A plain language look at what the EU AI Act and California's AI Transparency Act actually require of the courses, avatars, and voiceovers you're building this year, and what they don't. A member in the #IgniteLearning community sent me a message in our community...

You built the module. You got the approvals. You hit publish. And then... nothing. No one mentions it. No one notices the extra hours you put into making it good. It just becomes one more thing sitting in the LMS. If that sounds familiar, you are not alone. I have...

Here is what I think, and here is the specific thing you can do about it, whether it applies to you or someone you know. We have spent this month naming a pattern. The meeting where careful work gets called “just slides.” The gap between holding the L&D title and...

Not a sales page. A look at what surfaces when someone finally maps the whole picture. A few months ago, I sat down with a new client I, to chat about some onboarding they thought they needed. I see this kind of request a lot. A mid-size company, a few hundred...

Some of you already carry the title. Here is the gap nobody names for you. In my last post, I talked about the meeting where months of design work gets called “just slides.” I heard back from a few of you, and one theme kept showing up. Some version of, “I am not even...

You already know the moment I mean. Here is what it reveals, and why you have been carrying it alone. When you read that title, did you immediately feel deflated, or say in your head, “ughhh, yes, I feel this.” If you did, I can relate. Let’s set this up a bit. You...

Last weekend I ran the short course pack burro race in Fairplay, Colorado, with Josie the burro, and it might be the toughest race I’ve done, ultras included. When I crossed the finish line, exhausted and a little wobbly, a stranger walked up, congratulated me, and...

You already know what the work was worth. Here is how to say it in the room where it matters. This is the last of our 4 week series, From Builder to Strategist: How to Use AI with Intention and Prove Your Work is Working. Thanks for joining me this month. There is a...

Not a prompt list. Not a feature tour. This is what changes when you know what you are trying to solve before you open the chat window. Let me describe a scenario that will probably sound familiar. You have a project due. The timeline is tighter than it should be. You...

The field has moved. AI curiosity is over. Here is what we are being asked to do now, and why it lands on us. There was a period, not that long ago, where showing up to a meeting with an AI-generated first draft felt like a flex. You were early. You were curious. You...

The language you use to describe your work is shaping what your organization asks of you. Here's what happens when you change it. A prospective client came to me a couple of weeks ago with a straightforward request. He had a newly merged executive team of eight senior...

Your skepticism about AI content is correct. Not the version that says AI will replace instructional designers. That's a different argument and not the one we're having here. I mean the specific, grounded skepticism that says: I have seen the outputs, I know what flat...