Please Note: This is a summary of an article originally posted on Training Industry on September 14, 2026. Click here for the original article and links. The Australian L&D Network has no affiliation with Training Industry. Durocher argues that many organisations know they need AI but haven’t worked out why. He cites McKinsey data showing…
This week’s Learning & Development Network ‘Friday Funny’ is titled ‘Inspired at 2pm, forgotten at 2:05pm’. You know this person. At 1:59pm he’s buzzing. He just finished your workshop. New framework, great discussion, a notebook full of ideas. He walks out of the Training Room with his arms in the air. At 2:05pm he’s standing…
Please Note: This is a summary of an article originally posted on Entrepreneur on September 22, 2026. Click here for the original article and links. The Australian L&D Network has no affiliation with Entrepreneur. Cherian argues that kindness builds the trust teams need to speak up, solve problems early and perform under pressure, and that…
Who was Benjamin Franklin? Franklin was a Founding Father of the United States, scientist, inventor, and diplomat. “Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” — Benjamin Franklin This old adage is our core challenge. Information alone doesn’t change behaviour; it fades. Instruction builds recall, but true learning…
Compliance training tells people what they must not do. A learning culture tells people what’s possible if they keep growing – and the difference shows up directly on the bottom line. Deloitte’s research into talent strategy found that 77 per cent of executives believe their organisation should help workers become more employable through relevant skills,…
Please Note: This is a summary of an article originally posted on Training News on August 28, 2026. Click here for the original article and links. The Australian L&D Network has no affiliation with Training News. Your Learning Strategy is Only as Strong as Your Capacity L&D’s real bottleneck isn’t strategy or ideas — it’s…
If the leadership skills your top executives are known for have zero overlap with what your teams actually say they value — as global research suggests — whose leadership development plan is really working? It’s tempting to frame this topic as “which leadership skills will AI kill off” — but the more accurate, and more…
Who was Nelson Mandela? Mandela was an anti-apartheid leader and the first democratically elected President of South Africa. “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” — Nelson Mandela It’s easy for L&D to get boxed into “we deliver training.” Mandela’s line is a reminder we’re actually in the…
For years, leadership development followed a familiar shape: identify high-potential employees, send them to a program, hope it sticks. That model is under real pressure — and the emerging thinking on what replaces it is worth paying attention to. From pipeline to pool. The traditional “leadership pipeline” assumed a fairly predictable, linear path into management.…
Who was Judy Garland? Garland was an acclaimed performer whose personal resilience made her an enduring cultural figure. “Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.” — Judy Garland As managers, we spend a lot of our development budget trying to replicate what works. Send them on the…
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