by Dani Watkins | Mar 3, 2026 | Blog
What That Means for Instructional Designers Right Now This week, my co-presenter Christy Tucker and I attended a Training 2026, and she was chatting with a hiring manager about a recent instructional design opening. 70 people applied. Only FOUR had a portfolio....
by Dani Watkins | Feb 24, 2026 | Blog
If you’re an experienced instructional designer or trainer, you probably don’t struggle with content. You struggle with everything around the content. The formatting. The slide cleanup. The handouts. The small tweaks stakeholders request at the last minute. It’s not...
by Dani Watkins | Feb 17, 2026 | Blog
I do my best leadership design thinking on the trail. Not because I am escaping from work. When I run, my work comes with me. Client conversations replay in my head. Leadership challenges resurface. Program ideas click into place somewhere between base pace and push...
by Dani Watkins | Feb 3, 2026 | Blog
Most people can feel the difference between managing and leading long before they can explain it. You know it when your boss checks boxes, tracks hours, and approves requests but never really connects. And you definitely know it when someone inspires you to stretch,...
by Dani Watkins | Jan 27, 2026 | Blog
This builds on last week’s blog, Leadership Isn’t Always Loud Confidence. To read that one first, head over to our blog. Why strong leaders burn out quietly, and what actually helps There’s a particular kind of exhaustion that comes with leadership. It’s not the long...
