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TJ podcast: Disruption in work and learning – episode 318

AI disruption, accessibility, innovation, modern learning, and leadership with Jeremy Snape, Laura Overton and more.

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A Manager’s Guide to Self-Development – book review What does it take to become a better manager, and can a book help? Olga Anishenkova explores The Manager’s Guide to Self-Development, examining its practical exercises, reflective approach and emphasis trainingjournal.com/2026/content-t…

Gen Z doesn’t want another training course Gen Z is taking control of its professional development, but traditional training approaches risk holding young workers back. Trent Cotton explores why self-directed learning is reshaping expectations and how L&D trainingjournal.com/2026/content-t…

The L&D playbook for building psychological safety into teams Teams do not become safe to fail through slogans or good intentions alone. Dr Melisa Buie explains why leaders must model openness first, before teams can build stronger norms around trainingjournal.com/2026/content-t…

Learning that lasts: Belief is the first barrier to building skills Upskilling spend is soaring, but the skills gap is still yawning. The missing piece is rarely the content… It’s what learners believe about themselves when it gets difficult that counts. trainingjournal.com/2026/content-t…

From 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 trainingjournal.com/2026/content-t…

TJ 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 trainingjournal.com/2026/content-t…

TJ 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 trainingjournal.com/2026/content-t…

AI 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 trainingjournal.com/2026/audience_…

What 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 trainingjournal.com/2026/content-t…

When 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 trainingjournal.com/2026/content-t…

The 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, trainingjournal.com/2026/content-t…

My 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 trainingjournal.com/2026/content-t…

Training 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 trainingjournal.com/2026/content-t…

How 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 trainingjournal.com/2026/content-t…

Coaching’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 trainingjournal.com/2026/content-t…

AI is exposing L&D’s value problem Generative AI is accelerating content creation, but Dr Ravinder Tulsiani argues that speed and volume are not the same as value. For L&D, the real opportunity is to move beyond trainingjournal.com/2026/content-t…

From intention to action: Designing behaviour that makes change stick Don’t demand just willpower! This article draws on two Make Your Brain Work podcast episodes with Amy Brann and Dr Jessie Gulsin to explain why change snaps back to old trainingjournal.com/2026/content-t…

Good leaders don’t avoid office politics Leaders who want to drive effective change cannot afford to ignore office politics, much as they might want to. Far from being manipulative, political skill helps people build trust, read trainingjournal.com/2026/content-t…

AI adoption has a people problem, not a tech problem Jennie Marshall argues that while organisations are investing heavily in AI, too few are turning pilots into meaningful impact. The real barrier is not technology but leadership, culture and capability. trainingjournal.com/2026/content-t…

TJ Newsflash 15 July – AI’s next phase depends on people and trust The latest L&D news, reports, research and updates, personally compiled by TJ’s Editor, Jo Cook. This week: Why HR lags on AI, the skills employers really prize, Britain’s huge £69bn trainingjournal.com/2026/content-t…