INSIGHTS TO INFORM YOUR LEARNING JOURNEY

Imagine if your employees suddenly gained an extra day off each week. Would your learning strategy still deliver? With more UK organisations moving to a four-day working week, Learning & Development teams must shift how they design, schedule and deliver training. Shorter weeks will mean less available time, making flexible, bite-sized and business-aligned learning more critical than ever. Why the 4-Day Week Matters for L&D The conversation around the four-day work week has mo

A new report from Allied Market Research, shared via Learning News , predicts the global corporate training market will hit $805.6 billion by 2035 . That’s more than double its 2023 value. The reason? Continuous digital transformation and a growing demand for upskilling. For L&D leaders, this growth signals both opportunity and responsibility: the chance to prove learning’s commercial impact on a scale we’ve never seen before. The Story Behind the Surge Imagine being told tha

Hiring bright graduates doesn’t mean your organisation can skip learning and development. In fact, it makes it more essential. While graduates bring fresh knowledge, they still need to learn how your business works, how to apply their skills commercially, and how to perform within your culture. Strategic corporate learning bridges that gap and turns potential into performance. The Myth: ‘They’ve Already Been Trained’ It’s a fair question. You’ve invested in recruitment. You’v

Recent warnings from the Bank of England  and other financial institutions suggest that the global AI market could be facing a major correction. If the ‘AI bubble’ bursts, many industries will feel the shock, potentially including corporate Learning and Development. For L&D teams, this could mean shrinking budgets, delayed innovation, and a renewed focus on measurable impact. But it could also be the perfect moment to strengthen strategy, evidence, and value. The AI Bubble: W

Have you ever judged a book by its cover? Of course you have. Everyone does. The same happens when learners open your LMS. The first...

Have you ever heard someone in Learning and Development say they want to create ‘the Netflix of Learning’? It sounds exciting, doesn’t...

Have you ever sat in a classroom training session and thought: this would have been easier as an online module ? Or clicked through an...

Imagine if your learning technology didn’t just answer questions, but also set its own goals, negotiated with other systems, and made...

SCORM is like the plug socket standard for eLearning. It’s what allows a course you build to ‘plug in’ and play nicely with your learning...

AI won’t be a conversation topic in three years because it will be everywhere. Just like we don’t say ‘this document was made using a...

Imagine if your managers were so well-equipped that turnover dropped, productivity rose, and your teams were resilient through change....

Have you ever felt uncomfortable at work because of someone’s behaviour, or worried that a teammate might be stepping over a line? As...

What Makes Learners Lean In? Have you ever sat through training where your mind wandered within minutes? Maybe you checked emails, maybe...

Imagine you’re sitting in a training session. The facilitator clicks through the slides, speaking confidently, but something nags at you....

Imagine logging into yet another digital training session. Your inbox is full, your to-do list is growing, and the thought of another...

The first clue was a gut feeling. You’d been in L&D long enough to know when something wasn’t quite right. The values and behaviours...

A law for AI and for the real world The European Union’s Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act) is the world’s first sweeping legal...

Imagine you are rolling out a leadership programme across 12 countries. Two teams are on shifts, three time zones never overlap, and...

Imagine you are a Chief Learning Officer planning next year’s roadmap. You wake up to news that the supplier you love has been bought,...

Have you ever noticed how HR and IT often run parallel races… but never cross the finish line together? Both are powering the employee...