Providers sharpen their positioning around skills, data and outcomes, as differentiation becomes harder across platforms. We ask vendors how they define their offer and what sets them apart.
Interviews, analysis and on-the-ground perspectives from LT2026.
A bite-sized news round up: Digital Learning Market; Model Context Protocol; L&D Working Conditions; Evidence Informed Practice Conference Preview; Plus all the headlines from Learning News.
Speed isn't the same as learning. iSpring's next webinar with Dr Cris Wildermuth asks what good design actually looks like once AI is doing the heavy lifting on content.
The Training & Development Summit provides an invaluable opportunity for senior professionals responsible for their organisation’s learning & development requirements and forward-thinking suppliers.
Visit www.mindtools-kineo.com or come and meet us in person at stand F25
Thrive has unveiled its most intelligent release yet, putting a team of AI Agents at the heart of every employee experience. Alongside this, the Spring Release introduces new Mentoring capabilities, chat, and a suite of unique platform enhancements that mark Thrive's most ambitious step yet towards shaping the future of learning.
Talvi is making its world debut at Learning Technologies 2026 with a range of capabilities that are hard to match: 100% SCORM decryption, an MCP Server and an MCP Store, 95% lower AI token use, 'human in the loop' data cleaner and zero-hallucination cited answers from ringfenced content.
New Multi-Agent Systems help enterprise L&D teams create, translate, and continuously update global training content as markets, regulations, and business needs change.
London, UK – 28.04.2026 – Fuse, a leading Learning Management System (LMS), is proud to announce the official launch of Fuse 4.2 and Lyra at Learning Technologies 2026, Stand C35.
Totara, a global leader in learning management technologies, has announced the winners of the 2026 Totara Partner Awards, celebrating outstanding achievements across its global partner network.
PageTiger is introducing new AI-powered features and a Learning Suite of customisable, interactive templates designed to help HR and L&D teams create accessible, engaging training for diverse and neurodivergent workforces.
Animaker introduces Learning Velocity, a new framework focused on speed of capability building, and will be showcasing how AI animation and AI agents like Animaker Nano LMS are transforming L&D from content delivery to rapid, outcome-driven learning.
Sponge offers a sharper take on AI adoption, behaviour change, and AI transformation to the event this year.
Speexx announces the launch of a scalable intercultural training program designed to build awareness and understanding of how culture shapes communication, collaboration, and workplace behavior.
Learning and Development (L&D) needs a seat at the table. Corporate learning is a vital component of successful business, reducing risk and boosting revenue. By escaping the Activity Trap, L&D will become a key source of strategic value, says Harry Chapman-Walker, CEO, Kallidus.
Access Learning, the digital learning solutions provider and part of The Access Group, has retained its Core Leader position in the 2026 Fosway 9-Grid™ across two categories: Learning Systems and Digital Learning, reinforcing its standing among the most established learning platforms in the European market.
Learning and development (L&D) is firmly on the agenda for UK employers. From leadership capability to digital skills and emerging technologies like AI, organisations recognise that continuous learning is essential for performance, productivity and retention.
Mediazoo names John Gordon as Chief Product Officer as it accelerates its AI product strategy and scales Finer Vision, its new AI specialist business John brings military discipline, cyber security and enterprise engineering experience and deep AI learning expertise to the role The appointment signals Mediazoo’s commitment to building intelligent L&D products at the intersection of creativity and AI “John’s appointment is about scaling impact. Turning our AI capability into products that change how our clients learn, communicate and perform,” says Giles Smith, CEO at Mediazoo Group.
Digital learning consultancy Mint has announced the launch of Smart Translator, an AI-powered tool designed to reduce the time and cost of translating digital learning content.
Six sessions, a landmark Spring Release and live customer demos across two days at Learning Technologies as Thrive prepares its biggest show yet at ExCeL London.
Learning Technologies 2026 opens its doors next week on 29-30 Apr at Excel London; Final opportunity to book passes; Event app download.
Powtoon is unveiling 3 AI workflows designed to tackle one of the biggest hidden costs in organizations today: knowledge gaps. Join Powtoon’s big unboxing event on May 20 and see how teams are turning complex information into scalable, visual learning experiences.
Experts from Fosway & AUDI explore how HR teams can combine AI, skills strategies, and knowledge sharing to drive measurable business impact and build future-ready workforces.
