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It’s early days, but AI is turning business training on its head, by adapting to you instead of vice-versa.

Before you even start, it can analyze your “Digital DNA” such as your role, projects, and work patterns, to understand exactly what you need to know to do the job.

It spots skill gaps you didn't know existed and identifies knowledge that could enhance your current projects.

Then comes the smart part:

• Technical concepts morph into industry-specific examples.

• Complex ideas become interactive simulations based on your actual work.

• Theory transforms into practical scenarios you'll face tomorrow.

Best of all? It keeps learning. Whether you prefer video walkthroughs, hands-on exercises, or collaborative challenges, AI shapes the experience to match.

It predicts when you're ready to level up, and knows when you need a quick refresh.

This week, we explore how AI turns generic training into precision learning – crafted exactly for who you are and where you're heading.

AI MADE EASY

Workplace training has never been more critical, and it’s appropriate that AI is stepping up to assist. Discover the many ways AI is reshaping our training and upskilling journeys.

AI TOOLKIT

Courses aren’t for corporate training only. They may also be:

• A commercial product

• A self-training or upskilling program

• An educational tool for the classroom or home

Watch this 10 x minute review of five of the best AI-fuelled online course creators, designed for entrepreneurs, not just enterprises.

THROUGH A-EYES

The AI Made Easy Video at the top, was created using Synthesia’s new Expressive Avatars. “Synthetic Spokespeople” platforms are an easy way to create video support for training courses. It’s not perfect, but with each new software release, Avatar technology becomes more sophisticated.

The article below lists 15 of the best out there at present. It’s written by a vendor and though a little biased, provides a handy overview 😃 

AI-FLUENT

Many of you joined us via this downloadable plain English glossary - we thank you for that. Some readers, however, won’t yet have seen it, so I thought it worth sharing here.

AI@WORKFLOW

Continuing with our persona-based sample toolkits, we’re keeping within the ‘training’ theme with Olivia, Business Coach and course creator.

SMORGASBORD:

Coca-Cola causes controversy with an AI-made ad. The video drew criticism from many creatives who argued that it was distasteful for the company to use AI technology to create the video instead of the work of artists.

A fork in the road: laundry-sorting robot spurs AI hopes and fears at Europe’s biggest tech event.

Meta pushes AI bid for UK public sector forward with technology aimed at NHS. Tech giant awards funding to project to shorten waits in A&E, after ‘hackathon’ on using Llama system in Britain

FREE RESOURCES

CURIOUS CAT

Meet Jackson Barn Cat a.k.a. JBC, office manager, resident AI-whisperer, and all-around curious cat. Each week he’ll nose bop a new challenge 😺

THE LAST WORD

The end of the year is always a time of reckoning. Are we hitting the spot? Are we covering AI topics in ways that are insightful and useful? We get great feedback in our polls, but as AI becomes more mainstream, we want to ensure we’re evolving with it. Please send any ideas and suggestions to us at [email protected]