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  • How “Learning in the Flow of Work” Works

    How “Learning in the Flow of Work” Works

    Learning professionals are well aware that people learn while doing their jobs, and “learning in the flow of work” is the primary stream of development for many roles and sophisticated skills. This session will explore the dynamics of these kinds of in-the-flow-of-work development activities, what makes them work, and how L&D can support people in effectively engaging in them.

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  • Hands-On Learning: Applying Social Cognitive Theory in Leadership Training

    Hands-On Learning: Applying Social Cognitive Theory in Leadership Training

    Want to move beyond lecture-based leadership training? In this highly interactive session, you’ll discover how to apply Albert Bandura’s Social Cognitive Theory (SCT) to design programs and improve skill development and confidence-building in leadership training.

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  • Small Steps, Big Shifts: The 2-Minute Approach to Change Management

    Small Steps, Big Shifts: The 2-Minute Approach to Change Management

    Managing change might seem daunting, but this 2-minute habit can make it manageable.

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  • Connecting Employee Performance With Capability-Driven Learning

    Connecting Employee Performance With Capability-Driven Learning

    You’ll learn how to extract capabilities from job descriptions, benchmark them with competency levels, and connect them to learning opportunities. We’ll explore available tools and frameworks to help you build capability frameworks without reinventing the wheel. You’ll walk away with a step-by-step process to implement capability-based learning in your organization and drive real performance improvement. […]

  • Giving Technical Interns a Head Start: Why Speaker Training Matters

    Giving Technical Interns a Head Start: Why Speaker Training Matters

    By Neil Thompson As summer rolls in, thousands of college students across the country start internships. These interns, especially those in technical departments, represent the future workforce. They come equipped with technical know-how, but there’s a vital piece of the workplace puzzle they often lack: soft skills, particularly communication. Engineering curricula tend to emphasize coding, […]

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  • What Next-Gen Learning Leaders Are Doing Differently

    What Next-Gen Learning Leaders Are Doing Differently

    By Briana Gattis and Paige Yousey Over the last decade, there has been a quiet tug-of-war between the established generation of business leaders, Gen X and Baby Boomers, and the rising voices of Millennials and Gen Z. Critics of the new generations would tell you that Gen Z is too idealistic, too sensitive, and not […]

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  • Demo Days – Boosting Engagement and Business Results using  Docebo

    Demo Days – Boosting Engagement and Business Results using  Docebo

    In this demo, see how Docebo drives learner engagement and delivers real business impact. Explore AI-powered personalization, gamification, and social learning features that keep users motivated and active. Learn how Docebo integrates with your workflows and automates delivery, while analytics connect learning to performance. Whether for onboarding, compliance, or customer training, Docebo turns learning into a strategic advantage.

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  • Trust in the AI Rollout

    Trust in the AI Rollout

    By Megan Torrance and Lauren Milstid Visit the website of any major technology consultancy firm and search for “trust in AI.” You’ll get articles full of essential and valid topics, such as explainability, security, data privacy, reliability. These are the cornerstones of technical trust, and they’re critically important. We want to know the AI models […]

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  • Undervalued & Overlooked? AI-Powered Communities Help Reclaim Visibility

    Undervalued & Overlooked? AI-Powered Communities Help Reclaim Visibility

    By Iuliia Algasova Imagine having a wealth of knowledge and innovation inside your organization, but it’s hidden, siloed, or simply goes unnoticed. In talent development, you most probably work with incredible people from diverse backgrounds: former teachers, entrepreneurs, researchers, and technologists. Many of them push boundaries daily, experiment, and invent things. They have true and […]

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  • The Final Reveal: 10 Up-and-Coming L&D Leaders

    The Final Reveal: 10 Up-and-Coming L&D Leaders

    The Learning Leadership Conference has selected the 30 rising stars who will participate in this year’s Thirty Under 30 program! If you missed the previous reveals, you can still see the first 10 profiles and the second group of 10 profiles.   Our final group of 10 Thirty Under 30 honorees have a wide variety of […]

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