www.TrainingJournal.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/trainingjournal.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/trainingjournal.bsky.social/post/3mvadhx2tti2gFrom empathy to action: How L&D can build compassionate workplaces Nicky McCrudden explores why compassion at work so often stops at good intentions and how L&D can help turn concern into action. Her research identifies skills gaps, workplace beliefs and https://www.trainingjournal.com/2026/content-type/features/from-empathy-to-action-how-ld-can-build-compassionate-workplaces11 Sep 2026 10:15 +0000at://did:plc:ibzzegvxqb6p4rd7nbr4cogc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvadhx2tti2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/trainingjournal.bsky.social/post/3mv6dlxmw2q27TJ conference date update The TJ Conference: L&D Means Business will now take place on 16 March 2027. This gives organisers more time to strengthen the programme, partnerships and participant experience. TJ explains why https://www.trainingjournal.com/2026/content-type/news/tj-conference-date-update10 Sep 2026 15:12 +0000at://did:plc:ibzzegvxqb6p4rd7nbr4cogc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv6dlxmw2q27https://bsky.app/profile/trainingjournal.bsky.social/post/3mv5sz3v2bv2gTJ conference date update The TJ Conference: L&D Means Business will now take place on 16 March 2027. This gives organisers more time to strengthen the programme, partnerships and participant experience. TJ explains why https://www.trainingjournal.com/2026/content-type/opinion/tj-conference-date-update10 Sep 2026 10:15 +0000at://did:plc:ibzzegvxqb6p4rd7nbr4cogc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv5sz3v2bv2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/trainingjournal.bsky.social/post/3mv3t52gwtl27AI is changing work. Is L&D changing fast enough? Dr Ravinder Tulsiani argues that generative AI demands more than basic tool training. L&D must map AI to real work, build judgement and validation skills, update competency frameworks and measure https://www.trainingjournal.com/2026/audience_role/hr/ai-is-changing-work-is-ld-changing-fast-enough09 Sep 2026 15:12 +0000at://did:plc:ibzzegvxqb6p4rd7nbr4cogc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv3t52gwtl27https://bsky.app/profile/trainingjournal.bsky.social/post/3mv3ckb6bb22gTJ Newsflash 9 September – L&D impact, disability training and AI capability gaps The latest L&D news, reports, research and updates, personally compiled by TJ’s Editor, Jo Cook. This week: AI hierarchy risks emerge, leadership behaviour shapes change in others, jobseekers report heavier https://www.trainingjournal.com/2026/content-type/news/tj-newsflash-9-september-ld-impact-disability-training-and-ai-capability-gaps09 Sep 2026 10:15 +0000at://did:plc:ibzzegvxqb6p4rd7nbr4cogc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv3ckb6bb22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/trainingjournal.bsky.social/post/3muwbm7buiv2eFrom cost centre to growth engine: Enter the Chief Revenue Officer of Talent Barb Hyman argues that talent acquisition and talent management must stop operating in silos and start acting as a single business engine. By connecting hiring, internal mobility and learning to https://www.trainingjournal.com/2026/content-type/features/from-cost-centre-to-growth-engine-enter-the-chief-revenue-officer-of-talent07 Sep 2026 10:15 +0000at://did:plc:ibzzegvxqb6p4rd7nbr4cogc/app.bsky.feed.post/3muwbm7buiv2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/trainingjournal.bsky.social/post/3muraofoo4n2zFrom crappy tasks to the C-suite: fixing the female leadership pipeline Women often outperform men on key leadership measures, particularly collaboration, relationships and crisis management, yet barriers still block their route to senior roles. David Buchanan and Steve Macaulay examine the https://www.trainingjournal.com/2026/content-type/features/from-crappy-tasks-to-the-c-suite-fixing-the-female-leadership-pipeline05 Sep 2026 10:15 +0000at://did:plc:ibzzegvxqb6p4rd7nbr4cogc/app.bsky.feed.post/3muraofoo4n2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/trainingjournal.bsky.social/post/3mupasicn3y2cWhat is helping or holding back your L&D impact? Impact depends on more than measurement. This reflection asks whether you have the access, data, permission and support needed to act on what