What the First Half of 2025 Taught Us—and How H2 Is Shaping Up
The first half of 2025 has delivered a powerful message: learning isn’t just what happens in workshops—it’s how learning lives on afterwards.
At Simitri, we’ve seen this play out in real time: organisations are pairing standout sessions with seamless reinforcement to maximise impact
H1 Trends Observed
Growing focus on visible, credible leadership in hybrid environments
More interest in AI-Personalised learning paths
Shift toward real-world behaviour change over passive content
L&D Direction in H2: Learning That Lasts
As 2025 gains momentum, L&D is expanding and building on the foundation of impactful training with new ways to sustain growth and embed real transformation.
1. From “What We Teach” to “How It’s Reinforced”
L&D leaders are recognising that transformation happens from when the session starts to days and weeks after.
The question isn’t just “What should we teach?” but “How can we ensure this becomes part of someone’s leadership style or workflow?”
The famous Forgetting Curve, first described by Hermann Ebbinghaus in 1885, shows memory loss occurs rapidly if not actively retained, often over 50% in the first 24 hours, and up to 70% by week’s end.
“If we don’t reinforce learning, it decays fast. Within a week, most of what’s been taught can be forgotten unless we intentionally help learners revisit and apply it.”
In response, forward-thinking organisations are:
Launching post-session journeys with prompts & challenges
Embedding learning into coaching & team check-ins
Using nudges to activate learning at the moment of need
2. Micro-Coaching & ROI
L&D teams are moving beyond surface-level engagement metrics and focusing on what truly drives change. They’re integrating micro-coaching into 1:1s, using nudges aligned to workflow moments, and leveraging behavioural analytics to track real, measurable impact.
Aligned with business calendars (e.g., sales reviews, product launches)
Timed to leadership transitions or reorgs
Delivered in formats suited for attention-challenged, screen-fatigued professionals
A recent MIT Sloan report (May 2025) highlighted that companies using behavioural tracking and micro-coaching showed 24% higher alignment between training goals and business results
What L&D Can Take Forward: Making Learning Stick
Leading organisations are no longer treating reinforcement as an afterthought, they’re designing for it. Tools like SmartScroll™ help turn key insights into everyday actions, embedding learning into team check-ins, meetings, and decision points. It’s not about more tech, it’s about timely, relevant prompts that drive real behaviour change. Reflection paired with action is what builds lasting capability.
INTRODUCING:
SmartScroll™ THE Reinforcement Engine for Your H2 Strategy
You know the most common question we get asked after a workshop? “This was great but how do we make sure people actually remember it next week?”
And fair enough because people forget. It’s not that they don’t want to remember, it’s just that life, emails, meetings, and group chats about “urgent-but-not-urgent” things get in the way.
At Simitri, our work has always been about people and helping them unlock their potential by refining the human skills that drive success in the workplace. Our workshops consistently spark insight and inspire action, but we also understand that true, lasting change doesn’t happen in a single session. So, when our clients asked for a way to extend the impact of learning beyond the workshop, we got to work and created a tool that reinforces insights, encourages reflection, and helps new behaviours stick.
Simitri SmartScroll™ is tailor-made for these H2 trends:
Reflection prompts, post-training and on demand
Multimedia and context-rich, aligned to leadership and performance goals
Engagement analytics that show ROI on behaviour
By blending spacing, micro-coaching, and workplace timing, it helps leaders not just learn—but lead.
Discover how SmartScroll™ empowers H2 performance in exactly the ways L&D requires.