At Learning Technologies 2026, Mindtools Kineo will showcase its newly unified brand and the launch of its new digital skills offering. At stand F25, and across the two-day exhibition, visitors can experience new solutions, online demos, workshops, and thought leadership sessions. These signal a bold move to offering a fully integrated, end-to-end L&D partnership model.
Blify, the startup that turns Slack and Teams into intelligent learning platforms, today announced a $2.1 million pre-seed funding round to accelerate the development of its AI-native Learning Operating System. The company claims to deliver 10x higher engagement than traditional LMS platforms. Its customers, including Club Med and Kaufman & Broad, use Blify to train employees across multiple countries, reflecting the platform's global reach from its earliest days.
US data shows women dominate freelancing but set lower rates than men despite equal performance, widening the pay gap over time.
Learning and Development (L&D) has a value problem, not because it isn’t valuable, but because it struggles to prove it. And when L&D can’t prove impact, it doesn’t just lose credibility. It loses influence. It's time to be explicit about the problem. It’s called The Activity Trap, says Harry Chapman-Walker, CEO, Kallidus, and it’s undermining the value of L&D.
Most employees learn communication and leadership skills on the job, where mistakes are costly. EasyCoach is Easygenerator's newest addition to its AI learning suite, and it gives employees a safe space to practice before real conversations happen.
Industry-leading platform brings immersive learning experience and innovation showcase to London in April and October later this year.
Sponge to explore why AI adoption is stalling across large organisations - and how this can be addressed - in an upcoming webinar. Hosted by Josh Cardoz and James Gordon, the session offers practical frameworks and real examples for people-led AI enablement.
iSpring's new guide moves past "make it more engaging" and looks at the real friction points that keep people from showing up to learning.
Mobility drops, experience demands increase and pay gains weaken across US white-collar roles.
Security skill development solution to help security and IT leaders quickly close skills gaps in their organizations.
Learning Technologies 2026 has published its free exhibition seminar programme for the upcoming London event.
Mediazoo releases second episode of season two of Generating... with Nothing’s AI Product and Design Lead, Sélim Benayat. The episode explores creative struggle and how to use AI without losing your own signature. “This episode raises the bar. It’s bold, human centred and unlike any AI conversation you’ll hear elsewhere,’ says Director of Strategic Communications at Mediazoo.
The launch of micro-credentials in the LearnOps Academy aligns with Cognota’s broader mission to power learning operations for enterprises globally. By educating the market on foundational LearnOps principles, Cognota aims to raise the professional standard across the industry and strengthen the operational foundation of enterprise learning organizations.
Enterprises risk $10.9m annual losses as AI investment accelerates but digital adoption lags, with workers losing hundreds of hours to poorly integrated systems.
As organisations rely heavily on face-to-face and virtual classroom training, pressure is growing to understand cost, utilisation, and delivery efficiency. Training Orchestra’s recognition as a 2026 Lighthouse Tech Award winner reflects a wider shift towards analytics‑driven approaches to training operations management that bring clarity, control, and measurable business impact to live training.
US tech workers are now moving to Europe in greater numbers than the reverse; France, the UK and Switzerland lead gains; Mid-career hires dominate flows.
Virti has launched a new AI Coach that brings scalable, always-on coaching to every learner. Powered by Virtual Humans, it delivers structured sessions or on-demand practice, with personalised feedback that builds over time, helping teams continuously develop and improve.
The Environment Agency has won the Staff Engagement and Upskilling Initiative of the Year at the edie Awards 2026 for its Nature Literacy Programme, delivered in partnership with Mindtools Kineo. The award recognises the programme’s impact in building a shared understanding of nature recovery across the Environment Agency’s 14,000-strong workforce and supply chain, helping biodiversity considerations become part of everyday decision-making.
TicTac Learn acquires Distrisoft, expanding into France and growing European learning tech footprint.
Mediazoo has soared into the UK Top 5 after a year of standout creativity and industry leading impact. With 17 golds across global awards, Mediazoo officially become the #1 most awarded agency of the year. “Climbing into the Top 5 and topping the awards table shows what happens when brilliant talent drives human performance every single day”, says CEO Giles Smith
Sponge is named Fosway Core Leader for fifth consecutive year and reaches top 'performance' position signalling growth in the 2026 9-Grid™ for Digital Learning.
Speexx has been positioned as a Core Leader in the 2026 Fosway 9-Grid™ for Digital Learning, reinforcing its strong track record in delivering measurable impact for enterprise organizations.
