As Wimbledon unfolds, Ang Brennan, Head of Learning and Talent at Insights, draws powerful parallels between elite tennis and the modern workplace. In this piece, she reveals what L&D leaders can ...

We all know our childhood helps shape the adult we become. But we tend to underestimate just how much our early experiences shape us, and just how much our pasts continue to affect how we behave today ...

AI is already reshaping your business – is your learning team ready? In this piece, Liz Naylor and Lior Locher, senior learning consultants at NIIT, challenge you to rethink your value, strategy, and ...

Effective approaches for L&D Are you struggling to get the budget, resources, and support you need for your L&D programmes? Winning over the C-suite—the group of top executives such as CEO, CFO, and ...

Like many terms, the phrase ‘learning transfer’ seems to mean different things to different people. In organisational learning, it usually refers to the operationalisation of ‘learning’ that has ...

What if resistance to change isn’t the enemy, but a crucial ally? Kurt Lewin, a pioneer of organisational psychology, once said “ If you want truly to understand something, try to change it ”. Many of ...

What L&D teams should be doing right now This AI action plan isn’t just a government to-do list. It’s a wake-up call for L&D professionals everywhere. If you’re in the business of developing people, ...

Welcome to part eight in our back-to-basics series on learning and development. This instalment revisits a core practice: learning outcomes and objectives. Getting this right helps you design training ...

With today’s diverse workforce spanning five generations, coupled with the effects of globalisation and the demand for innovative solutions in a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) ...

Discover the five factors impacting the public sector skills landscape in this new report from TrainingZone and The Open University. Nearly two-thirds (66%) of public sector organisations face skills ...

From analysing the activities of 240 people-first organisations, HRZone’s Culture Pioneers campaign reveals four workplace culture trends to pay attention to. As a media partner for the campaign, ...

A final word Feedback receptiveness isn’t a soft skill; it’s a critical driver of individual and organisational growth. By equipping people with the tools to process feedback constructively and ...