Featured on Infopro Learning & Development Podcast
Infopro Learning & Development Podcast Mike joined host Nolan Hout to make a simple point: training and marketing have the same job—earn attention and change behavior. The problem? Most training […]
Featured in AITD’s T&D Magazine
Training & Development (AITD) — December 2025Mike’s article, Stop Drowning in Learner Emails: The Automation Strategy That Actually Changes Behavior, explores how learning teams can use simple, behavior-based automation to […]
The One-Word Upgrade That Makes Your Training Instantly More Persuasive
You’ve probably written a sentence like this: “Employees will learn to recognize phishing attempts.” It sounds fine. Professional. Harmless. It’s also completely forgettable. Change just a few words: “You’ll learn […]
Designing Learning for 2026 Starts With the Brain, Not the LMS
If you had to bet your paycheck on one team to capture attention and get people to take action… would you choose L&D or marketing? Most people hesitate. And that […]
Why Readability Is a Quiet Superpower in Learning
And why the research keeps proving it If you’ve ever watched learners’ eyes glaze over halfway through a paragraph, you already know this: When the words get harder, the learning […]
Featured on the Visual Lounge Podcast
Mike joined Matt Pierce on The Visual Lounge podcast to talk about why L&D needs to stop thinking in courses and start thinking in campaigns. Most L&D teams create amazing […]
Stop Hoping They’ll Remember: Start Nudging Them to Act
Most training doesn’t fail in the classroom — it fails after it ends.Not because people don’t care, but because life gets in the way. We’ve all seen it: learners nodding […]
Stop Creating. Start Repurposing.
You just spent three weeks building a killer course on feedback skills. The interactions are chef’s kiss. The scenarios feel real. Learners are actually finishing it. And now your stakeholder […]
The Critical Mistake Hiding at the End of Your Training Program
You’ve spent weeks building a training program. The content is solid, the activities are engaging, the design is clean. Learners complete it. You check the box. And then nothing changes. […]
ATD Core4 2025
In today’s distraction-saturated world, attention is the real currency—and L&D can’t afford to lose the fight for it. Great design and solid content aren’t enough; learners tune out unless we […]