AI-Powered Learning and the Need for Human Connection
L&D and the Bigger Picture
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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?

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Remove the Top 5 Engagement Blockers in Corporate Learning
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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.

Find What Makes You Human
Find What Makes You Human

A reflection on staying relevant in the age of ChatGPT.

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Irresistible

Build a high-performance organization by treating employees well.

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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.

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Building a Second Brain

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

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Learning Experience Design

So many learners – so many ways to learn.

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Working to Restore

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

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

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“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.”
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“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.

“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
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“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.

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How to Train, Learn in Flow, Mentor and Coach

How to Set Up a Mentoring Program (and Why)
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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
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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
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“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.

EMBEDDED LEARNING >

“We Learn Better by Doing and Applying”
“We Learn Better by Doing and Applying”
This 6 min. read saves you up to 6 hours
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“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.

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“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.”
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“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
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The 80/20 Principle, Or: Less Is More
The 80/20 Principle, Or: Less Is More
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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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Robots and AI Can Do Many Things. But What Will Remain Reserved for Humans?

Make Me Rich!
Make Me Rich!
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Make Me Rich!

Humans are poor investors – but will robots do any better?

Leading AI
Leading AI
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Leading AI

Visionary CEOs are integrating artificial intelligence (AI) solutions as they navigate through digital transformation, but they’re still very human.

Robots Need Bias Awareness Training, Too
Robots Need Bias Awareness Training, Too
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Robots Need Bias Awareness Training, Too

Despite their veneer of objectivity, algorithms are as biased as the humans creating them.

Robot Soccer Is Boring!
Robot Soccer Is Boring!
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Robot Soccer Is Boring!

AI-powered automation is revolutionizing many industries but for all robots can do, movement is still quite limited.

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