Learning Research & Science
Insights culled from analysis and inquiry that keep learning professionals up-to-date on how people learn, technologies, approaches, and performance improvement practices.
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Urgent Patience, Part 2: Disarming Resistance & Sustaining Change
Construct a narrative around your change initiatives. When stories of success outnumber stories of failure, cynicism loses its audience.
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Learn-It, Build-It, Use-It: Redesigning Just-In-Time Training
By aligning learning design with how adults actually learn best—through choice, creation, and real-world use—this approach delivers both engagement and performance impact.
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Urgent Patience: Breaking Complacency, Sparking Change
Technology doesn’t drive transformation—people do. It’s fueled by their urgency to move, their readiness to challenge what’s outdated, and their courage to create what’s next.
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From Order Takers to Strategic Advisors in 6 Steps
Most performance problems aren’t training problems. They’re caused by unclear expectations, missing tools, poor processes, lack of feedback, or misaligned incentives.
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From Tracking to Baseline: Creating Your L&D Operational Standards
In this hands-on session, you will explore proven techniques developed through 15+ years of research with thousands of L&D professionals. You’ll discover how 6-9 weeks of basic time tracking reveals hidden operational challenges that impact project timelines, resource allocation, and team effectiveness.
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The Strategic Imperative of Play, Joy & Laughter in Organizational Performance
The long-held belief that seriousness is a prerequisite for productivity is counterproductive; in ever-changing work environments, the capacity for joy is essential infrastructure.
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Immersed in Learning: The Neuroscience of Scenario-Based Training
Drawing from over 50,000 brain measurements and groundbreaking neurological research, Dr. Zak reveals how to build L&D programs, training experiences, and skill-building activities that engage the brain and deliver results.
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Mastering AI Literacy: A New Core Competency for L&D Professionals
In a world increasingly shaped by artificial intelligence, the role of Learning and Development (L&D) professionals is evolving. It’s no longer enough to simply be aware of AI; a deeper AI literacy is becoming a core competency. This isn’t about becoming a data scientist or a coder, but about developing the knowledge and skills to […]
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The AI Literacy Checklist: Self-Assessment and Reflection
This AI Literacy Checklist is designed to help you develop the essential knowledge and critical skills needed to confidently navigate the rapidly changing world of AI.
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What Do You Meme? Leveraging Gestalt Psychology for Engaging Instructional Design
In today’s fast-paced, media-rich world, memes have become a common form of communication, and their potential in instructional design is just beginning to be explored. This session will explore how memes, when combined with the principles of Gestalt psychology, can revolutionize the way we create and deliver learning experiences.