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42 factual articles on AI in training, adaptive learning, and MentivisOS products.
Learning with AI: what the research really says
Studies on AI effectiveness in learning show positive results under specific conditions and null or negative effects in other configurations. The decisive variable is not the techn...
AI in Corporate Training
What learners expect from an AI platform in 2026
In 2026, learners arrive in training with expectations shaped by daily use of mainstream AI assistants. A Microsoft France and YouGov study from January 2026 indicates that more th...
AI in Corporate Training
What AI cannot do in training
Current AI systems cannot assess skills that require high-quality human judgement, handle complex emotional situations, guarantee the reliability of what they generate without expe...
AI in Corporate Training
How to choose an AI training system: the right questions to ask
Choosing an AI training system requires assessing four dimensions: functional (does the system genuinely generate learning paths or merely select from a catalogue?), technical (HRI...
AI in Corporate Training
What is adaptive learning and why it works
Adaptive learning is a pedagogical approach that adjusts content, difficulty and progression of a learning path to the learner's observed performance and needs, in real time. It re...
AI in Corporate Training
How an AI agent supports a learner without replacing them
A pedagogical support AI agent is a conversational system available continuously, without judgement, that answers the learner's questions, reformulates explanations and gives immed...
AI in Corporate Training
How AI personalises and adapts a learning path for each individual
AI personalises a learning path in three steps: an initial diagnostic that measures the learner's actual attainment, generation of a path built specifically for their profile (not ...
AI in Corporate Training
How an HR Director steers skills with AI
An HR Director equipped with an AI skills management system gains three new capabilities: a dynamic map of available skills in the organisation, updated continuously; individual pr...
AI in Corporate Training
Skills development plan: obligations and pitfalls to avoid
The skills development plan is the document through which the employer organises training actions for employees. All employers must ensure their employees adapt to their role and m...
AI in Corporate Training
Funding corporate training: CPF, OPCO, FNE, Pro-A — the complete guide
In France, companies can fund employee training through several mechanisms: OPCOs (French vocational training funding bodies), which cover part of the costs for SMEs; the CPF (Fren...
AI in Corporate Training
Mandatory training: what are your legal obligations, sector by sector?
Some training is imposed by law or sector regulations, regardless of the employer's wishes. Failure to provide it exposes the company to criminal penalties, administrative closure ...
AI in Corporate Training
Professional development review: what employers really risk if they are non-compliant
The professional development review is mandatory every two years for each employee with at least two years' service, and after certain absences (maternity leave, sick leave exceedi...
AI in Corporate Training
AI Act Article 4: what your organisation must have in place on AI training
Article 4 of the European Artificial Intelligence Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, the AI Act) has applied since 2 February 2025. It requires providers and deployers of AI sy...
AI in Corporate Training
AI maturity in the organisation: how to assess where you are and what to do next
An organisation's AI maturity is measured on five levels, from level 1 (no structured AI use) to level 5 (organisation optimised by AI, in a continuous learning loop). Most French ...
AI in Corporate Training
Training and financial performance: what the studies say
Studies on the link between training and financial performance show a positive correlation that is difficult to isolate causally. The most convergent solid data come from the ATD, ...
AI in Corporate Training
How to build a training policy aligned with business strategy
A training policy aligned with business strategy starts from two simple questions: what skills must the organisation have in 18 to 36 months to execute its strategy? And what skill...
AI in Corporate Training
Learning design in the workplace: why most training fails
The Ebbinghaus forgetting curve established at the end of the 19th century still holds: without revision or application, 50% of what was learned in training is forgotten within 24 ...
AI in Corporate Training
Personalisation of learning paths: myth or reality in 2026?
Personalisation of learning paths means the ability to adapt content, pace, sequence and assessment to each learner individually. In 2026, two levels of personalisation genuinely e...
AI in Corporate Training
AI and training: what finance leaders need to understand
Finance leaders treat training as a cost to be contained. AI in training changes this frame: it makes measurable an investment that was not. An AI system produces data that allow t...