you learn. Use it to sense-check your https://www.trainingjournal.com/2026/content-type/opinion/what-is-helping-or-holding-back-your-ld-impact04 Sep 2026 15:12 +0000at://did:plc:ibzzegvxqb6p4rd7nbr4cogc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mupasicn3y2chttps://bsky.app/profile/trainingjournal.bsky.social/post/3muoq7lj6m42eWhen your boss is an AI bot David Buchanan and Steve Macaulay explore how AI could reshape leadership, from augmenting decision-making to taking over selected management tasks. They examine the benefits, risks and human implications of bot https://www.trainingjournal.com/2026/content-type/features/when-your-boss-is-an-ai-bot04 Sep 2026 10:15 +0000at://did:plc:ibzzegvxqb6p4rd7nbr4cogc/app.bsky.feed.post/3muoq7lj6m42ehttps://bsky.app/profile/trainingjournal.bsky.social/post/3mumqdktmww2eTJ Newsflash 2 September – Compliance, managers, cyber risk and AI performance The latest L&D news, reports, research and updates, personally compiled by TJ’s Editor, Jo Cook. This week: From outdated digital skills and sweeping EU AI rules to chatbot dependence, personal https://www.trainingjournal.com/2026/content-type/news/tj-newsflash-2-september-compliance-managers-cyber-risk-and-ai-performance03 Sep 2026 15:12 +0000at://did:plc:ibzzegvxqb6p4rd7nbr4cogc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumqdktmww2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/trainingjournal.bsky.social/post/3mum7qqczmd2yExecutive sponsorship is mostly theatre. Here’s what real looks like Ben Satchwell argues most executive sponsorship is theatre: a budget sign-off, a launch email, a kick-off cameo. Prosci research shows active, visible sponsorship is the biggest driver of change success. https://www.trainingjournal.com/2026/content-type/opinion/executive-sponsorship-is-mostly-theatre-heres-what-real-looks-like03 Sep 2026 10:15 +0000at://did:plc:ibzzegvxqb6p4rd7nbr4cogc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mum7qqczmd2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/trainingjournal.bsky.social/post/3mujpbk6i5o2yTJ podcast: L&D needs to stop talking about learning, with Cathy Hoy – episode 332 What does it take for L&D leaders to now think more commercially, connect learning to business outcomes and move way beyond delivery? Cathy Hoy talks strategic thinking, the limits of https://www.trainingjournal.com/2026/content-type/podcast/tj-podcast-ld-needs-to-stop-talking-about-learning-with-cathy-hoy-episode-33202 Sep 2026 10:15 +0000at://did:plc:ibzzegvxqb6p4rd7nbr4cogc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mujpbk6i5o2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/trainingjournal.bsky.social/post/3muhpfpxkpz2aThe future of work isn’t a younger workforce. It’s more flexibility Sara Daw argues that L&D must look beyond traditional full-time employment to unlock the value of a multigenerational workforce. By embracing fractional, flexible and blended working models, organisations can retain https://www.trainingjournal.com/2026/content-type/opinion/the-future-of-work-isnt-a-younger-workforce-its-more-flexibility01 Sep 2026 15:12 +0000at://did:plc:ibzzegvxqb6p4rd7nbr4cogc/app.bsky.feed.post/3muhpfpxkpz2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/trainingjournal.bsky.social/post/3muh6st7hbn2yThe AI fire hydrant: L&D’s new job is to redesign the pipework AI can make the creation of work dramatically faster. Unless L&D helps their organisation to change how work moves, gets judged and turns into value, the result will be pressure, https://www.trainingjournal.com/2026/content-type/opinion/the-ai-fire-hydrant-lds-new-job-is-to-redesign-the-pipework01 Sep 2026 10:15 +0000at://did:plc:ibzzegvxqb6p4rd7nbr4cogc/app.bsky.feed.post/3muh6st7hbn2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/trainingjournal.bsky.social/post/3mueodtpqgg2iWhy AI automation fails when organisations move too fast Redesign workflows before deploying AI to avoid costly failures and build responsible automation. Dr Wendy Lynch explains what organisations can learn from flawed chatbots, biased recruitment tools and rushed cost-cutting, https://www.trainingjournal.com/2026/content-type/opinion/why-ai-automation-fails-when-organisations-move-too-fast31 Aug 2026 10:15 +0000at://did:plc:ibzzegvxqb6p4rd7nbr4cogc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mueodtpqgg2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/trainingjournal.bsky.social/post/3mu54x6qn4425The