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Thoughts on instructional design methodology, the learning sciences, and what it takes to build training that actually works.

March 2026

Before You Build: The Step Most Teams Skip (and Why It Matters)

I think of every training request like hiking: the endpoint is set by stakeholders, the compass gives us direction, and the terrain determines the path. Our job as instructional designers is to survey that terrain before we take a single step.

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