, context, clarity, tone, resources, and searchability to ensure your team stays productive and connected.
Engaging in training
Effective workplace training requires more than following scripts. Leaders should make training relevant, provide context for why processes matter, and offer multiple learning pathways to engage diverse generations and learning styles while supporting better decision-making across the organization.
A Message To Quiet Conscious Leaders
Quiet conscious leaders working globally are transforming organizations through meditation, spiritual practice, and heartful values. This message honors their vital contribution and offers guidance for stepping into visible leadership in 2023, including shifting away from conflict-based language and acknowledging personal accomplishments.
Brain Looping? 5 Practical Solutions To Try Today
Brain looping, or rumination, is repetitive thinking that feeds anxiety and exhaustion without solving problems. Try these five practical techniques—including the STOP mindfulness practice, journaling, meditation, and acts of kindness—to break the cycle and regain mental clarity today.
Forgetting the ‘deskless’: Don’t neglect essential skills training
The ongoing skills shortages requires a practical approach to training if we are ever to upskill vocational workers
Examples Of Blended Learning
Blended learning combines face-to-face instruction with online resources to create flexible, self-paced learning experiences. This approach uses diverse tools like videos, webinars, LMS platforms, and VR to enhance engagement while allowing learners to study anytime, anywhere, then apply knowledge in supervised sessions.
5 Pathways To Peace Learning To Let Go This Summer
Discover five practical ways to cultivate peace and ease this summer by letting go of discipline, digital distractions, rigid identity, old habits, and perfectionism. Learn how releasing control can reconnect you with joy, creativity, and spontaneity during August’s reflective season.
What’s Right With Humanity?
Amid global crises and uncertainty, this article celebrates four reasons for hope in humanity, including progress for the LGBTQ+ community, growing climate awareness, and our capacity for compassion and resilience during challenging times.
Is Your Star Rising In The Wrong Field?
Discover when your success in one field may not align with your true calling. A career coach reflects on leaving a thriving legal career to pursue meaningful work, exploring how deep self-reflection at life’s crossroads reveals your authentic path forward.
Towards equality of opportunity
True equality of opportunity requires more than increased board representation—organizations must ensure inclusive practices cascade throughout their ranks. Rather than treating everyone the same, companies should design flexible, accessible training and development that meet diverse needs and circumstances.
Using Technology to Deliver Further Education
Four further education colleges transformed their technology training delivery by moving beyond emergency remote solutions to innovative, industry-linked programs. Using a new Level 5 Diploma in Web Application Development, they achieved increased learner enrollment and flexible monthly course starts while building regional tech talent pipelines.