skills gap putting your hiring at risk, and what it’s really costing you Background screening is often treated as an administrative task, but its risks demand far greater capability and consistency. In this article, Mat Armstrong argues that for L&D and HR leaders, https://www.trainingjournal.com/2026/audience_role/experienced_landd/the-skills-gap-putting-your-hiring-at-risk-and-what-its-really-costing-you28 Aug 2026 10:15 +0000at://did:plc:ibzzegvxqb6p4rd7nbr4cogc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu54x6qn4425https://bsky.app/profile/trainingjournal.bsky.social/post/3mu2mibiioy25The executive pipeline is missing neurodivergent leaders Redefine leadership around outcomes rather than personality to stop neurodivergent talent being overlooked. Dr Jo Perkins explains how narrow executive archetypes, subjective promotion processes and low psychological safety exclude capable https://www.trainingjournal.com/2026/content-type/opinion/the-executive-pipeline-is-missing-neurodivergent-leaders27 Aug 2026 10:15 +0000at://did:plc:ibzzegvxqb6p4rd7nbr4cogc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu2mibiioy25https://bsky.app/profile/trainingjournal.bsky.social/post/3mty3z7xnh625TJ Newsflash 26 August – AI productivity, wasted work and digital skills gaps The latest L&D news, reports, research and updates, personally compiled by TJ’s Editor, Jo Cook. This week: AI capability gaps, synthetic managers, security scares and agent readiness dominate this week, https://www.trainingjournal.com/2026/content-type/news/tj-newsflash-26-august-ai-productivity-wasted-work-and-digital-skills-gaps26 Aug 2026 10:15 +0000at://did:plc:ibzzegvxqb6p4rd7nbr4cogc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mty3z7xnh625https://bsky.app/profile/trainingjournal.bsky.social/post/3mtvlkco2522qFrom unburdening the brain to bouncing back: Rethinking stress and resilience at work Design behaviour, don’t demand willpower: this article draws on Make Your Brain Work episodes with Amy Brann to explain why change snaps back to old habits. Learn how biology drives https://www.trainingjournal.com/2026/content-type/opinion/from-unburdening-the-brain-to-bouncing-back-rethinking-stress-and-resilience-at-work25 Aug 2026 10:15 +0000at://did:plc:ibzzegvxqb6p4rd7nbr4cogc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtvlkco2522qhttps://bsky.app/profile/trainingjournal.bsky.social/post/3mtt33ec54t2bMy journey from HR to the c-suite, and what I learned along the way A cold shift in a supermarket set an unexpected career in motion. Tom Emery traces the decisions led to the C-suite. Reflecting on setbacks, stretch roles and hard-won lessons, he https://www.trainingjournal.com/2026/content-type/features/my-journey-from-hr-to-the-c-suite-and-what-i-learned-along-the-way24 Aug 2026 10:15 +0000at://did:plc:ibzzegvxqb6p4rd7nbr4cogc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtt33ec54t2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/trainingjournal.bsky.social/post/3mtljokxgxn26John Adair’s three circles still shape better leadership A timeless framework for modern challenges, Action-Centred Leadership still offers leaders a clear way to balance results, relationships and individual needs under intense modern pressure. Steve Macaulay shows how John https://www.trainingjournal.com/2026/audience_role/new_to_landd/john-adairs-three-circles-still-shape-better-leadership21 Aug 2026 10:15 +0000at://did:plc:ibzzegvxqb6p4rd7nbr4cogc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtljokxgxn26https://bsky.app/profile/trainingjournal.bsky.social/post/3mtgzdpkdg62sTJ Newsflash 19 August – AI reshapes expertise, careers, productivity and mental workload The latest L&D news, reports, research and updates, personally compiled by TJ’s Editor, Jo Cook. This week: AI fuels cognitive strain in teams and raises questions over who manages hybrid https://www.trainingjournal.com/2026/content-type/news/tj-newsflash-19-august-ai-reshapes-expertise-careers-productivity-and-mental-workload19 Aug 2026 15:12 +0000at://did:plc:ibzzegvxqb6p4rd7nbr4cogc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtgzdpkdg62shttps://bsky.app/profile/trainingjournal.bsky.social/post/3mtgiqrvkag2bBeyond the management ladder: Why Gen Z is redefining career success Rethink training, leadership and