It’s two days of Learning Technologies from tomorrow, and I’ll be chairing two sessions at Learning Technologies. Here’s what I’m watching, and what I’d tell you before you walk in. On Wednesday it’s T1S2 with Markus Bernhardt on AI agents. Not the hype version, but the real question of what happens when AI starts acting… Read More Get ready
Standards will lose to convenience unless L&D is tied to something more operationally important. When L&D standards compete with operational pressure, operational pressure wins almost every time. Not because people don’t care about quality, but because the consequence of cutting a corner on learning is diffuse, delayed, and rarely attributed back to the decision. The… Read More Standards 0 Convenience 1
In 2 to 3 years, some of the teenagers in this New York Times piece will be employees. They’re already using AI for productivity. As well as companionship, boredom relief, emotional processing, role play, fantasy, flirting, reassurance and escape. That creates a different starting point for work since some will arrive used to systems that… Read More Teen tech
I wrote yesterday about the Cost Centre Trap and how L&D is missing the mark in many ways. It did feel like a rant, and I realised that we don’t necessarily need more noise but a bit more signal. I saw Gartner has published their 2026 CHRO Future of Work trends and it sharpened my… Read More The Operating Shift
Are L&D leaders doing good work but still being treated as a cost centre? Candice Mitchell asked me this question recently, and the honest answer is often yes. But that is not the most interesting part of the question. The more important question is this: why does the profession keep expecting respect for work that… Read More Cost Centre Trap
Lost and Desperate 