# hunter valley (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover hunter valley. Page: Feed: --- ## [Promissory notes](https://ryan2point0.wordpress.com/2026/08/18/promissory-notes/) _2026-08-17 · Ryan Tracey · E-Learning Provocateur_ On the merry-go-round of L&D trends, hot topics come and go, only to return at some unspecified time in the future. The latest one to swing by once again appears … Continue reading Promissory notes ## [Another 5 podcasts every L&D professional should listen to](https://ryan2point0.wordpress.com/2026/08/04/another-5-podcasts-every-ld-professional-should-listen-to/) _2026-08-03 · Ryan Tracey · E-Learning Provocateur_ When I wrote 5 podcasts every e-learning professional should listen to in 2019, little did I know that our profession was on the cusp of an existential challenge via a … Continue reading Another 5 podcasts every L&D professional should listen to ## [AI lolly bag](https://ryan2point0.wordpress.com/2026/06/18/ai-lolly-bag/) _2026-06-17 · Ryan Tracey · E-Learning Provocateur_ The lolly bag is a much-loved tradition in Australia. Usually (but not exclusively) a feature of children’s birthday parties, it’s a take-home gift for each guest containing chocolates, candies and … Continue reading AI lolly bag ## [The missing link in AI upskilling](https://ryan2point0.wordpress.com/2026/05/12/the-missing-link-in-ai-upskilling/) _2026-05-11 · Ryan Tracey · E-Learning Provocateur_ Enterprise-wide upskilling programs are dominated by artificial intelligence. In the new corporate arms race, companies are striving to equip their people with the skills they need to exploit this emerging … Continue reading The missing link in AI upskilling ## [A 5-stage model for implementing a skills-based learning strategy](https://ryan2point0.wordpress.com/2026/01/07/a-5-stage-model-for-implementing-a-skills-based-learning-strategy/) _2026-01-06 · Ryan Tracey · E-Learning Provocateur_ People who know me know that I’m an advocate of skills-based learning strategy. However I find that some of my peers who work in L&D or in broader talent management … Continue reading A 5-stage model for implementing a skills-based learning strategy ## [L&D conferences in Australia & New Zealand in 2026](https://ryan2point0.wordpress.com/2026/01/06/ld-conferences-in-australia-new-zealand-in-2026/) _2026-01-05 · Ryan Tracey · E-Learning Provocateur_ Welcome to this year’s instalment of Learning & Development conferences down under and across the ditch. If AI hasn’t yet taken over your need for professional development and desire for … Continue reading L&D conferences in Australia & New Zealand in 2026 ## [’Tis](https://ryan2point0.wordpress.com/2025/12/02/tis/) _2025-12-01 · Ryan Tracey · E-Learning Provocateur_ Sometime around April I blinked and it’s Christmas season again. Despite the physics-defying acceleration of time, I somehow managed to steal enough of it to publish another round of thought … Continue reading ’Tis ## [Boge’s Law](https://ryan2point0.wordpress.com/2025/11/19/boges-law/) _2025-11-18 · Ryan Tracey · E-Learning Provocateur_ The volume of a mobile device in public is inversely proportional to the owner’s intelligence. ## [A musing](https://ryan2point0.wordpress.com/2025/09/02/a-musing/) _2025-09-01 · Ryan Tracey · E-Learning Provocateur_ Today, generative AI has an abundance of original content to draw upon. However, as an ever-increasing number of us use it to remix outputs, there must come a tipping point … Continue reading A musing ## [Stirred, not shaken](https://ryan2point0.wordpress.com/2025/08/05/stirred-not-shaken/) _2025-08-04 · Ryan Tracey · E-Learning Provocateur_ Last holiday I started a new blog. Which was unexpected (even for myself) because not so long ago I almost gave up on blogging. Now I’m juggling two. But there … Continue reading Stirred, not shaken ## [Retro Grid Dungeon Crawler (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/t8oRPi8Pg1Tg) _2025-08-04 · **Sponsored**_ Retro grid movement with first-person