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Aha Moments from DevLearn 2025: Why Community Is Still L&D’s Competitive Advantage
For all the focus on AI at DevLearn 2025, some of the most meaningful “aha” moments had nothing to do with technology. Instead, they pointed to something more enduring: the importance of connection, […]
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Play Is the Method, Not the Motivation
Graded environments incentivize defensiveness and performance; games incentivize experimentation.
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Workplace Readiness: Can Higher Education Develop AI-Ready Students?
Internships, simulations, and cross-disciplinary projects can help students practice human-AI collaboration, resilience, and decision-making in environments that mirror the workplace’s ambiguity and complexity.
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The Thirty Under Program Returns in 2026…to DevLearn!
The Learning Guild’s Thirty Under 30 program is back for 2026, and this year it’ll be at DevLearn Conference & Expo (Nov 4-6). Designed to spotlight the next generation of emerging leaders, the program recognizes […]
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Urgent Patience in the Age of AI
The future of learning and development will not be defined by how quickly organizations deploy AI tools. It will be defined by how well their learning systems continue to evolve once their expertise becomes observable.
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Customer Education as a Growth Lever: A Conversation with Debbie Smith, President, CEdMA
Customer education can serve many roles. In some companies, it generates revenue. In others, it reduces churn, lowers support costs, drives adoption, or fuels expansion. The problem is not choosing the wrong role—it’s never asking the question in the first place.
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Debunking L&D Myths: What DevLearn Attendees Want to Change in 2026
At DevLearn, we asked attendees what L&D myths they’re ready to leave behind in 2026. Their answers reveal an industry eager to challenge assumptions and rethink how learning really works. Learning isn’t easy to create One […]
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L&D’s Impact on Career Growth & Mobility
Most HR leaders believe L&D supports progression, but many employees still don’t feel the connection. The good news is that this gap is fixable.
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The Curse of Knowledge: Why L&D Impact Stories Get Lost in Translation & 3 Ways to Fix It
Learning teams that communicate impact clearly and compellingly don’t just win awards. They win budgets, strategic partnerships, organizational credibility, and the recognition their work deserves.
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Learning Leaders as AI Change Agents
Michelle Lentz didn’t open her session with a demo or a prompt. Instead, she started with a question about emotion. At The Learning Guild’s 2026 Trends & Strategies Online Conference (Dec. 3–4, […]