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Mark Dearlove
Your Content Can't Travel

Jun 4, 2026

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5 min read

Your Content Can't Travel

The knowledge infrastructure problem that AI just made urgent

Mark Dearlove
Mark Dearlove
The Layer We Never Built

May 29, 2026

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5 min read

The Layer We Never Built

Why context architecture is the next frontier for learning — and why most of us aren't ready for it

Mark Dearlove
Mark Dearlove
I'm leaving Substack

May 28, 2026

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2 min read

I'm leaving Substack

It's time for a change

Mark Dearlove
Mark Dearlove

Business

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Your Team Is Doing Great Work. Here’s Why Nobody Upstairs Can See It.

Apr 24, 2026

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3 min read

Your Team Is Doing Great Work. Here’s Why Nobody Upstairs Can See It.

In a recent article here at The Learning Stack we talked about the CFO conversation — and how to walk into a budget renewal with something better than a completion rate.

Mark Dearlove
Mark Dearlove

learning

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The CFO Doesn’t Care About Your Completion Rates

Apr 8, 2026

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3 min read

The CFO Doesn’t Care About Your Completion Rates

And honestly? Neither should you.

Mark Dearlove
Mark Dearlove

Business

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You're 90 Days From Renewal And You're Not Ready

Mar 28, 2026

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3 min read

You're 90 Days From Renewal And You're Not Ready

The First Contract is Won on Promise. The Second is Won on Reality.

Mark Dearlove
Mark Dearlove

learning

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To Pivot, or not to Pivot?

Mar 19, 2026

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3 min read

To Pivot, or not to Pivot?

The Learning Stack goes LIVE!

Mark Dearlove
Mark Dearlove

Learning and Development

Product Led LX: Designing for the Morning After

Mar 4, 2026

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2 min read

Product Led LX: Designing for the Morning After

Why does the learning experience fail when the browser tab closes? Explore the shift to Product Led LX and how to own the full user journey for the morning after.

Mark Dearlove
Mark Dearlove

AI

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Solo-ish (and why I’m currently losing to my own brain)

Feb 25, 2026

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3 min read

Solo-ish (and why I’m currently losing to my own brain)

I spent yesterday afternoon staring at a spreadsheet until the gridlines started to vibrate.

Mark Dearlove
Mark Dearlove

learning

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L&D: Why You Feel Like a Fraud Right Now

Feb 11, 2026

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2 min read

L&D: Why You Feel Like a Fraud Right Now

You didn't get stupid. The rules just changed.

Mark Dearlove
Mark Dearlove

learning

Learning is not a software update... yet

Feb 4, 2026

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3 min read

Learning is not a software update... yet

Maybe one day, but until then?

Mark Dearlove
Mark Dearlove

Business

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New Year New Me? Errr....

Jan 28, 2026

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3 min read

New Year New Me? Errr....

My new analogue system for managing my time and thoughts

Mark Dearlove
Mark Dearlove

learning technology

The Stack Dilemma: Superman vs. The Avengers

Jan 14, 2026

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3 min read

The Stack Dilemma: Superman vs. The Avengers

I have a drawer in my kitchen.

Mark Dearlove
Mark Dearlove

learning technology

The Great Accountability Test

Dec 17, 2025

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3 min read

The Great Accountability Test

Why 2025 Forced Corporate Learning to Get Real

Mark Dearlove
Mark Dearlove

Skill Building Series

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Stop teaching. Start validating.

Dec 10, 2025

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3 min read

Stop teaching. Start validating.

Are you building real experts, or just "Paper Tigers"?

Mark Dearlove
Mark Dearlove

learning

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The Return of the Apprentice: Why the Golden Age of Corporate Learning is Here

Nov 26, 2025

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3 min read

The Return of the Apprentice: Why the Golden Age of Corporate Learning is Here

Discover how AI is finally solving Bloom's "2 Sigma Problem" in corporate learning. Move beyond the LMS to personalised coaching at scale with tools like Sana and imeld.ai.

Mark Dearlove
Mark Dearlove

learning technology

A Practitioner’s Guide to Buying an LMS (Without the 10-Page Spreadsheet)

Nov 19, 2025

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4 min read

A Practitioner’s Guide to Buying an LMS (Without the 10-Page Spreadsheet)

Stop scoring features. Start solving problems.

Mark Dearlove
Mark Dearlove

Business

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Is your learning tech REALLY the problem?

Nov 12, 2025

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4 min read

Is your learning tech REALLY the problem?

A 3-step reality check to diagnose if your tool or your strategy is the real problem.

Mark Dearlove
Mark Dearlove

Business

Building in Public: Week One (The Good, The Bad, and The Expensive)

Nov 7, 2025

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2 min read

Building in Public: Week One (The Good, The Bad, and The Expensive)

Hi there,

Mark Dearlove
Mark Dearlove

Business

My next chapter: Building The Learning Stack 2.0

Nov 5, 2025

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3 min read

My next chapter: Building The Learning Stack 2.0

I'm launching The Learning Stack 2.0: a new consultancy and media platform. After 30 years in L&D, I'm tackling the frustrating gap between learning tech promises and reality.

Mark Dearlove
Mark Dearlove

learning technology

Your Learning Stack is a Jenga Tower

Oct 18, 2025

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3 min read

Your Learning Stack is a Jenga Tower

It’s 10 AM and you’re in back-to-back demos.

Mark Dearlove
Mark Dearlove
30 Years On, 6 Lessons Learned

Oct 16, 2025

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3 min read

30 Years On, 6 Lessons Learned

It’s 10 PM and you’re staring at the screen.

Mark Dearlove
Mark Dearlove

learning

Ignore The Quadrants - Here’s a Better Way to Choose Your Learning Platform.

Sep 30, 2025

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3 min read

Ignore The Quadrants - Here’s a Better Way to Choose Your Learning Platform.

Learning & Development leaders are under immense pressure to prove their ROI.

Mark Dearlove
Mark Dearlove

Customer Education Series

Customer Education - Part 10: The Evolving Learning Programme

Aug 27, 2025

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2 min read

Customer Education - Part 10: The Evolving Learning Programme

How to Stay Relevant by Embracing Innovation

Mark Dearlove
Mark Dearlove

Customer Education Series

Customer Education - Part 9: More Than a Nudge

Aug 20, 2025

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2 min read

Customer Education - Part 9: More Than a Nudge

A Guide to Driving Learner Engagement

Mark Dearlove
Mark Dearlove
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