AI may be helping individuals produce more, but organisations will not see the full performance benefit unless they rethink how work, roles and decision-making operate around it, according to AI strategist Erica Farmer.
There is a familiar signal that someone may be looking for a new job: the sudden professional headshot on LinkedIn. A new profile picture is rarely the only change. Workers also revise their summaries, tweak their job titles and rewrite descriptions of previous roles. Sometimes they return to jobs they left years ago and change how those experiences appear on their profiles.
Analysis of 2,120 leadership assessments found a wider gap for women between self-ratings and feedback from colleagues.
Thrive, the AI-powered enablement platform, today launched Kiki Admin, putting over 100 platform actions behind a single prompt. Create and manage content, audiences, permissions and events – ask Kiki, and she handles it. This marks a step change in what it means to run a modern people platform, and makes the case for Thrive as an operating system for people teams, not just another tool in the stack.
Workday announces Workday AI Research, a dedicated technical research team focused on advancing reliable, trustworthy, and efficient AI for the enterprise. Workday AI Research findings help shape AI development at Workday and contribute new evidence, methods, and evaluation practices to the broader research community.
GCSE results week puts apprenticeship routes in focus as new funding covers training costs for eligible 16 to 24-year-olds in England.
Nearly a third of employers report hard-to-fill vacancies despite UK vacancies falling 10% below pre-pandemic levels, according to the CIPD.
Managed upskilling program helps engineering teams build and verify advanced AI coding skills
L&D teams are often under pressure to prove the value of training through ROI, but measuring financial return alone rarely leads to better learning outcomes. Here's why continuous improvement should come first.
A new iSpring guide looks at when branching scenarios can strengthen workplace learning and how L&D teams can design believable decisions without creating unnecessary complexity.
Five US labour market indicators highlight continued AI upskilling, weaker demand for AI-exposed occupations and changing patterns of work and recruitment.
Open LMS welcomes Maura Connor as Chief Executive Officer and Willem Boom as SVP, Global Sales, strengthening its global leadership for future growth.
A major new eLearning initiative run by Ciphr and the CSA Centre (Centre of expertise on child sexual abuse), hosted by Barnardo’s, will provide specialist safeguarding training to people working in children’s social care at all local authorities in England.
Training Industry has acquired substantially all the assets of BetterWork Media Group, including its learning and talent media brands.
The UK NEET rate could reach 16% by 2030, with employers demanding more digital skills from young recruits, according to new modelling.
Ivy House to unveil flagship research at LEARNING LIVE 2026.
Join us as Connect returns for another year, at a new location, with a new format.
Learning Pool evolves its brand to become Confirm, introducing a new category of workforce technology – the Workforce Enablement System (WES) – designed to connect the dots between learning, engagement, performance, and compliance in one intelligent system.
Speexx earns Silver ribbon in the Online Learning Experience category at the 2026 International E-Learning Awards.
A new programme that helps vendors understand how partners really make money, so they can segment, fund and design incentives on evidence rather than politics or history.
Speexx has been shortlisted among the top three entries in the Learning & Development category of the 2026 HR Innovation Award.
Regulated qualifications and clearer career pathways are seen as the biggest factors in helping care workers build long-term careers, according to new research.
The World of Learning Conference & Exhibition is bringing back a host of popular interactive features and networking opportunities at the free-to-attend Exhibition on 6 & 7 October 2026 at the NEC, Birmingham.
Major aerospace employers have launched a national recruitment campaign as the sector continues to face around 10,000 unfilled technical vacancies each year.
Debbie Carter, who edited Training Journal for many years, has died, leaving a lasting legacy in workplace learning journalism.
AI course generation in iSpring now reaches the slide format. iSpring Suite AI turns a short description and existing documents into an editable outline and a draft PowerPoint course, with narration written into the speaker notes.
Great Minds on Learning returns on 3 August for its eighth season, exploring how people learn far beyond the workplace — from sport and music to writing and dog training. The Learning Hack, ranked in the top 5% of podcasts globally, returns for season 16 in September. Both on all platforms.
New campaign unites Mediazoo, Uncertainty Experts and Finer Vision to help organisations build high-performing leaders, teams and cultures. The highlight of the campaign is that for the first time Mediazoo is opening its creative archive and releasing ten years of client films showing how storytelling can drive behaviour change, human performance and organisational impact. “Human performance isn’t improved by technology alone. It happens when leadership, learning, creativity and AI work together.” Giles Smith, CEO, Mediazoo Group
Digital Learning Realities research finds learning systems struggling to keep pace as L&D shifts from content delivery to business capability.
Learning creates value only when organisations can connect investment to proficiency, proficiency to performance, and performance to measurable business outcomes.
Ciphr has won two awards at the 2026 Thames Valley Tech & Innovation Awards, including tech company of the year
Coursera has taken a one-third stake in LearnVector, a new AI learning company founded by Coursera’s co-founder Andrew Ng.
