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Jan 13, 2026

Learning design work is often accompanied by various forms of uncertainty — ambiguous performance needs, vaguely defined scope, shifting stakeholder expectations...

In his book The Instructional Designer's Guide to Project Management, Dr Guieswende Rouamba describes this condition as 'the fog of instructional design'....

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Jan 6, 2026

Since its first release in 1978, A Manager's Guide to Self-Development has been one of the go-to texts for new and aspiring managers. Now in its seventh edition, authors Mike Pedler and Joan Keevil join Gemma and Ross G to discuss:

  • why self-development is so key to a manager's capabilities
  • what has changed since the...

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Dec 23, 2025

Yippee-ki-yay, Christmas Turkeys! In our final episode of The Mindtools L&D Podcast for 2025, the gang are climbing to the top of Nakatomi Plaza: foiling a criminal plot and solving L&D challenges as we go.

We answer:

  • What rule exists at work that, if broken, would have the biggest impact on performance? (Tony)
  • What...

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Dec 16, 2025

The promise of self-directed learning is that employees will take charge of their own development, if we only create the environment for them to do so. But does this actually happen?

In this week's episode of The Mindtools L&D Podcast, Mindtools Kineo Head of Product Daniel Potter joins Ross G and Gemma to discuss...

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Dec 10, 2025

What a year it was! In this week's episode of The Mindtools L&D Podcast, HowNow's Nelson Sivalingam joins Ross G and Ross D to reflect on 2025 and look to emerging trends in 2026. We discuss:

  • AI (obviously) and how it's evolving
  • the rise of instructor-led training
  • how market consolidation is changing the choice of...

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