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Innovations in AI Learning: Meeting Learners at Their Point of Need
Innovations in AI Learning: Meeting Learners at Their Point of Need
This 12 min. read saves you up to 16 hours
For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 5 getAbstract summaries (2 books with a total of 804 pages, one video and one podcast) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 953 minutes (about 16 hours). Learn more.
Innovations in AI Learning: Meeting Learners at Their Point of Need

Envision a transformative future.

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INTERVIEW: CHANGE RESISTANCE

“Demonstrating Empathy Is Half the Battle.”
This 13 min. read saves you up to 5 hours
For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from one getAbstract summary (one book with a total of 256 pages) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 295 minutes (about 5 hours). Learn more.
“Demonstrating Empathy Is Half the Battle.”

People resist embracing new things for four fundamental reasons. David Schonthal, author of The Human Element, explains how to overcome change resistance and prevent friction clashes.

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“You Must Be Driven by Your Agenda and Not Anyone Else’s.”
“You Must Be Driven by Your Agenda and Not Anyone Else’s.”
This 7 min. read saves you up to 6 hours
For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from one getAbstract summary (one book with a total of 288 pages) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 339 minutes (about 6 hours). Learn more.
“You Must Be Driven by Your Agenda and Not Anyone Else’s.”

Shelmina Abji, author of Show Your Worth, explains why deep relationships with superiors are crucial, especially for women who want leadership positions, how to create them – and what to do if they cannot be…

Critical Thinking in Practice
Critical Thinking in Practice

Critical thinking is often cited as one of the most important future work skills. But what does that mean in practice?

FOCUS: LEARNING ENGAGEMENT

How to Upskill Effectively

INTERVIEWS

“Motivation Alone Doesn’t Automatically Lead To Successful Learning.”
“Motivation Alone Doesn’t Automatically Lead To Successful Learning.”
This 13 min. read saves you up to 7 hours
For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from one getAbstract summary (one book with a total of 336 pages) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 391 minutes (about 7 hours). Learn more.
“Motivation Alone Doesn’t Automatically Lead To Successful Learning.”

Psychology professor Daniel Willingham shares research-based insights on maximizing learning outcomes for students and lifelong learners.

“Goals Shift When People Get Older.”
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“Goals Shift When People Get Older.”

Human Resource Studies professors Dorien Kooij and Marianne van Woerkom offer insights on keeping older workers engaged and measuring the success of informal learning activities.

“You Have to Deliver Learning with Minimal Friction.”
“You Have to Deliver Learning with Minimal Friction.”

Nelson Sivalingam, author of Learning at Speed, outlines the new AI-powered and adaptive L&D world, where learning professionals evolve from course creators to skill-builders and become valuable assets to employees and the business.

“Our Brains Simply Aren’t Designed to Absorb Massive Portions of Complex Information in One Sitting.”
“Our Brains Simply Aren’t Designed to Absorb Massive Portions of Complex Information in One Sitting.”

Jana Eicher, EdContent Lead at getAbstract, explains what microlearning is and isn’t – and how getAbstract decided to move into the microlearning space.

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Ready, Set, Flow
Ready, Set, Flow
This 8 min. read saves you up to 21 hours
For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 5 getAbstract summaries (4 books with a total of 1046 pages and one article) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 1248 minutes (about 21 hours). Learn more.
Ready, Set, Flow

How to make the hours fly by like minutes and work feel like play.

AI-Powered Learning and the Need for Human Connection
AI-Powered Learning and the Need for Human Connection

The rise of Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS) and technological breakthroughs in Adaptive Learning promise to maximize learning outcomes at lower costs and time investment. What place do L&D professionals occupy in this evolving landscape?

Become A Learning Content Curator
Become A Learning Content Curator

Here are the top 3 rules for learning content curation in organizational learning.

Bridging the Gap: Microlearning, Deep Learning and the Battle for Attention
Bridging the Gap: Microlearning, Deep Learning and the Battle for Attention

Microlearning drives modern workplace learning, but at what cost?

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Embrace Transition
Embrace Transition
Embrace Transition

Former USA Today editor in chief Joanne Lipman details the process of successful personal reinvention.

Identity in a Small Sack
Identity in a Small Sack
Identity in a Small Sack

US National Book Award winner Tiya Miles relates the heartbreaking saga of a young enslaved girl being separated from her mother and sold in pre-Civil War America.

The Human Side of Lincoln
The Human Side of Lincoln
The Human Side of Lincoln

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Jon Meacham presents an emotionally rich biography of Abraham Lincoln, offering a full and human portrait of the man who saved America.

An Exponential Tomorrow
An Exponential Tomorrow
An Exponential Tomorrow

Host of the Exponential View podcast Azeem Azhar paints a detailed, grim portrait of a future in which tech giants immune to the will of governments or citizens dominate.

