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The true impact of immersive learning Immersive learning has become a buzzword in L&D, but its true value lies in how learning sticks and drives business outcomes. By moving beyond passive content to interactive, emotional and practical experiences, organizations can accelerate onboarding, deepen engagement and build long-lasting skills. I’ll never forget the first time I posted a VR headset for a work training session. Suddenly, I wasn’t just reading about complicated processes. I was in it, I was able to make decisions, solve problems, and learn in real time from mistakes. It was a revelation. As someone who has spent…
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“The economic burden… of not intervening in the prevention and reduction of childhood overweight and obesity is up to $1.8 trillion in the case of Mexico.” The Trump Administration, to its credit, has produced a wide-ranging report on what it sees as the main drivers of disease in American children — something that has been sorely lacking from any other White House. Those drivers include lifestyle factors, such as addiction to smart phones, tablets and lack of exercise, the increase in routine immunisations given to children, which is debatable, and over-dependence on ultra-processed foods, which now account for almost 70%…
BRIAN KENNY: In the world of consumer products, it’s rare to witness a company not only create a new category but dominate it so completely that its name becomes shorthand for the experience itself. But what happens when that dominance breeds complacency? When innovation turns inward, partnerships fray, and a string of public missteps erode consumer trust. Today’s case dives into the anatomy of a corporate turnaround, exploring how a once beloved brand lost its way, how bold private ownership enabled radical transformation, and how a new CEO reignited a growth engine that many believed had stalled out for good.…
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. Reporting Highlights A “Valid” Threat: Schools must use threat assessments to determine if a threat of mass violence is “valid,” but they often carry them out inconsistently. No State Transparency: Tennessee is supposed to track how effective schools’ threat assessments are, but the state does not release that information to the public. Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Experts say it’s dangerous for schools to expel students without plans…
I should probably be writing about something more important. But the title of a Washington Post article, posted above, illustrates how ChatGPT is accelerating Western progress towards Peak Stupid and mainstream outlets are happily reinforcing the trend. A new focus of ChatGPT queries is advice to women on bettering their looks, allegedly for the purpose of attracting or retaining male partners. The Internet intensified the appearance arms race, particularly among women.1 The Fox blonde hottie newscaster look has spread to mainstream shows. Internet dating has put a premium on photo-friendly faces. Before, fashion magazine covers regularly had airbrushed, as in…
Yves here, It is striking to see the degree to which Trump is all about maximizing his shows of personal power, no matter what it costs the US economically or in terms of international position. What, for instance, is the point of alienating Canada? Accelerating the dollar losing its attraction to foreign investors? Destroying US (admittedly slipping due to competition from China) leadership in the sciences? The appeal overseas of studying at top US universities? The article below focuses on one aspect of this conduct, the Trump team taking a wrecking ball to US programs that provide various forms of…
Unlock Editor’s Digest Lock for FreeFT editor Roula Khalaf will select your favorite stories in this weekly newsletter.EU regulators are planning their first stress tests to look for vulnerabilities in non-bank financial systems, reflecting fears about the rapid growth of unregulated groups such as hedge funds and private equity.The plan by the European authorities follows a similar debut exercise by the Bank of England last year to investigate the impact of a potential market crisis on the broader financial system, including pension funds and insurance companies.Officials from the EU’s major financial watchdog agency are still discussing details of system-wide stress…
Tennessee Republican lawmakers are calling for a federal investigation into Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell’s handling of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations, adding that he will not step back.Tennessee Rep. Andy Ogres, R-Tenn; said in a post about X that, with support from the House Judiciary Committee, it has formally requested all documents and communications from O’Connell’s office related to the protection of illegal immigration.Specifically, Ogles has requested documents related to “Amendment to Executive Order 30,” calling it a “outrageous directive that requires Nashville employees and first responders to report all communications with federal immigration authorities directly to the…
In the Wall Street Journal, “Gas-powered Vehicle Release Date,” on May 22, 2025 (printed), the journal editors insist on removing the California government’s mandate, which calls for a number that increases year by year in terms of car manufacturers’ sales. By 2026, that number should be 35%. In 2023, I wrote about why we stay away and why we don’t do it. But along the way, the journal editor makes a basic price theory mistake. They write: Automakers warn that quotas will force them to produce fewer gas vehicles. Prices will almost certainly rise to offset EV EV losses. no.…