A New Era of Learning: Is Your L&D Strategy Keeping Up With the Pace of Change?

Learning is evolving fast. With AI reshaping how we learn and soft skills in higher demand than ever, it’s time to use DISC to help your people grow and connect. Is your L&D strategy keeping up?

What’s Trending in L&D 

Change is here and it’s accelerating faster than ever before. Two trends that stand out in L&D right now:

• AI is transforming the way we learn by providing smarter and more personalized learning experiences.
• There is a rise in soft skills like communication, teamwork, and emotional intelligence.

At first glance, these trends may seem unrelated. But they’re deeply connected by a common thread: self-awareness and communication. That’s where Extended DISC plays a key role. Combining Extended DISC with these shifts helps teams take learning to the next level.

Why AI Is Changing How We Learn

AI is reshaping the learning experience. Today’s tools can tailor content based on a learner’s role, goals, and performance. It’s fast, efficient, and relevant, which helps learners focus on what they truly need.

But smart content isn’t enough. Effective personalization considers how people prefer to communicate, make decisions, and learn.

• A D-style learner is likely to want quick, results-focused content.
• An I-style learner may prefer things that are fun, social, and engaging.
• An S-style learner values consistency and time to absorb information.
• A C-style learner needs structure, logic, and detailed explanations.

AI can personalize content delivery, but Extended DISC personalizes the approach and improves learner buy-in.

The Rise of Soft Skills as the New Competitive Edge

As roles evolve and remote work expands, soft skills have become the true competitive edge. Skills like communication, adaptability, empathy, and teamwork are more critical than ever to success. Why? Because technical skills may get the job done, but people skills build the culture, the collaboration, and the innovation that move organizations forward.

The challenge? Soft skills are more challenging to teach and even harder to measure.

That’s where Extended DISC comes in.

It turns soft skills into actionable insights by helping people:

• Understand their behavior and identify blind spots
• Recognize how others prefer to communicate and do things
• Appreciate style differences across a team
• Adjust their approach to build trust and reduce friction

Instead of just saying, “We need to be better communicators,” DISC can show us how to support our success in becoming better communicators.

• Want to build trust and work better as a team?→ Extended DISC helps members understand how other team members prefer to work and how to flex their style to reduce conflict and build trust.
• Want to teach empathy → It helps people see situations from another style’s perspective.
• Want to improve collaboration? → It shows the value each DISC style brings to the team.
• Want to reduce conflict → It equips people to flex their approach instead of reacting emotionally.

Extended DISC helps translate theory into practice. It creates space for people to reflect, adapt, and apply so that soft skills don’t just stay on paper but show up in real conversations and behaviors.

It’s one thing to know that communication, empathy, or active listening is important. It’s another thing to apply it. Extended DISC helps us know our style (and the styles of those around us) so we can communicate more clearly;  ultimately reducing friction and misunderstandings.

Imagine giving a team Extended DISC training alongside their soft skills development. Suddenly, they’re not just learning about communication styles in theory, but they’re learning how to adapt to real colleagues based on different preferences. Extended DISC takes theory to real-world application.

How Extended DISC and AI Work Together

AI and Extended DISC might seem like very different tools. One’s tech-driven, and the other is people-focused. But together? They’re a powerful combo.

• AI helps us deliver the right content at the right time.
• Extended DISC helps us connect that content to real people, real teams, and real behavior change.

At the end of the day, learning isn’t just about skills; it’s about people: how they work, communicate, and grow together.

As L&D professionals navigate a fast-changing workplace, tech alone isn’t enough. We need tools that support both personalization and human connection. Extended DISC does both; turning insight into real action.

Ready to level up your learning strategy?

Start by asking:

• Are we just delivering content, or are we making it personal for each learner?
• Are we teaching soft skills in a way that sticks?
• Are we giving people tools to connect, not just consume content?

If not, it might be time to bring Extended DISC into your learning strategy.

I’d love to hear how you’re integrating Extended DISC, AI, or soft skills in your L&D programs. What’s working for you? Let’s share ideas!