2026 is already here? If you’re like me, you’re feeling a little overwhelmed by the pace of change — not just trying to keep up, but figuring out how to get ahead.
So, before the OpenSesame team gets together in San Diego next week to map out what our year looks like, I pulled together some of our most-loved resources, webinars, and practical tools from 2025.
Whether you’re just getting started with AI or already knee-deep in transforming your workforce, you’ll find something here to kick off your year with clarity, confidence, and maybe even a little excitement.
Upcoming webinar: Workforce Reinvention starts here
AI is eating the world of work. Don’t be lunch.
We mean it. The gap between AI experiments and workforce readiness is getting wider by the day. Most organizations are dabbling with tools. But are their people truly prepared for what’s next?
That’s where Workforce Reinvention comes in.
And we’re kicking things off with a live webinar that every CHRO, CLO, and L&D leader should have on their radar.
Join us on Tuesday, 27 January, for practical guidance, L&D and executive insights, and ready-to-use tools to build the Human+AI capabilities your workforce needs.
PLUS: A first look at the new Workforce Reinvention Course Series: our guided, step-by-step learning path to assess readiness, build trust, and equip employees with job-ready AI skills.
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Pechanga Resort Casino brought inclusive training to more than 4,000 team members across ten business divisions—and saw powerful results. With OpenSesame’s AI-powered tools and a strong cultural foundation, the Organizational Development team turned compliance and development training into a high-engagement success.
How Andrews Distributing grew a learning culture from the ground up
What started as a compliance-only program became a company-wide learning movement. By refreshing content, removing access barriers, and positioning training as a career growth opportunity, Andrews Distributing doubled enrollments and saw a 67% jump in completions.
AI isn’t slowing down. Neither are we
If 2025 taught us anything, it’s that AI is no longer optional. In 2026, it’s a business imperative, and people leaders are being called to lead the charge. As we kick off the new year, here’s a roundup of our most popular AI resources from 2025 to help you stay ahead.
Top blog posts
In this blog, technology curator Kyle Gagliardi shares why AI fluency is now essential for every employee and introduces a curated training path to help people build practical, ethical, and job-ready AI skills.
If you can write, you can prompt. Learn how L&D professionals can harness AI through smart prompting — no tech background required.
AI tools are powerful, but without the right human skills, they fall flat. Learn which capabilities your workforce needs now to thrive alongside AI and how to start building them, step by step.
Must-see resources
AI is reshaping the talent landscape. Are your strategies keeping up? This playbook introduces five research-backed moves to help HR and L&D leaders shift from reactive training to proactive, AI-powered talent development that drives growth, engagement, and competitive edge.
Planning your 2026 learning strategy just got a whole lot easier. Our refreshed Course Calendars are here to help you deliver engaging, timely learning all year long, featuring monthly themes across AI, compliance, wellness, leadership, and more, so you can keep development aligned, inspiring, and always relevant.
AI adoption doesn’t start with tools — it starts with trust. This playbook gives HR and L&D leaders the frameworks, language, and plans they need to guide AI strategy with confidence and shared purpose.
These short, engaging (and free!) Briefly book summaries are designed to kickstart deeper conversations across your team, equipping them with practical takeaways on navigating AI, elevating communication, and reimagining what’s possible.
Can’t miss webinars
AI has officially moved out of the lab and into the core of workplace learning. This on-demand webinar brings together industry leaders to explore how L&D teams can lead the way in 2026 — using AI to personalize learning, accelerate skills, and reinvent workforce development at scale.
Too many AI strategies start with tools. The smart ones start with people. Watch this session to explore how to lead AI adoption through change leadership, culture readiness, and enterprise-wide enablement, plus get a practical checklist to kickstart action in your org.
AI is now a must-have skillset, and L&D is on the front line of preparing teams for what’s next. In this on-demand session, Mindtools CLO Ross Garner shares practical steps to help HR and learning leaders build AI fluency across roles, equip managers to lead change, and design learning strategies that keep pace without burning people out.