combat, loot and skill-tree progression. ## [Sandwich makers](https://ryan2point0.wordpress.com/2025/07/08/sandwich-makers/) _2025-07-07 · Ryan Tracey · E-Learning Provocateur_ The latest research paper to cause a stir among my peers is Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task by … Continue reading Sandwich makers ## [The traps of performance consulting](https://ryan2point0.wordpress.com/2025/06/17/the-traps-of-performance-consulting/) _2025-06-16 · Ryan Tracey · E-Learning Provocateur_ As a panellist at this year’s L&D Symposium in the Hunter Valley, I was asked: Should L&D practitioners be recast as performance consultants? It’s one of those questions that does … Continue reading The traps of performance consulting ## [Wrecking ball](https://ryan2point0.wordpress.com/2025/03/11/wrecking-ball/) _2025-03-10 · Ryan Tracey · E-Learning Provocateur_ Miley Cyrus’s Wrecking Ball may be an ode to the impact of artificial intelligence on higher education. Since the launch of ChatGPT in particular, traditional means of assessment – such … Continue reading Wrecking ball ## [Apathy and ivory](https://ryan2point0.wordpress.com/2025/02/25/apathy-and-ivory/) _2025-02-24 · Ryan Tracey · E-Learning Provocateur_ It gives me no joy to post this one, but as a practitioner I feel compelled to give it a voice… Several months ago I emailed the lead author of … Continue reading Apathy and ivory ## [Evidently](https://ryan2point0.wordpress.com/2025/02/11/evidently/) _2025-02-10 · Ryan Tracey · E-Learning Provocateur_ The world of Learning & Development abounds with myths, advertorials, pseudo-religious dogma, echo chambers, contrarianism, counter contrarianism, and assumptions presented as fact. In this chaotic context, how do we practitioners … Continue reading Evidently ## [L&D conferences in Australia & New Zealand in 2025](https://ryan2point0.wordpress.com/2025/01/01/ld-conferences-in-australia-new-zealand-in-2025/) _2024-12-31 · Ryan Tracey · E-Learning Provocateur_ Happy new year! And welcome to my 2025 instalment of L&D conferences down under. Last year I included events from the land of the long white cloud, and after receiving … Continue reading L&D conferences in Australia & New Zealand in 2025 ## [When life gives you lemons](https://ryan2point0.wordpress.com/2024/12/03/when-life-gives-you-lemons/) _2024-12-02 · Ryan Tracey · E-Learning Provocateur_ This year started not with a bang but a whimper. For the first time ever – through sheer luck, I assure you – my role was made redundant. Not that … Continue reading When life gives you lemons ## [Hearts and eyes](https://ryan2point0.wordpress.com/2024/11/12/hearts-and-eyes/) _2024-11-11 · Ryan Tracey · E-Learning Provocateur_ It’s been a while since I drew a cartoon, so I thought I’d illustrate one of my most popular tweets. ## [Represent](https://ryan2point0.wordpress.com/2024/10/15/represent/) _2024-10-14 · Ryan Tracey · E-Learning Provocateur_ One of my pet hates is closed captions not matching what’s being said. It’s painfully obvious to me that whoever published the video let the robot auto-generate the text – … Continue reading Represent ## [People use apps](https://ryan2point0.wordpress.com/2024/10/01/people-use-apps/) _2024-09-30 · Ryan Tracey · E-Learning Provocateur_ I watched The Internship again last night, and while it’s cheesy and oh-so-predictable, I appreciated it much more the second time around. The movie depicts a team of interns at … Continue reading People use apps ## [Open directory of blogs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/rhvHP1gfq6M8) _2024-09-30 · **Sponsored**_ Drop URLs or OPML — get per-blog pages plus machine-readable JSON, OPML, text ## [TV star](https://ryan2point0.wordpress.com/2024/09/03/tv-star/) _2024-09-02 · Ryan Tracey · E-Learning Provocateur_ When LinkedIn informed me that I’d been selected to answer a seemingly random question, it reminded me of being selected by Twitter for a brief survey, or winning a prize … Continue reading TV star