Most L&D teams are not ready to prove impact, with access to decision-makers the biggest barrier.
Speexx becomes the first organization to pass an independent ICF audit of a team coaching framework, setting a new benchmark for quality.
Opening day two of Learning Technologies 2026, Niluka Kavanagh challenges tech-led narratives with a focus on leadership and behaviour.
Leadership skills command a 40% pay premium as AI adoption increases demand for coordination and oversight.
A bite-sized news round up: Learning Systems Market; AI-driven Roleplay Simulator; L&D Employment; LT Preview; Plus all the headlines from Learning News.
New AI standard set to connect learning systems to workflows, shifting how L&D delivers and measures impact.
Senior Learning and Development leaders attending this year’s Learning Technologies conference are invited to kickstart the second day of the event with a high-level networking breakfast hosted by CLO100 in partnership with TalentLMS.
Learn how L&D can build executive trust in 2026 at this online conference hosted by iSpring.
As organisations face mounting pressure to run face‑to‑face and virtual classroom training more efficiently, Training Orchestra has again been positioned as a Strategic Leader in the 2026 Fosway 9‑Grid™ for Learning Systems. The sixth consecutive recognition reflects a growing focus on the operational execution of structured training at scale, where cost control, resource coordination and measurable ROI and impact have become central concerns for learning organizations.
New Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server connects Thrive with OpenAI, Claude, Microsoft Copilot, Cursor and more.
Mindtools Kineo is proud to announce its inclusion in Training Industry’s 2026 list of Top 20 Custom Content Development Companies. This prestigious industry recognition reflects Mindtools Kineo’s impact and innovation in delivering high-quality, tailored learning solutions for organizations worldwide.
At Learning Technologies 2026 Lori Niles-Hofmann challenges conventional approaches to learning technology, and looks at aligning strategy, data and operating models.
Sponge celebrates another year of recognition for excellence in custom learning solutions.
At Learning Technologies 2026, learning leaders explore how uncertainty can become a source of business value rather than constant reaction with Laura Overton and Michelle Ockers.
Finer Vision relaunches as Mediazoo Group’s dedicated AI skills training and consultancy division, built specifically for in-house enterprise learning and development teams.
Workday rolls out Sana across its platform, positioning conversational AI and agents as the primary way to access and execute work across HR, finance and enterprise systems.
5app, the award-winning AI-powered learning and communications platform, has been named an Innovator in Talented Learning’s 2026 RightFit Solutions Grid.
At Learning Technologies 2026 Kelsey Kates from Google reframes playfulness as a professional capability that strengthens learning and work.
Speexx achieved its highest EcoVadis sustainability rating to date and earned a spot among the top 16% of all companies assessed worldwide.
L&D in an AI World: Creating a New Future for the Profession - Donald H Taylor & Eglė Vinauskaitė at the Learning Technologies Conference this April in London.
Cognota, the leader in Learning Operations (LearnOps®) software, has raised $5.75M in Series B funding led by Blossom Street Ventures with support from Comerica Bank and existing investors. The funding will accelerate development of agentic capabilities across the Cognota platform, introducing an intelligence layer that helps enterprise learning and talent teams better prioritize work, manage capacity, and execute programs at scale. The announcement follows a recently expanded global reseller partnership with Cornerstone, further strengthening Cognota’s role in the enterprise learning technology ecosystem.
Employers report stronger hiring plans for Q2 2026, with AI delivering its strongest workplace returns in learning and development. Survey across 42 countries reflects sentiment before conflict escalated in the Middle East in late February.
David Kelly, conference co-chair, Fiona Leteney, market analyst and Anna Barnett from exhibitor Mindtools Kineo join Learning News to preview this year's Learning Technologies event.
New capability combines simulated workflows and customer conversations in one training environment. Interview with Khadim Batti, Whatfix founder and CEO.
A Learning Technologies 2026 conference session will explore how accessible AI tools are changing who can build learning solutions and how quickly teams can deliver.
Learning Technologies 2026 will examine why many skills initiatives stall and what it actually takes to move beyond roles with Koreen Pagano this April in London.
Speexx has been named in G2’s 2026 Best Software Awards list, earning a place among the Best Education Software Products worldwide.
Cornerstone and Cognota are supporting the growing enterprise demand for stronger operational discipline, budget transparency, and execution visibility across learning ecosystems, for measurable learning impact
At Learning Technologies 2026, Markus Bernhardt looks beyond agent hype to examine governance, visibility and decision rights at scale.
