For more than 75 years, an important part of ATDs work has been to establish standards of excellence for our profession through our competency research. In late 2018, ATD began the research...

Isnt a lot of the work LD already does really just a form of curation? You identify topics, and that leads you to a collection of resources from which you cull the best information to...

By now, youve likely heard that there are myths that continue to plague our industry, ranging across topics such as learning styles, Millennials, attention spans, and many more. What are we...

According to Deloittes latest human capital research, 47 percent of HR and business leaders consider developing new career trajectories and skills to be very important. To assure...

In a recent post, Moving Modern Learning Beyond Buzzwords, I discussed common phases like agile, embedded, micro, and immediate. We want to know that our programs are aligned with and...

Business data is vast and easily accessed, but its also disparate and often lacks the contextual power of a narrative. Sales professionals are uniquely positioned to turn this challenge...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is the buzz phrase du jour. Every supplier is talking about how AI is being baked into their products.

AI is changing productivity and data analytics in the workplace, and talent development pros are beginning to get on board with this new technology.

Microlearning, or nanolearning --- defined as providing learning material in short bursts that anyone can access anytime --- is being touted as the next big thing. We all have personal...

Many LD professionals are on a quest for the training Holy Grail: micro-learning. They want to know how to help people acquire knowledge in five minutes or lessgenerous LD folks might say...