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  • How Leading Learning Designers Are Partnering with AI

    How Leading Learning Designers Are Partnering with AI

    The biggest opportunity for using AI in learning design isn’t handing your work over to it. It’s discovering how to work with it.  When used strategically, AI can act like a trusted design partner: helping you generate meaningful scenarios, identify course gaps, and diagnose root causes, while leaving the critical thinking, empathy, and business context […]

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  • Governance, People & Tools: A Framework for AI Rollouts That Actually Work

    Governance, People & Tools: A Framework for AI Rollouts That Actually Work

    AI rollout will define the next decade of organizational performance… For L&D leaders, this is the moment to step into a broader role.

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  • What Your Training Misses: The Signals That Actually Drive Performance

    What Your Training Misses: The Signals That Actually Drive Performance

    Join us as we will discuss how and why traditional training misses the signals that impact real-world performance, and where gaps show up in conversations.  We will identify the nonverbal and behavioral signals (tone, timing, facial expression, response patterns) that separate knowledge from readiness. Explore how practice-based learning makes these signals visible and measurable. In […]

  • AI-Native Course Authoring, Not Bolted On

    AI-Native Course Authoring, Not Bolted On

    You’ve tried AI for course development. The drafts came back generic, the interactions felt scripted, and somewhere along the way you wondered whether you were saving time or making new work for yourself. That’s the gap Mindsmith was built to close. As the first AI-Native eLearning authoring platform, our agent isn’t a wrapper around a […]

  • 6 Essential Questions Every Leader Should Be Asking About AI

    6 Essential Questions Every Leader Should Be Asking About AI

    Many business leaders are stuck in the AI gray zone. The tech is moving fast, but the playbook hasn’t caught up. It’s not uncommon to feel a sense of urgency to take action, even though you might not know the best path to take. This can be a costly combination, leading leaders to chase tools […]

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  • DevLearn Conference and Expo Launches Expanded Tracks, Hands-On Learning, and New Ways to Connect 

    DevLearn Conference and Expo Launches Expanded Tracks, Hands-On Learning, and New Ways to Connect 

    The program for DevLearn Conference & Expo 2026 has been announced, introducing a range of new learning experiences designed to meet the evolving needs of today’s learning professionals.  Returning to the MGM Grand in Las Vegas from November 4 – 6, 2026, this event brings together learning professionals from around the world for an engaging and forward-looking program focused on innovation, skills and real-world application.  This year’s edition […]

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  • What’s Next for Learning? The Trends DevLearn Attendees See Emerging

    What’s Next for Learning? The Trends DevLearn Attendees See Emerging

    The future of learning took shape in a big way throughout 2025, and DevLearn attendees were already spotting the trends transforming the industry while with us in Las Vegas. From the rapid rise of AI and AI-native platforms to growing conversations around accessibility, localization, immersive learning, and creative media design, these emerging priorities are reshaping how organizations create […]

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  • Expertise We Still Have to Earn

    Expertise We Still Have to Earn

    Ironically, the rise of intelligent systems (AI) may make these deeply human capabilities even more valuable.

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  • Transforming Content into a Strategic AI Growth Asset: Building a Unified Content Fabric

    Transforming Content into a Strategic AI Growth Asset: Building a Unified Content Fabric

    As organizations expand, their audiences diversify—employees, customers, partners, distributors, and now AI agents all rely on consistent, high quality content. The shift from an access focused world to an answer focused one means Learning & Development teams must ensure their content is not only accurate and up to date at scale, but also structured and […]

  • Architecting What’s Next: How L&D Can Lead in the Age of AI

    Architecting What’s Next: How L&D Can Lead in the Age of AI

    As AI reshapes how we work, learning has never been more essential to staying relevant — and L&D professionals are at the heart of it. In this keynote, Yulia Barnakova, Accenture’s AI Innovation and Learning Advisor, explores how L&D can turn AI disruption into new opportunities for learning. From AI coaches and knowledge assistants to […]