The Business of Learning
The emphasis on making organizational learning an integral part of the organization, focusing on impacting key business metrics and how to measure and communicate effectively.
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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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From Course Hours to Skills Data: Redesigning L&D Programs for Proof of Capability
Most L&D teams are running serious learning programs, but have a hard time answering the questions leadership keep asking: How do we know employees are building skills? And what do those new skills mean for the business? Completion rates and course hours tell you what happened. They don’t tell you what employees can do, or whether that capability is visible enough to drive internal mobility, inform talent decisions, or survive a budget conversation with the C-suite. Credentials, built the right way, are how capability becomes visible. In her role as Accredible’s Professional Services Lead, Lauren Shapiro has seen firsthand what…
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Canvas Career by Instructure: AI-Powered Skills LMS for Modern L&D
L&D teams have more opportunities than ever to build programs that directly connect with what learners need and what organizations are trying to achieve. The challenge is finding the time and capacity to do it well when content production, reporting, and administrative work fill most of the calendar. This demo shows how Canvas Career by Instructure, a skills-based LMS built for workforce learning, uses AI across the full workflow. We’re showcasing an end-to-end AI workflow that does the heavy lifting for you; from an AI Learning Assistant that personalizes engagement to an Authoring Agent that builds high-impact content from scratch.…
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Finding Your Footing in L&D: A Conversation with Isabella Barker, Young Learning Leader of the Year
Confidence … is not about performing certainty. It is about staying steady enough to move forward without pretending you already know everything.
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Meet the Learning Guild Advisory Committee: The Practitioners Helping Shape Our 2026 Events
Behind every great conference is a simple question: What do learning professionals need most right now? At the Learning Guild, we don’t answer that question alone. This year, we’re proud to introduce our 2026 Advisory Committee—an accomplished group of learning leaders representing diverse industries, roles, and perspectives across the learning and development profession. This committee is more than just a collection of impressive titles. They’re actively sharing their experience and insights to help shape the conversations, challenges, and opportunities that will define Learning Leadership 2026 and DevLearn 2026. Drawing from real-world leadership challenges, they are identifying the most relevant and future-focused programming. As you explore this year’s Learning Leadership and DevLearn programs, you’ll see the impact of their contributions reflected throughout the…
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Workplace Readiness: Can Higher Education Develop AI-Ready Students?
Internships, simulations, and cross-disciplinary projects can help students practice human-AI collaboration, resilience, and decision-making in environments that mirror the workplace’s ambiguity and complexity.
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Customer Education as a Growth Lever: A Conversation with Debbie Smith, President, CEdMA
Customer education can serve many roles. In some companies, it generates revenue. In others, it reduces churn, lowers support costs, drives adoption, or fuels expansion. The problem is not choosing the wrong role—it’s never asking the question in the first place.
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The Modern Challenges Reshaping Adult Learning
At its best, adult learning does more than transfer information. It builds confidence, reinforces identity, and helps people make sense of change without feeling left behind by it.
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Taking Stock of Data Literacy for L&D Professionals
Data literacy isn’t a destination. It’s a practice, and practices only improve when you know what you’re working with.
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From Badge to Business Value: Making Digital Credentials Work for Learners, Issuers, & Employers
There are plenty of programs that issue digital badges and certificates to their learners. But many of those credentials stop delivering value the moment they’re issued: Learners struggle to explain them, employers struggle to trust them, and learning teams struggle to show the impact of their programs. Drawing on research from over 500 employers and lessons from renowned credentialing programs in higher education, workforce development, and professional training, this session focuses on how to design credentials that are not just earned, but also explained, shared, verified, and valued. You’ll learn how effective programs distribute credentials that are: Whether you’re launching…