This week, the Mindsmith team heads to Excel London for Learning Technologies 2026 — Europe's leading workplace learning event and one of the best places to see where corporate training is actually headed.
If you've been to LT before, you know the floor tells you more than any industry report. The conversations happening between sessions — between designers, CLOs, and the teams trying to bridge both worlds — that's where the signal is.
Here's what we're paying attention to this year
The "AI question" has shifted. A year ago, the conversation was about whether to bring AI into L&D workflows. Now it's about which AI — and whether it actually holds up to the quality standards that serious instructional designers won't compromise on.
We're also watching how enterprise L&D leaders are framing the ROI conversation with their boards. The pressure to prove that learning drives business outcomes (not just completion rates) is real, and it's reshaping what good tooling looks like.
Come find us
We're at Booth L02, right near the entrance. Here's what's happening at the booth this week:
- Cotapaxi bag raffle — three times a day, anyone who's gone through a demo with us is entered to win. You need to be present to win, so come by early and don't wander too far.
- Markus Bernhardt stops by — Thursday, 10:30–12:00. If you know Markus, you know this is a conversation worth catching.
- Live demo in Theater 8 — Thursday at 14:45, Ethan is giving a full demo. Grab a seat.
See you in London
Book time with the team before the conference floor gets loud.