KnowHow Blog

Practical thinking for better learning, performance and workforce development.

Perspectives on the questions shaping modern L&D — from skills and performance to AI, measurement and the technology that connects them.

Latest thinking

Explore the latest KnowHow perspectives.

Explore articles and perspectives on the questions shaping learning and people development — from skills and performance to content creation, implementation, measurement and the changing role of AI.

Explore by topic

Follow the questions that matter to your organisation.

Explore practical perspectives on learning, skills, performance, AI, implementation and workforce insight. Choose the topics most relevant to your priorities and discover ideas shaped by real organisational challenges.

From thinking to practice

Explore the ideas. Then see how the platform connects them.

A tailored demonstration can focus on the learning, performance, skills and reporting workflows most relevant to your organisation.

KnowHow Book a demo

KnowHow Blog

Practical thinking for better learning, performance and workforce development.

Perspectives on the questions shaping modern L&D — from skills and performance to AI, measurement and the technology that connects them.

Latest thinking

Explore the latest KnowHow perspectives.

Explore articles and perspectives on the questions shaping learning and people development — from skills and performance to content creation, implementation, measurement and the changing role of AI.

Skills & Capability · 11 Aug 2026

The Manager in the Middle: Why Line Leaders Decide Whether Skills-Based L&D Survives

In 2026, skills-based L&D doesn't live or die in the platform or the boardroom — it lives or dies with the line manager, the person asked to carry the new habits every week, and here's what that actually requires.

Read article →
Skills & Capability · 3 Aug 2026

Standing It Up: What the First Year of Skills-Based L&D Actually Demands

In 2026, most skills-based L&D programmes don't fail on ambition — they stall in the first year, and here's the sequence that keeps a good idea from dying at the starting line.

Read article →
Skills & Capability · 16 Jul 2026

The AI Question: What Artificial Intelligence Actually Does for Skills-Based L&D in 2026

In 2026, AI is the quiet assumption underneath every skills-based L&D promise — here’s what it genuinely does well, what it cannot carry, and the division of labour that protects trust.

Read article →
Skills & Capability · 6 Jul 2026

The Person in the Profile: What Skills-Based L&D Looks Like From the Employee’s Seat

In 2026, the success of skills-based L&D isn't decided in the boardroom — it's decided at the individual employee's desk, and here's what the shift looks like, and what it asks, from the people being measured.

Read article →
Skills & Capability · 1 Jul 2026

From Course Factory to Skills Function: What L&D Becomes When Skills Data Runs the Business

Once skills data becomes business infrastructure, the harder question is what L&D itself becomes — and why the team's job shifts from producing courses to stewarding capability.

Read article →
Skills & Capability · 23 Jun 2026

The Skills-Based Organisation: What Happens When Skills Data Outgrows L&D

In 2026, the most important shift isn't inside L&D at all - it's what happens when the skills data L&D built becomes the operating data for hiring, planning and promotion.

Read article →
Skills & Capability · 8 Jun 2026

Proving It Pays: How to Build the Business Case for Skills-Based L&D in 2026

In 2026, the hardest question in L&D isn't how to build skills — it's how to prove to the people holding the budget that doing so pays back.

Read article →
Skills & Capability · 1 Jun 2026

Beyond the Annual Review: Why Continuous Feedback Is the Engine of Skills-Based L&D in 2026

In 2026, the breakthrough in skills-based L&D isn’t more content or smarter dashboards — it’s a continuous feedback rhythm that turns everyday work into the place where capability actually grows.

Read article →
View all articles

Explore by topic

Follow the questions that matter to your organisation.

From thinking to practice

Explore the ideas. Then see how the platform connects them.

A tailored demonstration can focus on the learning, performance, skills and reporting workflows most relevant to your organisation.