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Silent exclusion of L&D We built our leadership program, launched our onboarding tracks, and reached all the deadlines our business wanted. But when C-Suite discusses road maps of market change, talent risk, or transformation, when strategies are set, you are not in the room. This is the reality of exclusion for many learning and development (L&D) leaders. Despite their true contributions, they are not invited to the conversations that shape the future of business. Not because their work is unworthy, but because they do not position themselves as their future strategic enablers. So why does this happen and how do…

Check out the companies that make headlines before the bell. Block – Fintech stocks have skyrocketed 10% as they prepare to officially participate in the S&P 500 before trading begins on July 23rd. PINTEREST – The social media company’s shares jumped over 5% after Morgan Stanley analyst Brian Novac upgraded his shares to overweight. Nowak highlighted the fascinating ratings on Pinterest, highlighting “GPUs allow investments and improved budding engagement and monetization” as the main reason for his new rating. Dollar Tree – Added 2% on Barclays’ equal weight to overweight upgrade. Analyst Seth Sigman said he hopes there will be…

Do dogs judge human personality? Science says that they may not be studying the research Lake Louise Water Lily Invasion One Man’s War with Cascadia Daily News How many waterfalls are there in Up? Meet Michigan men who keep counting Michigan Suburban D Magazine Mall Rat Climate/environment Saturday’s balanced weather flash flood hits DC Metro area The field of disruption. Central NC farmers were devastated by Chantal. Carolina Public Press Today’s floods tell the climate tomorrow’s warning Pandemic We asked sick children for help. We were accused of Sunday Times abuse. Put this here: Parents who are cooperatively coordinating that…

A recent Wall Street Journal story describes how storied diamond monopolist De Beers is in the process of trying to offload its former core diamond operation. Natural diamond sales and pricing have plunged due to the success of synthetic-diamond makers in making larger and larger stones. I looked at a manufactured diamonds deal in the early 1990s. Even the best producers then could fabricate only very small diamonds for industrial use, mainly abrasives. The Journal goes heavy on one reason for the change in consumer appetite, which is price, and lighter on the other, buyer awareness of the horrific conflicts…

Conor here: A good deep dive into the organized chaos at the USDA. By Sky Chadde who has covered the agriculture industry for Investigate Midwest since 2019 and spent much of 2020 focused on the crisis of COVID-19 in meatpacking plants, which included collecting and analyzing data on case counts. He also served as the newsroom’s first managing editor, and is now a full-time reporter. Originally published at Investigate Midwest. Brooke Rollins believes she is waging a new American Revolution, leading a crusade against Biblical darkness and guiding U.S. agriculture into a “golden age.” In her first six months as…

What can we expect from the future of L&D’s AI? There is no denying that the field of learning and development (L&D) has undergone multiple changes in the past few years. This is largely due to the many technological advances we all enjoy. However, it is artificial intelligence (AI) that appears to have the biggest impact on the way we learn. We are already experiencing the adoption of AI into the learning world via chatbots and personalized learning recommendations, but there is much more to it. In this article, we explore what the future of AI in L&D looks like…

Pros and Cons of Scorm, Xapi, and LTI Learning Management Systems (LMS) can deliver almost infinite variety of functions to support all aspects of L&D. However, at the most basic level, you need to make sure that the platform you are considering can provide learning content to learners. This means that the selected LMS can handle the preferred format of the content. This usually revolves around one or more of these three factors. InteractivenessYou want to create and share engaging and interactive learning content. insightWe want to be able to track how learners are involved in learning content. Mutual availabilityOrganizations…

July 14, 2025, by Centre Square, TJ Martinelli. excerpt: Washington state is facing deficit spending by 2028 as lawmakers just clash with taxpayers with the state’s biggest combined tax increase. Washington state spent about $80 billion on its 2013-15 budget, but is expected to spend more than $173 billion in 2025-27, up over 116% in that time. US inflation since 2015 made me laugh [sic] Only 35.63%. Jeffrey A. Singer, Kato of Liberty, July 16, 2025. excerpt: A study published this week in the chronicle of internal medicine at the University of New South Wales found that nicotine E-charest is…

Benefits of Custom Learning in 2025 Teams with dates many years ago, if their teams are still trained using one size eLearning modules, it may be time to rethink. With artificial intelligence (AI) tools becoming mainstream and compliance demands constantly evolving, ready-made content no longer fits that. Custom e-learning in 2025 is more than just a blessing. It is rapidly becoming essential to building a ready, enthusiastic, agile workforce for the future. From content libraries to feature builders Corporate training has traditionally focused on scale rather than specificity. It’s not uncommon to see the same video course or slide deck…

Tariffs, like any tax, cause deaths in the economy. Deadweight losses fall into two categories: the consumption effects of tariffs and the protective effects of tariffs. The consumption effect of tariffs is the lost profits from trade that occurred before tariffs, but now it is best noted that tariffs have raised the price of goods. In customs duties, people pay more and buy fewer units (or pay more for the same amount). Here at Econlog, we spend a lot of our time focusing on the consumption effects of tariffs. In fact, many reports (and claims) were about consumption effects. That…