Content Controller 5.0 greatly expands content types and emphasizes easier access, with major additions of virtual instructor-led training (VILT) through Zoom, YouTube and Vimeo imports, and simplified single sign-on (SSO) tracking.
Most employers are building AI literacy for current roles while delaying wider workforce reskilling, new research suggests.
A bite-sized news round up: Behaviour before measurement: Anna Barnett on closing the intention-action gap; Experience-based assessment for L&D leaders; Plus all the headlines from Learning News.
Omniplex Learning (OL) announces strategic partnership with KNOLSKAPE to bring AI-powered business simulations to UK and European organisations.
Five US labour market indicators highlight continued AI upskilling, weaker demand for AI-exposed occupations and changing patterns of work and recruitment.
New AI Taskforce will oversee government AI strategy, implementation and adoption across the public sector.
Research identifies a gap between AI knowledge and workplace application, with employers calling for more practical experience - Pearson and AWS study.
KPI tops UK searches for business acronyms, highlighting continued gaps in workplace business literacy.
Many L&D and HR leaders in New Zealand question whether local NZ qualifications, PMP, or PRINCE2 best meet their organisational needs. Each credential addresses distinct organisational challenges.
Digital Learning Realities research finds AI adoption is delivering productivity gains, while more transformative uses remain at an early stage.
Ciphr eLearning’s new training for HE providers is designed to help students navigate their first few months at university
Speexx secured eight #1 rankings across coaching, language learning, and virtual classroom categories in the G2 Summer 2026 reports.
The iSpring Course Creation Contest drew more than 1,500 participants from 103 countries this year. The 145 courses they submitted offer a snapshot of where instructional design is heading, from storytelling and gamification to the practical use of AI.
As the Philippines drives its digital economy, organizations must deliver reliable, secure, high-quality products and services. ITIL training in the Philippines is becoming a strategic priority for 2026 and beyond.
Learning providers and teams have until 31 July to submit entries for the 2026 Learning Technologies Awards after organisers extended the deadline by one week.
Artificial intelligence has become the catalyst behind the priorities for workplace learning teams, according to David Perring, Chief Insights Officer at Fosway Group.
Research finds only 53% of employees believe organisations will act on feedback gathered through surveys.
The newly unified Open LMS Version 5.1 refreshes the learning management system and enhances its open-source digital education technology at enterprise scale.
A new guide from iSpring outlines how manufacturing companies can protect brand consistency and accelerate channel growth by standardizing how external dealers learn about products.
Phased global rollout of Thrive delivers a unified AI learning platform and branded mobile app to CMI's 280,000-strong member community.
Lumify Group today announced the appointments of Ayisha Tufail as Chief Operating Officer - Professional Capability, and Joshua Cameron as Chief Operating Officer - Careers.
Uncertainty Experts, who are part of the Mediazoo Group, hosts a live session to reveal overloaded calendars are biological responses to uncertainty, not productivity failures. The digital event on 14 July will combine neuroscience and workplace data to explain why uncertainty drives busyness and reactive scheduling.
No evidence of a tax haven brain drain, but software, AI, research and healthcare roles record higher outmigration from the UK.
Ciphr eLearning’s new AI in HE training is designed to help universities navigate the fast-evolving role of AI
Taking place on 6 & 7 October at the NEC, Birmingham, the World of Learning Conference & Exhibition has announced exciting additions to the free seminar programme with fresh insights on AI, leadership, skills, learning strategy and employee experience.
AI adoption outpaces workforce capability; Managers need age inclusion support; Entry hiring boost from AI investors, L&D is shifting from AI adoption to redesigning work around AI, Management skills gap behind workplace loneliness.
Join our panel of judges from the Learning Technologies Awards, and get the chance to hear directly from the experts, and ask them your questions.
HSE figures show a 71% rise in worker deaths involving moving vehicles, prompting employers to revisit competence, training and traffic management.
Award-winning projects showcase measurable impact across learning, compliance, onboarding, and talent development
CITI Limited celebrates 10 years of LPI Accreditation and three consecutive years at Gold Standard
i-Coach.AI named again among the category leaders for agentic coaching and in-the-flow learner support, built on three decades of sales research.
A new system integration between Totara’s learning management system and SARD’s workforce and appraisal system has been developed to reduce duplication and improve data flow across NHS organisations.
Speexx has been named one of the 2026 Top 20 AI Coaching and Learner Support Tools Companies by Training Industry, recognizing the company's leadership in AI-powered coaching and learning.
Fosway Group, Europe’s #1 HR industry analyst, has revealed the headline insights from its annual Digital Learning Realities research, in association with Learning Technologies, the world’s leading workplace learning tech event. Now in its 12th year, the research explores how L&D teams are meeting the challenges of a fast-changing business and tech landscape.
Speexx has been named “Outstanding Service Provider” at the 2026 Corporate Training and Development Annual Conference in China, recognizing its role in helping organizations build the communication and leadership skills needed for global business success.
