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Let’s get real: training budgets don’t roll over – but the good news? Your plans can. If you’ve got unused L&D dollars sitting idle, now’s your moment. Pre-purchase Hungry Minds consulting services before 30 June and lock in your learning mojo for the year ahead. You’ll secure expert support today and spend it however and

If training feels like a sunk cost with no real payoff, you’re not alone. Poor training quietly drains performance, culture, and capability. But here’s the thing: it can go deeper than bad courses. If you’re delivering training without a strategy, you could be actively holding your organisation back. Here’s what bad training really costs, and

TL;DR? Content design is what you build. Instructional design strategy is why and how you build it. If your learning isn’t shifting behaviour or lifting performance, it’s not because of the design. Nine times out of 10, you’ve got a strategy issue. Sure, great training content can fill a room. But the only way it

From one-off training to everyday capability – how strategy makes learning stick By Bianca Schimizzi Director & Lead Instructional Designer | Hungry Minds Great learning doesn’t happen by accident. It happens by design, and that starts with a clear, business-aligned learning strategy. In fact: a clear learning strategy is the only way your in-house training

Here’s how to design learning that actually lands – before you build a single screen. You’ve got a training brief, a deadline, and a dozen stakeholders pushing content your way. Before you dive into tools, timelines, or templates, take a breath. Smart learning teams always start by asking these five questions. 1. What’s the actual

Learn how smart design can boost engagement – and how small changes can unlock big shifts in attention, effort, and impact. We’ve all been there. Crowded interfaces and confusing pathways don’t exactly inspire confidence in training material. And they can make the user tune out faster than you can say ‘mandatory compliance manual’. But well

eLearning tools created for strategic impact on human-centric designs You’ve invested in the platform. You’ve got the tools. But the learning still isn’t landing. That’s because there’s something much more important than your choice of eLearning tool; strategic design. The kind that starts with people, focuses on outcomes, and makes every screen, scenario, and scroll

Smart design. Real impact. A practical guide to digital learning that works. By Bianca Schimizzi  Director & Lead Instructional Designer | Hungry Minds Like it or not, digital learning is well and truly baked into the rhythm of working life. And people expect it to be good. That means digital learning design that builds capacity,

By Bianca Schimizzi Director & Lead Instructional Designer | Hungry Minds Introduction: Why this guide exists Thinking about a career in instructional design? Smart move. The industry is growing fast – and the demand for people who can design great learning is on the rise too. But I won’t beat around the bush: finding your

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Looking to create leadership training that drives real behavioural change? The secret lies in experiential learning design. Research shows that leaders retain up to 70% of what they learn through hands-on experiences, compared to just 10% through traditional training methods (Lombardo & Eichinger, 2017). Let’s explore how you can transform your leadership development programs through