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L&D and HR Trends 2024
Reading List
This 8 min. read saves you up to 63 hours
For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 18 getAbstract summaries (15 books with a total of 3120 pages, 2 articles and one podcast) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 3736 minutes (about 63 hours). Learn more.
L&D and HR Trends 2024

What you need to know about employee development perennials and new additions.

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AI-Powered Learning and the Need for Human Connection
This 11 min. read saves you up to 20 hours
For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 5 getAbstract summaries (4 books with a total of 998 pages and one article) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 1187 minutes (about 20 hours). Learn more.
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?

How to Engage Older Employees in Learning Initiatives
How to Engage Older Employees in Learning Initiatives
This 5 min. read saves you up to 79 hours
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How to Engage Older Employees in Learning Initiatives

Learning boosts engagement – at any age.

Remove the Top 5 Engagement Blockers in Corporate Learning
Remove the Top 5 Engagement Blockers in Corporate Learning

In most cases, the problems are homemade.

Become A Learning Content Curator
Become A Learning Content Curator

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

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Irresistible

Build a high-performance organization by treating employees well.

Ideapress Publishing
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LinkedIn Learning 2023 Workplace Learning Report

Agile companies, nurtured by their L&D leaders, are more resilient in economically turbulent times.

LinkedIn Learning
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Tiago Forte

Building a Second Brain

Harness the power of technology to keep track of what’s essential to fuel your creative work.

Profile Books
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Donald Clark

Learning Experience Design

So many learners – so many ways to learn.

Kogan Page Publishers
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Esha Chhabra

Working to Restore

Regenerative entrepreneurs are creating new business models, designed to restore degraded ecosystems and human dignity.

Beacon Press
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Gabe Zichermann

The A-Ha! Method

Learn how to speak confidently in public and to persuade any audience through strategic use of “A-ha! moments.”

Rowman & Littlefield
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INTERVIEWS

In Conversation with Experts and Professionals

“Constant, Targeted, and Open Communication Is Vital for Successful L&D Initiatives”
“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…

“Goals Shift When People Get Older.”
“Goals Shift When People Get Older.”
“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.”
This 15 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 232 pages) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 264 minutes (about 5 hours). Learn more.
“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.

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How to Train, Learn in Flow, Mentor and Coach

How to Set Up a Mentoring Program (and Why)
This 8 min. read saves you up to 52 hours
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How to Set Up a Mentoring Program (and Why)

The best companies have them and the best talent expects them. Here’s a guide to get started.

How to Unleash the Connective Power of ERGs
This 7 min. read saves you up to 27 hours
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How to Unleash the Connective Power of ERGs

Employee Resource Groups are no longer nice-to-have options.

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“Mapped Perfection Is Often Not What Learners Want.”
“Mapped Perfection Is Often Not What Learners Want.”
This 13 min. read saves you up to 3 hours
For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from one getAbstract summary (one book with a total of 160 pages) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 179 minutes (about 3 hours). Learn more.
“Mapped Perfection Is Often Not What Learners Want.”

How do you keep learners engaged in organizational training? Hadiya Nuriddin, author of StoryTraining, advises outstanding storytelling to become an attention magnet – a key facilitation skill in times of hybrid learning.

Make Virtual Training Effective
Make Virtual Training Effective

Moving learning online can be a win-win – when done correctly. 

How to Measure the Success of Training
How to Measure the Success of Training

Everyone knows that the importance of introducing employees to new knowledge and skills through training is increasing in times of a talent shortage. But far fewer know how to measure the success of these initiatives.

Why Invest in Ongoing Employee Development?
Why Invest in Ongoing Employee Development?

You are setting up an L&D department? Or are you looking for a new LXP? This is what you have to consider.

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“We Learn Better by Doing and Applying”
“We Learn Better by Doing and Applying”
This 6 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 265 pages) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 312 minutes (about 6 hours). Learn more.
“We Learn Better by Doing and Applying”

Teri Hart, the author of Hardwired to Learn, harnesses neuroscience to help people become lifelong learners.

“Virtual Learning Is a Great Equalizer.”
“Virtual Learning Is a Great Equalizer.”

COVID-19 accelerated digital transformation in all areas, including the L&D space. Blended learning pioneer Jennifer Hofmann shares some of her experiences working with clients over the past year.

What’s Next for the LXP Ecosystem?
What’s Next for the LXP Ecosystem?

The rapid consumerization of enterprise software is not a transitory trend. In fact, it’s just getting started – with disruptive consequences for existing and emerging learning platforms on the web.

Learning Myths Debunked
Learning Myths Debunked

No, putting that textbook under your pillow while you sleep won’t make you smarter. 

Making Sense of Agile
Making Sense of Agile

Let’s take a deep dive into an overused buzzword.

COACHING >

“If You’re Good at Coaching, You’ll Eventually Become Obsolete to the Person.”
“If You’re Good at Coaching, You’ll Eventually Become Obsolete to the Person.”
This 13 min. read saves you up to 6 hours
For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 2 getAbstract summaries (one book with a total of 294 pages and one podcast) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 340 minutes (about 6 hours). Learn more.
“If You’re Good at Coaching, You’ll Eventually Become Obsolete to the Person.”

Master Coach Marion Franklin on asking the right questions, waiting patiently for answers, and the number one problem with coaching-style leadership.

How to Coach Your Employees
How to Coach Your Employees

Through coaching, you help people realize their potential by increasing their self-knowledge, perception and understanding. Leaders at all levels may start with the following six best practices.

How to Use Questions as a Coaching Tool
How to Use Questions as a Coaching Tool

Nudge people toward finding their own answers.

Coaching for Emotional Intelligence
Coaching for Emotional Intelligence

Does your technically proficient employee fall short on people skills? Coaching can help.

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Take Action for LGBTQ Inclusion at Work
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Take Action for LGBTQ Inclusion at Work

Having a robust diversity and inclusion policy is good business.

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Creativity Is a Journey, Not a Destination
Creativity Is a Journey, Not a Destination
This 5 min. read saves you up to 68 hours
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Creativity Is a Journey, Not a Destination

A Reading List to Get the Creative Juices Flowing

PRODUCTIVITY

The 80/20 Principle, Or: Less Is More
The 80/20 Principle, Or: Less Is More
This 6 min. read saves you up to 46 hours
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The 80/20 Principle, Or: Less Is More

The Pareto Law has powerful applications in almost any field of life.

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Ready, Set, Flow
How-to-Guide
This 8 min. read saves you up to 21 hours
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Ready, Set, Flow

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

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