Best Practices in RFP and Content Creation
This month’s questions include best practices for creating content/courses; RFPs/RFIs, Relevance of Learning in 2026. Q: We are new to creating courses and see the terms you use – “content creator” and what others use “authoring tools.” Is there a difference? We have a lot of videos we want to use as separate courses –…
Trends in the Learning System and Tech Space
In the coming weeks, you will learn the Gen-AI terminology you need to know, with definitions (also available as a download in the learning library), and the latest learning technology/systems worth a few eyeballs. Plus, “Product Spotlight” covers one learning system that I dive into with lots of gusto – basically, it is a re-branded…
GenAI, Cybersecurity, and Data Ethics: The World’s fastest-growing job skills for 2025
By Jeff Maggioncalda, CEO, Coursera I’m excited to share Coursera’s fourth annual Job Skills Report, which highlights the critical skills that individuals and institutions are prioritizing for 2025. Drawing from insights across five million enterprise learners and over 7,000 institutional customers, this report provides a data-driven analysis of the trends shaping the future of learning…
Halloween Edition – Trick or Treat?
What kind of kid where you back in the day? One who handed out candy or one who went with toilet paper in hand, a few eggs and a list of neighbors who should experience this type of joy? As an adult, are you someone who hands out candy? Wearing a costume? Or the person…
Gen AI and Your Workforce
Way too many companies think that L&D will put together a plan, and then provide learning to their employees in a quick fashion. They ignore that it takes time. Planning. Strategy. Rollout, and the list goes on. With generative AI, companies are adding it without truly investigating its impact, not just now, but down the…
The LMS Metamorphosis
There is nothing more bothersome than when a vendor tells someone that an LMS is traditional. From there, the term is now placed on the list between scary monsters in your closet and scary monsters under your bed, and a clown watching you while you sleep. When vendors say “traditional,” they often mean an outdated…
Home Built or Commercial for your Learning System
There are two types of learning systems. I’m not talking about an LMS, LXP, combo, TDP, or EXP (drop the name on that), learning platform, or “We are not an LMS, and anyway, they are a dying breed” (I’ve written that is far from true). What I am referring to, is commercial or in-house. In-house…
AI’s Impact on Workforce: Emphasizing Skills Over Roles
Skills, Gig Economy, Training, Learning, Employee Onboarding, Job Role, Workforce Development, and AI-these are not just random words. They are interconnected elements that shape the future of our workforce. What do these seemingly disparate elements have in common? How do they intersect in the context of AI and workforce development? What if we added corporate…
The LMS Transformation
There is nothing more bothersome than when a vendor tells someone that an LMS is traditional. From there, the term is now placed on the list between scary monsters in your closet and scary monsters under your bed, and a clown watching you while you sleep. When vendors say “traditional,” they often mean an outdated…
The AI Guide – R U Asking the Right Questions?
Before diving into the topic this week, you probably realized that you haven’t seen any posts in the last two weeks. There is a reason for that, for those who were unaware. In the cliff notes version it goes like this – I suffered a near-drowning episode at the end of July, which admittingly I…
