Dead On Arrival
Learning Designers often face an uphill battle against learner apathy, backed into a corner by industry workflows and unsupportive stakeholders. Liz Kollias and Natalie Wieland outline a plan to empower struggling L&D pros.
False Idols of Metrics
Join us as dynamic duo Penny PM and Opal Operations team up in the pursuit of better data that doesn't rely on asking NPS and ROTI for miracles.
Screw the Leaderboard
The more you "gamify" L&D, the less seriously people take it. Jenna Deyle joins Hell and D from the Learning Rejects Conference to flip gamification on its head.
The Cost of Working Alone
I want to be careful about how strongly I put this, because ours is a field with a long history of big brain-related claims, but there are some things that we know: Isolation appears to degrade the quality of our thinking.
Dear Gencifier... It’s Not Me, It’s You.
"We talk about imposter syndrome as if it’s a personal flaw. A mindset issue. Something fragile or lacking within the individual. What I’ve experienced is that imposter syndrome seems to be an external affliction installed through repeated exposure to subtle undermining and dismissive behaviour."
Designing the Digital Handmaiden: How AI Design Encodes Gender Bias
From Siri to Scarlett Johansson-inspired voices, AI design didn't eliminate gender bias; it redesigned it into an assistant that cannot complain.
Hero's Journey
Discover the origin story of a real life learning hero, as we follow Manisha's journey on a learning apprenticeship.
Just A Girl?
Instructional Designer, Ivonne Martin, recounts a career across industries where, despite ability, she faced a constant battle for recognition, all because she was "just a girl".
Smashing Boardrooms, Taking Names
As if women don’t have enough going on already, we don’t need our credibility constantly questioned. It’s time we stop playing nice and demand the respect and place we’ve worked so hard to earn.
No Girls Allowed
Are there forces working to keep the learning and development industry a place where men thrive and women struggle to survive? If such a secret cadre of men exists, I definitely don’t count myself among them but is being a bloke with good intentions enough to change the status quo?
