The Learning Curve - L&D
Expertly curated content and insights, for Learning and Development professionals
Skills-Based Organisations: Buzzword or Blueprint?
Skills are changing as technology evolves. Your organisation needs to be on board that train.
By Tom Ayres
Learning Culture vs. Learning Technology
Why the best LMS in the world can't manufacture a culture that doesn't already value growth
By Tom Ayres
The Manager Is the LMS
Training transfer depends less on the platform and more on what happens after the course ends
By Tom Ayres
Learning Data and the GDPR Problem
What your LMS actually holds on employees, and who's liable when it goes wrong
By Tom Ayres
Completion Rate is a Vanity Metric
Why 94% completion tells you almost nothing about whether training worked...
By Tom Ayres
Benchmarking Yourself Against Nobody
Why "is this normal?" is the hardest question in L&D to answer with any confidence
By Tom Ayres
What Regulators Actually Look For
A former auditor's view on what 'audit-ready' actually needs to mean before you sign
By Tom Ayres
Compliance Training Is a Liability Shield, Not a Tick-box
Why delivery isn't protection and what auditors actually look for when it counts
By Tom Ayres
Built-In vs. Best-of-Breed: When Is Your HRIS's Learning Module Enough?
Why 1 in 8 of enterprises choose the native module even when it loses the feature comparison — and how to know if you should too.
By Tom Ayres
The Great LMS Consolidation
Private equity, takeovers and strengthening market position; what does this mean for the learning tech space?
By Tom Ayres
The Manager Adoption Problem
Authenticity matters; now the trick is how to enable your managers.
By Tom Ayres
Content Migration Is Where LMS Switches Go to Die
Not glamorous, but crucial support- the Spanx of your LMS implementation outfit.
By Tom Ayres
Why LMS Projects Fail After the Contract Is Signed
A wedding day is not the end-goal, but the start of a marriage - contract signature day is the same.
By Tom Ayres
Buying Committee Dysfunction
A missing voice could mean a bad choice
By Tom Ayres
The Demo Trap
Restore some balance as a buyer by knowing the pitfalls
By Tom Ayres
The Hidden Cost of a Bad LMS Choice
Marry in Haste, Repent at Leisure
By Tom Ayres
AI in L&D: Personalisation Is Where It Actually Earns Its Keep
Make sure your vendor has the capability to support this.
By Tom Ayres
The Learning–Turnover Link, In Numbers
Apple Turnovers are Great, Staff Turnover, not so much...
By Tom Ayres
"What If We Train Them and They Leave?"
....."What If We Don't and They Stay"?!
By Tom Ayres
The Skills Gap Isn't Coming. It's Already Here.
Is Your Organisation Prepared to Bridge It?
By Tom Ayres
LMS ROI: Show Us the Receipts
When your CFO comes knocking, will you be able to demonstrate Return On Investment?
By Tom Ayres
The LMS Shortlist Everyone Gets Wrong Before It Even Starts
Is your buying process shaping the strategy or vice-versa?
By Tom Ayres
RFI vs. RFP vs. Just Asking an AI Chatbot
The AI-shortcut route is fast but structurally unreliable...
By Tom Ayres