CEO Declaration
Mountain View, CA (USA), May 2026 - "I’m excited to share that we have completed the Coursera–Udemy combination, bringing together two mission-driven companies to create one of the world’s most comprehensive skills development platforms", said Greg Hart, Chief Executive Officer and President of Coursera.
3D Sales Agility methodology
London (UK), May 2026 - Fewer than one-third of decision-makers can tie the value of AI to their organisation’s financial growth (Forrester, 2026). AI tools are everywhere, but the link to performance is unclear.
Next-Gen Skill Assessments
Dublin (IR), May 2026 - Questionmark, a leading provider of online assessment solutions, today announced a new strategic reseller agreement with Cornerstone OnDemand Inc., a leader in workforce agility solutions.
ONA
Derry (XI), May 2026 - Learning Pool, a leading provider of learning technology solutions, has announced the acquisition of Confirm, an AI-first people development platform.
Leadership
Boston, MA (USA), May 2026 - Skillsoft, a leading AI-native skills management platform, has announced that it has appointed Ron Kisling as Chief Financial Officer, effective immediately. Mr. Kisling is joining Skillsoft as the Company begins the next phase of its transformation following the signing of the Global Knowledge business sale.
New Feature
Alexandria, VA (USA), May 2026 - iSpring has released an AI course generator inside iSpring LMS and iSpring Cloud. The feature produces a working draft of a course from a one- or two-sentence description and up to five source files. Authors then edit the draft as a Page in the platform before publishing to learners.
Sales & Coaching Excellence
Fairfax, VA (USA) / London (UK), May 2026 - GE HealthCare and Imparta have been awarded a Bronze Stevie® Award for Sales Training or Coaching Programme of the Year, recognising the success of their collaborative work to design and deliver the PDX Sales Academy.
Five Pillars
London (UK), May 2026 – Mediazoo, The Human Performance Specialists, brings together S2T, its Centre for Story, Strategy & Training, with its Creative Studio in a single proposition that equips leaders with strategic narrative and enables teams to deliver it at scale.
The Learning Hack
Brighton (UK), May 2026 - The Tech Imaginarium, a new podcast series from John Helmer's successful Learning Hack stable was launched on Tuesday 26 May 2026 — marking the centenary of Amazing Stories, the magazine that founded modern science fiction.
Across Global Workforces
Munich (GER), 2026 — Speexx, the leading people development platform, has announced the launch of Intercultural Foundations, a scalable intercultural training program designed to build awareness and understanding of how culture shapes communication, collaboration, and workplace behavior. The new offering expands Speexx Intercultural Programs and supports more effective collaboration across global teams.
from adoption to accountability
Westlake, TX (USA), May 2026 - Pluralsight, a leading technology skills development company, has announced the launch of Pluralsight Cloud Ready, an enterprise cloud upskilling program that helps organizations assess workforce readiness, close cloud skills gaps, and validate the hands-on capabilities needed to maximize cloud ROI, modernize infrastructure, and scale AI initiatives.
AI Translation
London (UK), May 2026 — Available now as part of the Mint Essentials toolkit, the tool is built for teams delivering global learning who want more control over how content is translated and managed.
Employee Lifecycle
Derry (UK), May 2026 — This acquisition builds on the momentum of Learning Pool’s recent acquisitions of WorkRamp, an AI-first learning management system (LMS) for high-performing teams, and Elucidat, an innovative cloud-based authoring platform.
Performance-Driven
San Francisco, CA (USA), May 2026 — Udemy, a leading AI-powered skills acceleration platform, today announced expanded capabilities for Role Play, its AI-powered learning experience designed to help learners build real-world professional skills through immersive practice scenarios.
Real-Time
New York, NY (USA), May 2026 — D-ID, a leader in enterprise-grade AI avatar solutions, has announced the launch of Agentic Videos, a new capability that transforms traditional video into interactive, conversational experiences powered by real-time AI agents.