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2025 Fosway 9-Grid™ for Talent & People Success is live

London (UK), November 2025 - Fosway Group, Europe’s #1 HR industry analyst, has released its latest Fosway 9-Grid™ for Talent & People Success. The research shows that a challenging economy is making for a cautious talent solutions market, pushing HR teams to reduce costs. And yet, many skills and workforce intelligence solutions are reporting strong growth, and AI continues to dominate vendor roadmaps and disrupt traditional talent management processes. It’s clear that in areas where there is strong business impact, there is still plenty of opportunity for innovation and expansion.

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Workforce Agility

Staffbase and Cornerstone Partner to Bring Learning Content to Frontline Workers

New York, NY (USA), November 2025 - Staffbase, the first AI-native employee experience platform, has announced a strategic partnership with Cornerstone, a leader in workforce agility solutions. The partnership aims to help organizations deliver essential training and development opportunities to their entire workforce, especially hard-to-reach frontline employees.

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Is Your Training Data Safe?

The Risks of AI in Corporate Learning

Raleigh, NC (USA), November 2025 - Artificial intelligence is transforming corporate learning and development. What once required weeks of instructional design and production time can now be completed in minutes using AI-powered tools. Companies are using AI to convert internal documents, policy guides, onboarding materials and assessments into sleek, interactive learning content faster and more affordably than ever before. But while AI is helping to speed up and scale training, there is a growing concern many organisations are overlooking: what happens to the data you upload?

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Learning Experience

AMA Launches Skill Coach: AI-Powered Role-Playing Tool

Manny Avramidis, President & CEO, AMANew York, NY (USA), November 2025 - American Management Association (AMA), a global leader in professional development, has announced the launch of AMA Skill Coach, an AI-powered role-playing tool that extends and enriches participants’ learning experiences after attending an AMA seminar. 

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Introducing ExecEDGE™

The Future of Executive Team Performance

Philadelphia, PS (USA), November 2025 — Velocity Advisory Group, a recognized authority in leadership development and organizational strategy, has partnered with TMA Performance to launch ExecEDGE™, a new assessment and development program that helps executive teams perform at their best.

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All-in-one Authoring Tool

iSpring Suite Max Officially Renamed iSpring Suite AI

Alexandria, VA (USA), November 2025 — iSpring Solutions, a global leader in eLearning software, has officially rebranded iSpring Suite Max as iSpring Suite AI. This change reflects a major step forward in how organizations create training content. Now they can use Artificial Intelligence to make course creation faster, smarter, and more globally accessible.

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AI-powered Talent Acquisition

Workday Completes Acquisition of Paradox

Asha Kircher, group general manager for the office of the CHRO, WorkdayPleasanton, CA (USA), November 2025 - Workday, Inc., the enterprise AI platform for managing people, money, and agents, has announced it has completed its acquisition of Paradox, a candidate experience agent that uses conversational AI to simplify every step of the job application journey, particularly for frontline industries. 

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Award

SweetRush and Capgemini Honored By CLO For Blended Learning Excellence

San Francisco, CA (USA), November 2025 — SweetRush, a leading provider of innovative custom learning strategies and solutions, is proud to announce that its long-standing partnership with technology leader Capgemini has won a Chief Learning Officer (CLO) Learning In Practice Gold Award for Excellence in Blended Learning.

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Real-Time Learning Signals

Intrepid Introduces AI Insights Explorer and Discussion Dashboard

Seattle, WA (USA), November 2025  — Intrepid by VitalSource has announced the release of AI Insights Explorer, a chat-style analytics experience that acts like a dedicated data analyst trained specifically on the Intrepid platform. Admins and instructors can ask plain-English questions about their classes and get instant, contextual answers without diving into spreadsheets or reports. It transforms learner activity into clear, actionable insights, helping instructors focus where it matters most.

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Industry Roundtable

How Human-centred Leadership can Overcome Workplace Cynicism

Bristol (UK), November 2025 - Senior learning directors from The Coca-Cola Company, Deloitte, Atlassian, Fosway Group, and 8Levers joined an executive roundtable on 16th October to discuss a recent whitepaper published by the Sponge Group. The discussion explored how organisations can re-energise a workforce defined by digital saturation, chronic change, and emotional fatigue - a phenomenon Sponge has termed Generation Numb.

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OEB 2025

Is Technology Enhancing or Eroding Human Agency?

Berlin (GER), November 2025 - As the promises and perils of AI reshape classrooms and workplaces alike, OEB Global 2025, the annual Global, Cross-Sector Conference and Exhibition on Digital Learning, will examine whether technology is enhancing or eroding human agency - and what that m eans for learning, leadership, and society.

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