Companies making the largest AI investments increased the share of entry-level workers in their workforce, while lower intensity adopters recorded a decline, according to new research from Revelio Labs.
Ciphr and ProAge publish new research on multigenerational working
Global leadership development company gains LPI Accreditation and scores 90% or higher in every assessed KPI section
Access Learning report reveals top challenges for 2026, including the role of AI, skills and human expertise.
Mindtools Kineo has launched its new UK Safety & Compliance Training Suite. This comprehensive collection of expert-designed learning experiences tackles ten of the most critical compliance challenges facing UK employers today.
AI-supported scenario learning launches as employers prepare for tougher workplace sexual harassment obligations.
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.
ICF Germany President Anke Paulick and Speexx Founder Armin Hopp are hosting an online masterclass on scaling AI coaching responsibly through strong governance, clear ethical standards, and lasting trust.
Intellek has received an award at the 2026 UK Legal Awards organised by SME News.
UK office workers report weak manager support and workplace loneliness despite increased office attendance.
Mindtools Kineo has launched AI Skills Academy, a personalised learning programme that uses AI to help employees develop practical workplace AI skills.
This briefing sets out an updated approach to qualification criteria for senior Learning & Development appointments. As the market for senior L&D talent continues to evolve, many organisations and recruitment partners are now recognising CIPD and CLO100 as an equivalent and valid standard where professional credentials are specified.
Helix, the AI skills intelligence platform by 5app, has been named a Top 20 AI Coaching and Learner Support Tool by learning technology experts Training Industry.
Acquisitions, learning AI interface, customer education and skills shortages.
Cognota has acquired Learnexus, an AI-driven marketplace of over 3,000 on-demand L&D specialists. The acquisition expands Cognota's LearnOps® platform from capacity planning and intelligence into execution, enabling learning teams to instantly activate specialized experts — instructional designers, facilitators, developers, and consultants — directly within their existing workflows. Powered by AI and usage-based pricing, the combined platform allows enterprises to move from strategy to delivery faster, at a fraction of the cost of traditional agencies or full-time hires.
The partnership connects Leena AI’s AI colleagues to Thrive’s learning platform, so employees & admins can find answers and take action across their learning and development tools through a single, everyday conversation.
Global benefits leaders are under more pressure than ever. EU Pay Transparency. Board-level ROI scrutiny. A five-generation workforce. And AI landing on their desks before the data foundations are anywhere near ready.
Acteon share simple, practical actions in their upcoming webinar to help close the gap between AI strategy and the everyday choices people make.
Most L&D reports prove that training happened. Leadership wants to know what it changed. This template is built around the second question.
Speexx has been named “Professional Development Platform of the Year” in the 2026 EdTech Breakthrough Awards, highlighting its continued impact in shaping how global organizations approach workforce development.
CLO100, the Professional Body for Learning Leaders, has announced a 12-month partnership with leadership development and executive coaching specialist Energising Leaders.
Half of customer education teams describe their programmes as mature, but new research finds only 19% meet operational maturity criteria.
AI certifications have exploded since ChatGPT, shifting from specialist machine learning credentials to mainstream AI literacy and GenAI courses.
Mindtools Kineo's Anna Barnett examines the gap between intention and action and the role of behavioural design in closing it.
Hemsley Fraser has launched a new Human Skills and AI curriculum to help organisations build their AI fluency, confidence and human-centred capabilities, to make best use of AI. The company developed its curriculum in response to worldwide demand from enterprises and growth firms wanting to build the most effective ways for humans to work confidently with AI, whether at individual, team, and company-wide levels. Despite AI’s widespread adoption, it’s often treated as a largely technological change with comparatively few organisations developing people's understanding of the impacts and the capabilities needed to ensure optimal AI use.
Speexx achieved a score of 956/1000 in its latest CyberVadis assessment, marking its highest rating to date and reinforcing its continued focus on data protection.
Acorn has acquired B Online Learning, adding elearning services, a learning platform and ANZ’s only Articulate Certified Training Partner to its skills business.
More than 2,300 people have registered for an AI and data storytelling workshop, reflecting demand for guidance on visualisation, communication and AI oversight.
AI is transforming workforce performance and productivity and reshaping how work gets done. Organizations are racing to meet this potential – 88%* report regular AI use. However, most are still in the experimentation phase, with two-thirds* yet to scale AI across their organization. The challenge is no longer access to AI tools but helping people to adopt new ways of working.
New assessment awards professional designations based on business impact, strategic leadership and measurable organisational outcomes. Cathy Hoy, CEO at CLO100 and Charles Jennings, Chief Moderator, join Learning News to explain the new professional designations and why the L&D profession needs them.
HR and payroll software provider Cezanne has acquired workplace learning platform Learn Amp.
LNTV, Jun 25: Jane Bozarth on why networks, culture, and human judgment are the real engine of organisational learning; Martin Couzins on the Microsoft 2026 Work Trends report; Challenging assumptions about effective learning with Andy Lancaster and Tom McDowall.
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