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Strategic Pauses: 4 Event Boundaries That Protect What Learners Just Learned
Without event boundaries, nothing tells working memory to consolidate what it just processed
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How Power Cuts Leaders Off from Learning: Noel Tichy & the Unteachable Leader
History continues to repeat itself because too many institutions want the appearance and benefits of learning without undertaking the work that makes learning possible.
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Speaking the Same Language: Iuliia Algasova on Building a Skills-Based Organization
Iuliia Algasova is a learning leader focused on skills development, capability building, and the thoughtful use of AI in learning. As Vice President, Skills Development at BlackRock, she works at the intersection of business needs, workforce capabilities, and modern learning design, helping develop job-ready skills at scale. Her background in teaching, online learning, and content strategy brings both innovation and empathy to her work, while her recognition as one of the Learning Guild’s Thirty Under 30 reflects her commitment to practical, human-centered learning. In this Q&A interview, she discusses how skills can create a shared language across learning, talent, and…
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The Reflection Opportunity You’re Skipping
Don’t just think of reflection as something that happens as a checkbox activity at the end of an event. Use it as a tool throughout a learning experience. It’s worth the time invested!
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Producers of DevLearn & Learning Leadership Announce the Debut of: Learning & Performance Tech Week 2026 with Exciting Event Firsts
[New York, NY, September 15, 2026] On November 2 – 6, 2026 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, the learning community will get a first and exciting glimpse into the future of Learning Guild events. This year’s co-location of DevLearn and Learning Leadership, along with spotlight events including the AI for Learning Summit, new conference tracks including Learning Team & Project Management, and new learning paths aimed at helping learning teams prove the business value of their initiatives – marks the start of: Learning & Performance Tech Week. “This year, we have begun an exciting new chapter: a week-long…
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Using Information Processing Theory to Design Better AI-Supported Learning
By Atefeh Ferdosipour When considering conceptual frameworks in cognitive psychology that connect to technology, it’s clear that information processing theories are the most relevant. Artificial intelligence, at its root, is essentially the same as the computers that were introduced to the market several decades ago, with programming to make conditions easier for learning and various types of human activities. These machines, which included heavy monitors and keyboards, were made of hardware and software components. And of course, today they are also available in foldable, very light, but much more advanced forms, in various models. But if you are curious about…
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Your Data Is Only as Good as Your Governance
Governance shapes how we manage our own data, request data from others, prepare it for use, and understand what happens to it when vendors are involved.
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Building Leadership in the Moments That Matter: A Conversation with Ryan Decoste
Ryan Decoste’s path into learning and development began unexpectedly, but it sparked a career spanning more than 20 years in leadership, performance, coaching, and organizational development. Today, as Senior Vice President of People and Organizational Development at Klick, Ryan helps shape everything from onboarding and skill development to coaching and performance across a global organization. In this Learning Expert Spotlight, Decoste discusses the importance of staying close to the business, recognizing the signals hidden in organizational data, and designing development around the real challenges leaders face. At Learning Leadership, he’ll bring these ideas to his discussion, What if leadership capability is built in moments—not programs?, where attendees will explore…
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The Checklist That Didn’t Exist: A Field Guide to Cutting Extraneous Load
We design for accuracy. We design for alignment. We design for engagement, or at least what we hope will feel like engagement. We almost never sit down and ask, “How much unnecessary mental effort is this design generating, and how do we reduce it?”
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AI Success Depends on Human Skills & Critical Thinking
AI represents a fundamental shift in how work is done. Organizations now face two paths: One is focused on automation, where AI replaces human tasks, and the other on augmentation, where AI enhances human capabilities.