Why can't employees just choose their own learning path from a catalog?

Effective personalization isn't about giving people choices - it's about giving them the right choice without requiring them to become experts in curriculum design. Traditional systems assume employees know what they don't know, how deeply they need to learn it, in what sequence, and from which sources. These are expert-level instructional design skills. Without context, every choice is a guess, and guessing is expensive. Personalized paths eliminate this expertise requirement.

How does AI personalization differ from human instructional designers?

AI personalization doesn't replace human expertise - it repositions where humans add value. Humans remain essential for defining capability frameworks, curating high-quality content sources, validating learning outcomes against business priorities, and coaching individuals through complex skill development. AI excels at assessing individual starting points, mapping content to precise skill levels, sequencing learning activities based on cognitive load optimization, and adapting in real-time as p

What are the three forms of waste that personalization eliminates?

Personalized paths eliminate redundancy waste (learning what you already know), relevance waste (learning what you'll never apply), and sequence waste (learning step 5 before step 2). These inefficiencies compound - each form of waste multiplies the others, creating dramatic reductions in learning ROI. Eliminate the waste through personalization, and you don't get marginal improvement - you get step-change capability acceleration.

How does personalization enable organizational agility?

Personalized learning enables dynamic capability allocation. When an organization identifies an emerging market opportunity requiring new expertise, AI can identify employees with adjacent skills, construct role-specific learning paths, track progression, and surface ready-for-deployment talent in real-time. This doesn't just develop skills faster - it creates organizational agility, allowing responses to market opportunities at the speed of learning rather than the speed of hiring.

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November 26, 2025Eran Vaisfilr, Chief Executive Officer

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Diagram illustrating personalized learning paths versus standardized curricula, showing how individual context drives optimal content routing

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