Workforce Training

Austin – November 03, 2026 -- Schoox, the learning and growth platform for frontline enterprises, is adding an intelligence dashboard that turns the questions employees ask during work into capability gaps with a dollar value attached to each. The company also gave its Learning-In-Action Assistant (LINA) agentic capabilities for administrators and introduced FlexCourses, a tool that builds one course for delivery in multiple formats and languages.

The additions join the Learning Impact Suite, introduced in November 2025. Together they form what Schoox calls a continuous loop linking frontline questions, training and business results.

Austin – October 29, 2026 -- Schoox will pitch a model that forecasts the return on training before a program launches at four November events, including a solution announcement at DevLearn booth #303 in Las Vegas.

The learning platform vendor wants L&D leaders to name the business result first, then design training to deliver it. Under this approach, leaders set the target with operational heads, identify the required skills, build the program and forecast the return in advance. Sandra Moran, Schoox Chief Marketing Officer, said skills matter to a CFO only when tied to a metric the business is working to improve.

Global – October 25, 2026 -- A survey cited by Whatfix found that 67% of technical professionals want real-world, practical application when learning new technology. Whatfix is using the figure to argue that enterprises should add sandbox training environments to LMS courses, in-person training and user documentation.

Sandbox replicas let employees practice workflows without touching production data

A sandbox training environment is a controlled replica of a software application. Users practice tasks there without affecting production data, live transactions or business operations. The most effective versions recreate approvals, exceptions, customer scenarios and compliance steps, not just screen-by-screen navigation.

Europe – October 24, 2026 -- LKQ Europe is deploying Whatfix's Digital Adoption Platform and Product Analytics across LKQ Academy, a learning platform serving 70,000 registered users in 13 countries.

LKQ Academy is billed as Europe's largest digital learning provider for vehicle repair professionals

Whatfix, which describes itself as a global leader in agentic digital adoption platforms for enterprises, announced the deployment. The aim is to make learning simpler and more intuitive for the academy's user base. The rollout combines two Whatfix products: the Digital Adoption Platform and Product Analytics.

Whatfix is named in four 2026 Gartner Hype Cycle reports

Separately, Whatfix said it appears in four 2026 Gartner Hype Cycle reports. Two of them recognize it for Generative AI Simulators: the Hype Cycle for Future of Work and the Hype Cycle for Corporate Learning Technologies.

Oviedo, Fla. – October 22, 2026 -- The National Center for Integrated Emergency Response (NCIER), the services division of C3 Pathways, Inc., has updated its School Safety and Violent Event Incident Management (SSAVEIM) Train-the-Trainer course into a 16-hour, two-day program for up to 30 candidates drawn from schools, law enforcement, and fire and EMS.

Course seats roughly ten candidates from each of three disciplines

The target mix is approximately ten school personnel, ten law enforcement officers, and ten fire and EMS staff. Emergency management participants are encouraged to attend. Candidates first work through coached scenarios as students, then learn to facilitate the same scenarios in their home communities. The scenarios run from the first 911 call through reunification, the process of returning every student to the right parent.

Orlando – October 22, 2026 -- EverSmith Brands will open EverHUB, a 12,000-square-foot training and technology center in Milford, Ohio, on Oct. 22. The commercial facility services franchisor is targeting more than 1,200 territories within three years, up from approximately 800 today.

The platform currently counts more than 340 ownership groups across seven countries. The center, at 502 Techne Center Drive, will serve owners of all seven brands: 1-Tom-Plumber, Clintar, Kitchen Guard, MilliCare, Prism Specialties, The Seals and U.S. Lawns. EverSmith Brands' headquarters will remain in Orlando, Florida.

EverHUB training stations replicate commercial sites for seven brands

Brand-specific stations simulate the commercial environments franchisees and their teams encounter in the field. They use commercial equipment, including a partner-contributed walk-in refrigerator, so teams can practice service procedures before working at customer sites.

Salt Lake City – October 16, 2026 -- BorboletaPro has acquired Dulce Lash Artistry and been named preferred lash and brow education partner of Paul Mitchell Advanced Education (PMAE), giving it a route into the Paul Mitchell Schools network nationwide.

Under the arrangement, BorboletaPro will supply its professional products, specialized curriculum and hands-on training across the school network. The company said the initiative is designed to link traditional cosmetology and esthetics education with specialized lash and brow skills. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

Singapore – October 02, 2026 -- AhaSlides has won the 2026 Training Magazine Network Choice Award in the Gamification & Game-Based Learning category, a prize decided entirely by votes from working L&D professionals rather than editorial judges.

Voting pool of 2,207 trainers cast 11,692 votes across 296 companies

The Choice Awards, run by Training Magazine Network's 100,000+ member base, collected ballots between April 28 and June 30, 2026, spanning seven categories. Training magazine Editor/Publisher Lorri Freifeld announced the results on September 29, 2026.

Arlington, Va. – – September 17, 2026 -- The We Card Program is marking its 31st annual Awareness Month this September by pushing retailers nationwide to tighten age-verification training as FDA enforcement of tobacco, vapor and nicotine pouch sales remains a priority.

FDA enforcement pressure drives renewed retailer training push

David Spross, Executive Director of the National Association of Tobacco Outlets and a We Card board member, said September is the time to "ramp up and renew retailer compliance efforts" on federal, state and local requirements for selling age-restricted products.