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The Human Brand Is More Vital Than Ever in an AI World
As talent professionals, our role is not to compete with machines, rather, it’s to lead with what machines cannot replicate: empathy, story, and soul.
By Olivia Savage • -
Why Instructional Designers Are Natural Project Managers
Instructional designers stand at the crossroads of andragogy, technology, and communication within organizations. As is to be expected, this unique position makes them ideal candidates for project management!
By Steven Shisley • -
Beyond the Job Description: Why Skills, Not Roles, Define the Future of Work
The future of work is shifting from rigid job descriptions to a skills-first model where organizational success relies on the fluid, measurable capabilities of employees, requiring HR and L&D to focus on continuous skills matching, auditing, and personalized development.
By Christine Shaw • -
The Agentic AI Buzz & Simple Ways to Harness It
Agentic means “agency” in that you’re giving parameters and boundaries to the tool, but you’re allowing it to have the agency to predict and make decisions around that ultimate goal for the task at hand.
By Greggory Wright • -
The Coaching Habit: Small Steps to Fix a $2 Trillion Problem
Inefficiency costs as much as $2 trillion a year in lost productivity. Your leadership superpower can help fix that, in a few minutes a day!
By Taresa Scott • -
Q&A with the Learning Strategy Lead from Chick-fil-A
Taking learning and performance improvement into the future is Lauren LePage’s goal for her new role as Learning Strategy Lead at Chick-fil-A. Hear her thoughts on AI, L&D strategy, and contextualizing her DevLearn 2025 session to her audience. Q: What are your current responsibilities at Chick-fil-A? A: Right now, I’m the learning strategy lead on […]
By Christine Shaw • -
AI Is NOT the Future of Learning & Development
AI isn’t the future—it’s the present and the past.
By Dr. Amos Glenn • -
Hot Mic, High Stakes: Securing C-Suite Influence Live from Orlando
We need to start by speaking in business terms. Words like customer satisfaction, revenue, risk, and retention are the language of the C-Suite that we best adopt as our own.
By Jess Almlie • -
6 Tips for Delivering Effective Synchronous Instruction in a Virtual Classroom
Try these 6 strategies to encourage participation in virtual classroom training.
By Emily Moore • -
D&D for Learning: Take Training from Forgettable to Formative
In both the Forgotten Realms and modern enterprise business, survival hinges on one thing: How well you respond when the unexpected hits the table.
By Aaron Delgaty •