Dear Learners,

Welcome to the latest edition of AITD Insights.

This series showcases thought leadership from learning and development professionals across Australia and beyond. Each edition highlights insightful articles from the AITD community that explore emerging ideas, practical innovations, and the evolving role of learning in organisations.

AITD Insights complements AITD’s flagship publication, Training & Development magazine, an industry-leading publication highly respected across the L&D and HR professions. Every AITD member receives a complimentary copy of each quarterly issue, along with full access to the digital edition.

If you have insights, research, case studies or practical perspectives to share with the L&D community, we encourage you to consider contributing to future editions of Training & Development. We are now accepting submissions for the Summer 2026 edition of the magazine, on the topic "Sustainable Business Impact and Organisational Resilience" (deadline: 16 October 2026).

We hope the articles in this edition of AITD Insights spark new ideas, conversations and perspectives in your own learning practice.

Under the Pump: Why L&D Professionals Are Feeling the AI Pressure

by Samantha Cetin

AI is creating new expectations for L&D professionals—but leading the way doesn’t mean having all the answers. This article explores how L&D practitioners can move from feeling pressured to be AI experts to becoming confident enablers of AI learning. Discover practical ways to build capability through experimentation, effective prompting, real-world application and a mindset of curiosity over perfection.

Facilitating Hybrid & Continuous Learning

by Paula Johnston

As workplace learning becomes more hybrid, continuous and experiential, the role of the facilitator is evolving too. This article explores how facilitators can create meaningful learning experiences that extend across environments and over time. Discover a practical framework for building connection, balancing structure with responsiveness, awakening insight and embedding learning so it translates into sustained behaviour.

Why Great Programs Fade & How to Make Them Stick

by Taylor Hawkins

Even the best learning programs can lose momentum when participants return to the realities of work. This article explores why lasting development depends on what happens after the formal learning experience. Discover how small workplace experiments, deliberate reflection, peer accountability and ongoing support can turn learning from a one-off event into a sustained practice that creates meaningful behaviour change.

Workflow-Embedded & Micro-Learning: Why Less is Finally More

by Moumita Jamindar Arnold

As time for formal training shrinks, learning is moving closer to where work actually happens. This article explores how workflow-embedded and micro-learning can deliver targeted, practical support at the moment of need. Discover what effective micro-learning really looks like, where it can have the greatest impact, and how L&D can shift from designing learning events to creating meaningful learning moments.

More insights are on the horizon.

What capabilities will help people and organisations thrive through continued change? Join us in October as we explore reskilling for what comes next, building cultural competency and inclusion, strengthening emotional intelligence and adaptability, understanding thinking preferences to support more respectful conversations, and connecting learning with meaningful change.