10 trending L&D strategies you can’t afford to miss

We all know learning isn't a one-size-fits-all endeavor - that’s simply not how the world works. It’s not just individuals that learn differently from one another, the way we learn collectively continues to evolve over time too. And these days, it might feel like those changes are happening faster than L&D can keep up.

The good news is as markets are in flux, new strategies and solutions emerge for L&D teams to discover and adopt. This week’s headline article covers:

• 10 modern strategies your L&D team should know about
• Examples of these learning strategies in practice and their key benefits
• How collaborative learning and a shift to skills focus are transforming L&D for good

Of course, following trends alone doesn’t guarantee success–but staying adaptable, keeping L&D collaborative, and investing in continuous employee development is what will set your workforce apart from the next. 

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By embracing more immersive, accessible, and personalized learning experiences, you can create a culture of continuous improvement and adaptability to help your employees perform their best work. Let’s embark on an exploration of 10 next-level learning and development trends that could help your organization upskill its talent and fill critical skills gaps.

Get a jump start

It’s a challenge to find novel approaches that capture learners’ attention, while also enabling problem-solving and creativity. Design Thinking is a human-centered learning design strategy that creates unique experiences for learners of different backgrounds to achieve this. Discover its 3 pillars and how to implement them in your own organization.

Trust your gut

In David James’ recent article for Forbes, he shares how in the past, a key role of the L&D professional was playing the "sage on the stage"—the person who had made it their business to be well versed in many development concepts and practices. While this has become a pejorative way to denote an outdated mindset, what it actually represents is a time when L&D professionals fell in love with the concept of learning topics.

The love story continues

In L&D, we take our inspiration from many different places. This time, we’re looking to the stratosphere. In this podcast recap, Matthew Gjertsen shares how his former roles as an instructor pilot in the US Air Force, and training & development manager at SpaceX shaped his L&D perspective of impacting performance on an organizational level.

Follow a different path

What if you could convince upper management to see failure, not as a disappointing outcome to be avoided, but as an opportunity to learn? In this podcast episode, we spoke with Dr. Saxton to better understand how “failing fast”, building cultures of feedback, and betting on collaboration have helped her scale L&D programs across her career.

It’s part of the process