career progression to retain Gen Z talent. Tara Ceranic Salinas explains why younger workers value time, flexibility, mastery and meaningful impact over traditional management titles, and https://www.trainingjournal.com/2026/content-type/features/beyond-the-management-ladder-why-gen-z-is-redefining-career-success19 Aug 2026 10:15 +0000at://did:plc:ibzzegvxqb6p4rd7nbr4cogc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtgiqrvkag2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/trainingjournal.bsky.social/post/3mtdybtnkwh26Training has 24 months to prove its worth Brad Batesole proposes that AI gives L&D leaders a rare chance to prove learning’s impact on performance and business results. As budgets tighten and scrutiny grows, organisations that measure what https://www.trainingjournal.com/2026/content-type/features/training-has-24-months-to-prove-its-worth18 Aug 2026 10:15 +0000at://did:plc:ibzzegvxqb6p4rd7nbr4cogc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtdybtnkwh26https://bsky.app/profile/trainingjournal.bsky.social/post/3mtbyfvwoak2qTJ podcast: Building L&D influence in a changing world, with Don Taylor – episode 331 Showing value, building influence and developing the skills to operate strategically are becoming increasingly urgent priorities for L&D. In this TJ podcast conversation, Jo Cook and Don Taylor explore AI-driven https://www.trainingjournal.com/2026/content-type/podcast/tj-podcast-building-ld-influence-in-a-changing-world-with-don-taylor-episode-33117 Aug 2026 15:12 +0000at://did:plc:ibzzegvxqb6p4rd7nbr4cogc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtbyfvwoak2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/trainingjournal.bsky.social/post/3mtbhsymy7a24How to cut L&D costs without reducing headcount If budget costs are looking imminent, rather than draw up a list of redundancies, Ryan Austin suggests looking to see where other costs can be improved. Explore three overlooked operational https://www.trainingjournal.com/2026/content-type/features/how-to-cut-ld-costs-without-reducing-headcount17 Aug 2026 10:15 +0000at://did:plc:ibzzegvxqb6p4rd7nbr4cogc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtbhsymy7a24https://bsky.app/profile/trainingjournal.bsky.social/post/3mszwgau3ac2lAI should enable your L&D goals, not hijack them AI will not transform learning through technology alone, warns Gaurav Gupta. For L&D leaders, the real value comes from aligning AI with strategic goals, engaging practitioners in experimentation, and addressing https://www.trainingjournal.com/2026/content-type/opinion/ai-should-enable-your-ld-goals-not-hijack-them14 Aug 2026 10:15 +0000at://did:plc:ibzzegvxqb6p4rd7nbr4cogc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mszwgau3ac2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/trainingjournal.bsky.social/post/3msxfxa23f725Coaching’s identity crisis The coaching industry may look fragmented and fiercely competitive, but Angela Cox feels it is better understood as a profession still evolving. As models multiply and practitioners adapt what they https://www.trainingjournal.com/2026/content-type/features/coachings-identity-crisis13 Aug 2026 10:15 +0000at://did:plc:ibzzegvxqb6p4rd7nbr4cogc/app.bsky.feed.post/3msxfxa23f725https://bsky.app/profile/trainingjournal.bsky.social/post/3msvg3bejhk2uTJ Newsflash 12 August – L&D conferences, AI challenges and local skills plans The latest L&D news, reports, research and updates, personally compiled by TJ’s Editor, Jo Cook. This week: LN Connect conference looks ahead to L&D’s future, while research explores meditation, human https://www.trainingjournal.com/2026/content-type/news/tj-newsflash-12-august-ld-conferences-ai-challenges-and-local-skills-plans12 Aug 2026 15:12 +0000at://did:plc:ibzzegvxqb6p4rd7nbr4cogc/app.bsky.feed.post/3msvg3bejhk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/trainingjournal.bsky.social/post/3msuvij47vh2iReviewers don’t become advocates, co-designers do Ben Satchwell argues that review rounds create judges, not champions. Sending a near-final capability framework for comment builds critique, not ownership. Co-design brings influential practitioners into the room early, at https://www.trainingjournal.com/2026/content-type/opinion/reviewers-dont-become-advocates-co-designers-do12 Aug 2026 10:15 +0000at://did:plc:ibzzegvxqb6p4rd7nbr4cogc/app.bsky.feed.post/3msuvij47vh2i