Learning Design Resources for L&D Pros

🤖 Learning Campaign Planner (AI Sidekick)

Don't launch training and hope. This AI sidekick plans the whole rollout, from pre-launch to spaced reinforcement and measurement, so your program actually lands and sticks.

AI Sidekicks Learning Design Learning Strategy

🤖 Assessment Builder (AI Sidekick)

Build assessments that test whether people can actually do the thing, not just recall it. Knowledge checks, scenario questions, rubrics, and observation checklists, aligned to your objectives.

AI Sidekicks Enablement Learning Design

🤖 Scenario Builder (AI Sidekick)

Build practice that feels real. This AI sidekick helps L&D pros design branching scenarios and role-plays where learners make real decisions and see results.

AI Sidekicks Learning Design

Why more training makes behavior change harder

Learning often fails because we push harder when we should remove the barrier in the way. Here's what persuasion psychology says about getting people to change.

Learning Design

Stop shrinking content. Start shrinking behavior: why microlearning isn’t changing anything

Microlearning consists of short videos with quizzes. That's micro-content, not microlearning. The version that changes behavior is different.

Learning Design

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Your one-on-one training is missing the part that matters most

Manager training programs obsess over the 30-minute meeting. But the behaviors that build trust, drive engagement, and make direct reports actually look forward to one-on-ones all happen between meetings. Here's what L&D teams should be training instead.

Leadership Learning Design

How to use scenario-based learning to engage learners (without a big budget)

Most training scenarios fail because they're too predictable. Learn how to design stories that engage through ambiguity, emotion, and realistic workplace pressure.

Learning Design

L&D professionals are built to lead change — here’s how to leverage that advantage

Discover how you already have the skills to lead workplace change. Learn how to shift from fixing problems to preventing them and help your company succeed.

Learning Design

Your learning programs are built on fake jobs (here's how to fix it)

Most learning programs are built around "fake jobs" - rigid role definitions that don't reflect how work actually gets done. The solution? Start with actual tasks and work outputs, not job descriptions. Here's how to build learning programs that create business agility instead of compliance theater.

Learning Design

Stop making training about you (your learners will thank you)

Your training anxiety is a learning experience problem. Julie Ria's "Before I Speak" method transforms how L&D pros show up for learners - and the results are immediate.

Learning Design

The 10 laws of great L&D programs

What separates L&D programs that drive real behavior change from forgotten checkbox exercises? Brandon Cestrone identified 10 make-or-break principles that transform good programs into great ones.

Learning Design

Your learners aren't lazy. They're human.

A practical guide for L&D professionals who want real engagement, not fake participation

Learning Design Facilitation

Eight moments when learners need you the most

Are you focusing on the right moments in your L&D strategy? Discover the eight critical career crossroads where learners desperately need your support, not during scheduled training, but in those messy, unplanned moments that define careers.

Learning Design Consulting

🤖 Roast My Learning Content (AI Sidekick)

Tear apart your learning content before you ship it. Paste an outline, deck, objectives, or activity, and this AI sidekick gives honest feedback, with real fixes, on whether it will actually teach.

AI Sidekicks Learning Design

6 behavior change levers every L&D pro should know & apply

Learn how to design learning experiences that drive real behavior change. This breakdown reveals the six powerful "levers" that influence how people learn & adopt new behaviors.

Learning Design

70:20:10 learning model: How people learn at work

The 70:20:10 model reveals that effective workplace learning happens through 70% experience, 20% social interaction, and 10% formal training. Learn how L&D professionals can apply this research-backed framework to design learning that actually drives performance.

Glossary Learning Design

🤖 Course Designer (AI Sidekick)

Create your perfect course with our AI-powered sidekick. Simply share your target audience and topics, and watch as detailed lesson plans, learning objectives, and course materials come to life. Get started in minutes and save hours of planning time.

AI Sidekicks Learning Design

Stop building training programs; start shaping systems

Learn how to design better performance interventions by looking at the whole system - not just creating more training - and transform how learning happens in your organization.

Learning Design

Change management frameworks cheat sheet

Need to drive change in your learning organization? You're in the right place. This cheat sheet breaks down six proven change management frameworks into practical, bite-sized pieces for L&D pros.

Learning Design

How to apply product management principles to learning design

Transform how you design learning by thinking like a product manager. This breakdown shows you how to move from traditional training programs to targeted, evolving solutions that drive real performance change. Learn ways to test ideas quickly, gather meaningful feedback, and scale what works.

Learning Design