Learning, Rewired · The Lab’s dispatch

One messy request.
One sharper way
forward.

Once a week, Andy examines one real learning request: the assumption hiding inside it, the evidence that matters, and the next move you can defend. It is the public thinking behind Learning Rewired Intelligence, published on LinkedIn so you can read, save, and argue back.

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One issue a week

One problem from the work. One sharper way to see it.

Every issue challenges one familiar idea about learning work, reframes it, and leaves you with something useful to carry into your own practice. One focused read. That’s the whole promise.

A Part one · The challenge

A short, honest take.

One oversimplified idea in learning, design, or AI — named, questioned, and turned into a clearer way to think. The kind of read you forward to the person who needs it.

B Part two · The move

Something you can use.

A small, practical move from inside the Lab: a rewrite, a question to ask in your next review, a pattern to steal. Designed to be useful before the weekend.

Recent issues

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A sample of what’s gone out. Every issue lives on LinkedIn — open one, then follow the newsletter to get the next one in your feed.

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AI No. 40

AI is a brilliant intern, not a mind reader.

AI can move fast, connect ideas, and produce useful drafts. But better results come from better direction. Prompt writing is becoming part of the modern learning designer’s craft.

5 min · Jul 1 Read on LinkedIn
Practice No. 39

Stop confusing activity with practice.

Clicking, dragging, sorting, and answering are not automatically skill-building. Practice should help people make decisions, get feedback, reflect, and transfer.

5 min · Jun 30 Read on LinkedIn
Feedback No. 38

Learner feedback should coach, not grade.

Right and wrong isn’t enough when the goal is better judgment. A three-line rewrite that turns any incorrect answer into a next move.

5 min · Jun 27 Read on LinkedIn
Memory No. 37

Designing for forgetting.

If people need to remember, decide, or act later, first exposure isn’t the finish line. Build for retrieval, reinforcement, and support.

5 min · Jun 24 Read on LinkedIn
Product No. 36

Stop asking how long the course should be.

Length is the wrong starting point. Clarify what people need to do differently when it’s over, then the format picks itself.

4 min · Jun 20 Read on LinkedIn
Systems No. 35

Learning experiences are systems, not events.

Learning breaks when we treat the event as the whole solution. Practice, support, manager behavior, tools, and feedback all count.

6 min · Jun 17 Read on LinkedIn
AI No. 34

Prompt writing is becoming a learning-design skill.

Prompting isn’t a technical trick. It’s a way to clarify intent, constraints, and learner needs before you generate anything.

5 min · Jun 13 Read on LinkedIn
Evidence No. 33

Kirkpatrick fails when we use it too late.

Evaluation isn’t a post-launch ritual. The best evidence starts while the problem and behavior are still being defined.

5 min · Jun 10 Read on LinkedIn

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