Influence for Nice People
Influence for Nice People
Influence for Nice People

Influence doesn’t have to be tacky, greedy or corrupt. Renowned Yale professor Zoe Chance offers an alternative: research-based insights into influence that nice people will feel comfortable putting into practice. Chance shows why an ethical,…

NEW INTERVIEWS

In Conversation with Experts and Professionals

“You Must Be Driven by Your Agenda and Not Anyone Else’s.”
This 7 min. read saves you up to 6 hours
For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from one getAbstract summary (one book with a total of 288 pages) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 339 minutes (about 6 hours). Learn more.
“You Must Be Driven by Your Agenda and Not Anyone Else’s.”

Shelmina Abji, author of Show Your Worth, explains why deep relationships with superiors are crucial, especially for women who want leadership positions, how to create them – and what to do if they cannot be established.

“Constant, Targeted, and Open Communication Is Vital for Successful L&D Initiatives”
This 7 min. read saves you up to 17 hours
For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 4 getAbstract summaries (3 books with a total of 816 pages and one article) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 973 minutes (about 17 hours). Learn more.
“Constant, Targeted, and Open Communication Is Vital for Successful L&D Initiatives”

A year and a half ago, Antonia McGrane filled and shaped a new People & Culture position at getAbstract. Now, Jacqueline Matter is following in her footsteps. Here, both long-standing Customer Success Managers explain how cost-sensitive yet effective employee development initiatives work and what will be important in 2024.

“Transformational Change Is Always about Small Groups United by a Shared Purpose.”
This 16 min. read saves you up to 11 hours
For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 2 getAbstract summaries (2 books with a total of 528 pages) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 618 minutes (about 11 hours). Learn more.
“Transformational Change Is Always about Small Groups United by a Shared Purpose.”

In many organizations, change initiatives burn people and millions every year – without any apparent positive outcomes. Greg Satell explains how to change this.

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Ready, Set, Flow
This 8 min. read saves you up to 21 hours
For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 5 getAbstract summaries (4 books with a total of 1046 pages and one article) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 1248 minutes (about 21 hours). Learn more.
Ready, Set, Flow

How to make the hours fly by like minutes and work feel like play.

How to Reinvent Yourself
How to Reinvent Yourself

Both companies and people can have notable second acts.

How to Retain Older Employees
How to Retain Older Employees

The labor markets are empty, and many companies are losing highly qualified aging staff who find retiring more attractive than the ideas of the new Group CEO. However, HR can retain them if they know…

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Fitness For Your Brain
This 10 min. read saves you up to 44 hours
For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 13 getAbstract summaries (9 books with a total of 2183 pages, 2 articles and 2 podcasts) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 2610 minutes (about 44 hours). Learn more.
Fitness For Your Brain

Strength training for clarity, resilience and problem-solving.

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The Great Reset and the Future of Downtown
This 9 min. read saves you up to 23 hours
For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 7 getAbstract summaries (4 books with a total of 1144 pages and 3 articles) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 1364 minutes (about 23 hours). Learn more.
The Great Reset and the Future of Downtown

Trends accelerated by the pandemic and wider adoption of AI mean all bets about the future of big cities are off.

More Than a Feeling
More Than a Feeling

Loneliness is an issue that’s too costly to ignore.

How To Ditch Customer Service From Hell
How To Ditch Customer Service From Hell

Poor and inflexible customer service harms us. It also harms the companies that spend millions implementing this type of limbo.

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Instant Practical Insights into the Thinking of Important Contemporaries

Simon Sinek
This 9 min. read saves you up to 39 hours
For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 14 getAbstract summaries (9 books with a total of 1912 pages and 5 videos) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 2286 minutes (about 39 hours). Learn more.
Simon Sinek

On purpose, leadership and empathy.

Josh Bersin
This 9 min. read saves you up to 41 hours
For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 16 getAbstract summaries (7 books with a total of 2030 pages, 7 articles and 2 podcasts) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 2427 minutes (about 41 hours). Learn more.
Josh Bersin

On finding and empowering top talent.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
This 7 min. read saves you up to 25 hours
For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 4 getAbstract summaries (4 books with a total of 1215 pages) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 1451 minutes (about 25 hours). Learn more.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

There are many stories and there are many feminisms.

Carol Dweck
This 8 min. read saves you up to 33 hours
For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 9 getAbstract summaries (7 books with a total of 1630 pages and one video) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 1948 minutes (about 33 hours). Learn more.
Carol Dweck

On the foundations of a growth mind-set, or, why we are “born to learn.”

José Andrés
This 11 min. read saves you up to 6 hours
For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from one getAbstract summary (one book with a total of 288 pages) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 335 minutes (about 6 hours). Learn more.
José Andrés

On rebuilding community after disaster.

Brené Brown
This 7 min. read saves you up to 23 hours
For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 8 getAbstract summaries (4 books with a total of 1136 pages, one video and 3 podcasts) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 1357 minutes (about 23 hours). Learn more.
Brené Brown

On vulnerability, psychological safety and other leadership skills.

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