Enterprise L&D leader Derek Bruce joins Easygenerator as chief learning and knowledge officer to shape responsible AI strategy and strengthen its position on scalable knowledge creation.
Learning Technologies 2026 session explores how chief learning officers are leading learning functions when disruption is constant rather than occasional.
Fosway's report into the learning systems sector, published today, shows a market experiencing growth, innovation and challenges in 2026. Lead analyst Fiona Leteney joins Learning News.
Speexx wins its third consecutive World Future Award, earning the 2026 title of Best Integrated People Development Ecosystem Worldwide.
At Learning Technologies 2026 new research and practitioner insight cut through the noise to show how learning teams are actually using technology today.
Learning Technologies 2026 Exhibition returns to London with 200+ exhibitors and 200+ free seminars. Exhibition registration has opened.
553-worker survey, 5% tell managers about stress, 63% considered leaving, 52% made mistakes, HSE reports 964,000 stress cases, leadership capability and psychological safety questioned.
The Learning Technologies 2026 opening keynote from Giovanni Giamminola, argues that AI’s biggest impact is cognitive not technical, reframing learning leadership as a governance issue.
Mediazoo Group has unified its three specialist businesses; Mediazoo, Finer Vision and Uncertainty Experts, under one strategic vision focused on driving human performance The repositioning responds to accelerating AI disruption and workforce uncertainty, combining storytelling & creativity, behavioural science, and AI-enabled capability into one integrated performance model Together, the Group now offers organisations an end-to-end solution: building mindset readiness, delivering impactful communications and learning, and scaling capability through technology
Building organizational capability depends on equipping managers with the right skills at the right time. Following strong uptake of its first Expert Skill Bite, Mindtools Kineo has launched five new bite-sized masterclasses to help managers learn from the best and to support organizations to strengthen management capability.
Sentiment towards AI remains the strongest signal in L&D, but enthusiasm has stopped rising; Clear top group of priorities points to how the profession is redefining itself.
FA education arm, which supported 360,000 learners last year, introduces modular, role-based digital learning platform.
Sponge and the Child Mind Institute pick up the Silver award in the People Development Programme of the Year
Speexx has been recognized by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) for achieving the highest possible score in its category in the 2025 Climate Change assessment.
Mediazoo crowned Video Production Company of the Year at the 2026 Lens Awards. The creative agency brought home nine trophies, including multiple golds across HSBC UK, HSBC Global and Tiffany & Co. A standout sweep that cements Mediazoo’s reputation for bold, high‑craft, emotionally intelligent storytelling. “Technology supports our work, but people are at its heart. Made for people by people – that's how you drive human performance and that’s what this win celebrates”, said Giles Smith, CEO at Mediazoo.
Webinar on 24 February tackling resourcing challenges in an increasingly uncertain world. Four experts share practical, science-backed ways to unlock and activate skills. Designed for when traditional resourcing models fall short. Walk away with usable strategies for shorter delivery and long term capability. Giles Smith, CEO at Mediazoo: “If your resourcing model only works in stable conditions, it’s already out of date.”
Thrive, the AI-powered learning platform trusted by some of the world’s most recognised brands, is expanding its presence across the Middle East following increased demand from large, complex and frontline-first organisations across the region.
Learning Technologies Thirty Under 30 applications open; Scholarship for thirty learning professionals under 30 years of age; Runs during the Learning Technologies Conference, 29-30 April, London.
Global hiring demand is weakening, but emerging economies and services roles continue to grow as employers delay hiring amid uncertainty.
Learning Technologies 2026 returns this April at Excel in London; Conference programme announced along with booking and early bird tickets.
AI tools scale faster than learning systems. Skills and role design lag behind adoption. Time saved lost to checking and rework. Learning now limits AI value.
Consulting firms are hiring fewer junior consultants while expanding AI roles and senior expertise.
Alongside its AI training expansion, government has set up a new unit to examine AI’s impact on jobs, bringing unions, business and academia into workforce planning.
Mediazoo has launched the Talent Studio, a flexible on-demand staffing model giving organisations rapid access to creative and learning skills without traditional hiring.
Thrive announces the launch of Kiki Switch, an AI-powered migration solution designed to make upgrading to Thrive's modern-day lms seamless, accurate and completely stress-free.
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