AI and Learning
How to build a business case for an AI training system
A business case for an AI training system rests on four elements in a precise order: quantify the true cost of the current problem (production, delivery, employee time, non-complia...
AI and Learning
Measuring skills acquisition: beyond completion rate
Completion rate is the most used training metric and one of the least informative. It measures that someone finished a learning path, not that the target skill was acquired. Studie...
AI and Learning
What real skills measurement is and why it changes everything for HR management
Real skills measurement means verifying what an employee is actually able to do, skill by skill, not recording their attendance at a training session or their completion of a modul...
AI and Learning
Why corporate training is no longer enough without AI
Corporate training as it is mostly practised solves an access and distribution problem, not a real acquisition problem. E-learning completion rates stagnate between 10% and 25% out...
AI and Learning
Which AI skills should you prioritise by role and sector?
The AI skills to develop as a priority depend on role, not sector. Three levels structure a relevant AI training plan: basic AI literacy (understanding what a language model is, wh...
AI and Learning
Skills obsolescence: how to know if your team is at risk
The average shelf life of a technical skill has fallen from 30 years in the 1980s to less than 5 years today, according to World Economic Forum data. For digital and AI-related ski...
AI and Learning
Training for AI vs hiring AI talent: cost-benefit analysis for HR Directors
The decision to train internally or to hire AI talent depends on the nature of the skills sought, the time available and the budget. For usage skills (using AI in a business contex...
AI and Learning
How to measure the return on investment of a corporate training plan
The return on investment of training is measured using three main approaches. The Kirkpatrick model evaluates four levels: satisfaction, learning, behaviour and results. The Philli...
AI and Learning
The real cost of an untrained employee: what organisations fail to measure
The cost of an untrained employee is not limited to visible errors. It includes chronic under-productivity (estimated at 10% to 20% of time according to engagement studies), the co...
AI and Learning
Training ROI by sector: what the available data can tell us
Training ROI varies significantly by sector, mainly due to two factors: the weight of mandatory regulatory training (whose ROI is measured in avoided penalties rather than producti...
AI and Learning
The scarcest skills in France in 2026 and how to develop them internally
In 2026, the skills in shortest supply on the French labour market cluster around five areas: AI and data skills (developing, deploying and supervising AI systems), cyber security,...
AI and Learning
RGPD and corporate training: what HR Directors need to know about learner data
Online training platforms (LMS) collect personal data on learners: identity, progress in modules, assessment results, time spent on each piece of content, connection data. These da...
AI and Learning
Training your managers to manage in an AI-augmented workplace: where to start?
The deployment of AI in organisations creates a blind spot in most training plans: employees are trained to use AI tools, but managers are not trained to manage teams that use AI. ...
AI and Learning
MentivisOS Open, Entreprise, Education: what are the differences and how to choose
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What is MentivisOS Education and who is it for?
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What is MentivisOS Entreprise and how does it work?
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What is MentivisOS Open and who is it for?
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What to measure in a professional development review to make it a genuine skills management tool
The professional development review, mandatory every two years, is often treated as a formality. Yet done well, it becomes the most powerful skills management tool: four questions ...
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The 7 metrics every L&D leader should track (and how to measure them)
L&D leaders are often assessed on volume metrics (number of training hours, number of participants) that measure activity, not impact. The 7 metrics that make it possible to genuin...
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My LMS is useless: why completion rates collapse and how to fix it
The average completion rate for online corporate training is between 5% and 20% according to studies and sectors. This figure is systematically underestimated by L&D teams, who mea...
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How to know if your training plan actually worked
Evaluating a training plan after delivery means measuring two distinct things: what participants learned (assessment of learning) and what they changed in their professional practi...
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Intensive training vs spaced learning: what does learning science say?
Learning science is unambiguous on this point: learning the same amount of content in several short sessions spaced over time produces significantly superior long-term retention th...
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The organisation as a learning organisation: what it means in practice for HR Directors
A learning organisation has developed the capacity to learn collectively from its experience, adapt its practices and generate new knowledge continuously. It is not a state you rea...
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