The L&D Global Sentiment Survey 2026 came out last week and massive respect to Donald H. Taylor yet again for wrangling 3,797 replies across 105 countries and 13 years of data. The headline is that AI interest has peaked, but for me the real story sits underneath. Practitioners are writing more than ever about their… Read More The BYOAI Trap
When I started working in retail banking, four or five cashiers in the seven till positions at the branch might do 130+ transactions each a day at a cost of approximately £27 per transaction to the bank. The ATM would take in cash and cheques but dispense more, and people became used to going to… Read More The cost of a transaction
I saw a poll on LI the other week Should “Cameras On” 📸 be mandatory for all training sessions? The correct answer is, of course, no. However, of the almost 600 people who replied, a majority of 56 to 44 said yes. Here’s what the “cameras on” brigade miss: This isn’t about engagement. It’s about… Read More Mandated Tyranny
There are two kinds of webinars you end up attending. The first is a broadcast.Someone talks. You listen. The chat might get read, or it might not. The second is a participatory session.The chat is active and the learning comes from the discussion, not just the slides. Most people show up the same way to… Read More Two Very Different Webinars
I’ve been thinking about the conversations at the Learning Technologies Autumn Forum from the last couple of weeks and how different the tone felt this year. Less “AI will transform everything”More “so what does this actually change in how we work?” I’ve tried to capture the core of that here ↓Take a look and tell… Read More AI, L&D, and What Actually Needs to Change
Lost and Desperate 