Learning Innovation
The Inside Intro
How to get buy-in during any workshop or live session
Designing Learning Experiences
For educators, facilitators, and L&D folks who want things to actually stick.
I've run 300+ sessions - workshops, keynotes, courses, offsites - and I've become slightly obsessed with why some experiences land while others just fill time. These pieces are about the craft of making learning actually work.
Start Here
The essential reads on learning design
Learning Innovation
Three types of tough crowd
"Tough crowd."
You've heard someone say this after a gig, a presentation, a workshop. But there&
Creative Business
Christian Bale kept training for a role he didn't have
Christian Bale got fired from American Psycho, and responded by... continuing to prepare for it.
Director Mary Harron wanted him,
Learning, Education & Growth
Worksheets and Worksheets
Dealing with the tension of using physical and digital assets in learning environments
Learning, Education & Growth
How Nintendo taught 40 million people without a manual
It’s 1985. Nintendo is either about to save the gaming industry or disappear. Everything depends on getting one thing
A.I.
The hidden layer in Spotify's CTO's take on AI vs. machine learning
Gustav Söderström's insight reveals why creative professionals need to master the feedback loops AI can't touch.
How-To Guides
Practical playbooks for designing learning
Resources
Tools and templates for learning designers
Want more on learning design?
Join Groove Theory for weekly insights on learning, creativity, and building things that matter.
All Posts
Everything on learning design and education
Learning Innovation
The Inside Intro
How to get buy-in during any workshop or live session
Learning Innovation
Three types of tough crowd
"Tough crowd."
You've heard someone say this after a gig, a presentation, a workshop. But there&
Creative Business
Christian Bale kept training for a role he didn't have
Christian Bale got fired from American Psycho, and responded by... continuing to prepare for it.
Director Mary Harron wanted him,
Learning, Education & Growth
Worksheets and Worksheets
Dealing with the tension of using physical and digital assets in learning environments
Learning, Education & Growth
How Nintendo taught 40 million people without a manual
It’s 1985. Nintendo is either about to save the gaming industry or disappear. Everything depends on getting one thing
A.I.
The hidden layer in Spotify's CTO's take on AI vs. machine learning
Gustav Söderström's insight reveals why creative professionals need to master the feedback loops AI can't touch.
Learning Innovation
The case for all-age everything: lessons from PBS Kids
I'm shopping for my 4-year-old and keep thinking "I wish they made that in Dad size."
Music
What Brian Eno knows about learning (that we've forgotten)
The ambient music pioneer's new theory about art as "adult play" reveals why case studies don't stick - and what does.
Learning Innovation
Yale's Bad Bunny course reveals the future of learning
Pop culture becomes the doorway, not the destination. When you're vibing to the rhythm but absorbing something deeper.
Future Of Work
Two Pilates studios - and the great capability divide
One teaches craft, one delivers product. In an AI-driven world, the gap between human expertise and scalable systems is widening fast.
Best of...
Fitness and Education: from IRL to URL
8 lessons for the new era of learning
Give your social media timelines a cursory scroll and it probably won’
Resources
How to create an interactive workshop in Zoom
A step-by-step guide to setting up and running an interactive 90-minute workshop
in Zoom.
Note: This is part 1 of
Learning, Education & Growth
The Educator in Residence
Why a different type of EIR could be your firm’s new secret weapon
In 1989, the Hollywood talent agency
Stage Left
6 lessons from going live with Oprah
I was sitting at my computer willing the words to come.
I’m creating a workbook/guide for independent professionals
How-To Guides
My Podcast Gear: recording, editing, and publishing
I’ve learned a lot from creating a podcast series
[https://www.howardgray.net/podcast/]: from asking good questions and
Portfolio Career
Lowercase skills
You may be familiar with concepts like T-shaped or I-shaped people to help
simplify the way we think about skillsets
Stage Left
7 lessons from the story of CAA
A few months ago, James Andrew Miller released his new book telling the tale of
Creative Artists Agency (CAA), one