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New Leaf Technologies P/L Distributors of Adaptive Learning Software, providing complete on-line or blended learning solutions to corporate, government and educational sectors

Thought of the day from our always-tinkering MD, Michael hanly."I keep coming back to a term I use with clients: Onboard...
05/10/2026

Thought of the day from our always-tinkering MD, Michael hanly.

"I keep coming back to a term I use with clients: Onboarding Velocity."

It sounds fancy, but it’s not. It’s simply how fast a new hire goes from "still learning the ropes" to actually pulling their weight, unsupervised.

The reason I’m excited about the concept is it flips the board on what gets measured during onboarding. Forget about completing the modules or ticking off the compliance checklist. Or whether your new hire finished the programme on time.

Those things will tell you employees ran the course, but nowhere does it tell you when someone started earning their salary.

I'd rather know the second thing and, so would most CFOs I talk to.

To learn the secrets, stay tuned as we’ll be covering onboarding velocity quite a bit this month.

Plus, we're kicking things off with a live Articulate Frontline webinar this month. Join us to find out how you can design eLearning that works for everyone. Grab your spot here: https://zurl.co/suHXV

We’ve been listening in on onboarding conversations in HR circles and staff communities lately, and it turns out several...
02/10/2026

We’ve been listening in on onboarding conversations in HR circles and staff communities lately, and it turns out several frustrations are surfacing on repeat...

"Nobody knew I was starting."

"I spent my first day reading HR documents."

"Our onboarding documents haven't been updated since 2021."

"HR and IT work in different systems."

"As a manager, I have to answer the same questions every week."

None of these are dramatic, but that's exactly the problem. Each one seems small until they're happening to every new hire, every week.

The question is, how to fix it?

It’s easy. Throw out your five disconnected systems and replace them with one connected onboarding experience that pushes these frustration posts into the internet archive.

Give us a shout if you need help building an ecosystem where content, delivery, AI support, workflow guidance and governance all work together.

We’re here!
🔗https://zurl.co/dq0LG

Turn your team's raw expertise into ready-to-launch capability in MINUTES, no course creation background required!Join N...
30/09/2026

Turn your team's raw expertise into ready-to-launch capability in MINUTES, no course creation background required!

Join New Leaf Technologies for an exclusive look at the brand-new Articulate Frontline. Free up your core L&D team to focus on the bigger picture. This is an industry game-changer!

We’ll dive into the use of AI in learning using Articulates new product Frontline to effortlessly create stunning courses, studio-free videos and instant translations in 80+ languages.

📅 14 Oct 2026 | 🕘 09:00 SAST

Understand how this is going to change the industry and register today!
🔗 https://zurl.co/F7YtW

28/09/2026

Fact: Nearly two-thirds of instructional designers only started using AI in the last year, and 96% of those using AI are relying on generative AI. (ATD)

What's your biggest concern about AI-generated eLearning content?

React with the corresponding below:
👍Inaccurate or hallucinated content
❤️ Inadequate human oversight
😀 Bias in AI-generated content
😮 Compliance risks
🤔 Other (comment below).

“Governance used to be about governing systems. Now it's about governing decisions made by AI.”That's how our MD Michael...
25/09/2026

“Governance used to be about governing systems. Now it's about governing decisions made by AI.”

That's how our MD Michael Hanly describes one of the biggest risks organisations face as AI adoption accelerates.

The thing is, AI changes weekly while most governance policies get reviewed once a year, if that.

In our SYNAPSE Framework™ the”E” pillar stands for Evolutionary Governance. We created it precisely because static policies can't keep up with a moving target.

In practice, that means:
✅Live guardrails.
✅Human sign-off where it is needed.
✅Real-time checks on bias, accuracy and data privacy.

In other words, less red tape and people trusting the system that's watching the AI.
We break down how it works in our latest blog: https://zurl.co/D59dm

So our question to you: does your organisation trust its AI because it's governed, or just because it hasn't broken yet?

Before there were classrooms, there was firelight.Elders didn't lecture. They showed. A grandmother's hands teaching a c...
24/09/2026

Before there were classrooms, there was firelight.

Elders didn't lecture. They showed. A grandmother's hands teaching a child to weave. A father passing down the way to read weather in the clouds. Knowledge moved from voice to voice, hand to hand, held safe by whoever carried it next.
Nobody owned it. Everybody kept it alive.

There's a saying that captures this better than we ever could: Umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu. A person is a person through other people. We become who we are through each other, and that includes everything we know.

That's the thread running through South Africa's story. Wisdom shared out loud, generation to generation, until it belonged to everyone who carried it forward.
Now, technology has changed how far that knowledge can travel. But it hasn't changed why we share it.

This Heritage Day, we're thinking about the people who still teach the way our elders did. Patiently. Generously. By showing up and showing someone how.
Happy Heritage Day, South Africa!

Ps, the instinct to learn from one another hasn't gone anywhere; it's just found new ways to show up in the workplace, a principle we explore in our latest piece on Social Amplification and collaborative learning.

🔗https://zurl.co/hjzAy

Getting a head start on the celebrations with our Team! ✨Whether you'll be gathering around a fire, sharing stories or s...
23/09/2026

Getting a head start on the celebrations with our Team! ✨

Whether you'll be gathering around a fire, sharing stories or simply enjoying the public holiday with loved ones, we wish you a fantastic Heritage Day tomorrow.

Let the braais begin! 🥩🔥

“Onboarding isn't an HR process.”That's Sage South Africa's line, not ours, and they're right: Onboarding is a strategic...
21/09/2026

“Onboarding isn't an HR process.”

That's Sage South Africa's line, not ours, and they're right: Onboarding is a strategic business lever, not an admin task.

Treating onboarding as a strategy rather than a checklist is a genuinely good shift for the industry.

But it raises the question. If onboarding is strategic, what happens once it ends?
For most organisations, not much. The structured support stops.

For us, that's where the real work begins.

Through the groundbreaking methodologies and technologies (think Sprout AI and the Training Intelligence System 2.0), onboarding becomes the foundation for continuous learning, continuous support and continuous performance.

Because we firmly believe onboarding only creates value when people start creating value.

Learn more: https://zurl.co/TmnWb

Is your training reactive, transitional or transformative?Most organisations don't know because they rarely stop to ask ...
18/09/2026

Is your training reactive, transitional or transformative?

Most organisations don't know because they rarely stop to ask the right questions.
For example:
🎯Are your learning paths automatically personalised to each employee's role and career goals?
🎯 Does your data flag underperforming employees early enough to intervene?
🎯 Can you launch new training programmes in days or weeks instead of months?

These questions don't just reveal where your learning strategy stands today. They uncover where capability, productivity and performance could be improved tomorrow.

Ready to see where your organisation stands?

Take the Learning & Development SYNAPSE Playbook to assess your L&D strategy against the seven SYNAPSE Framework™ pillars and uncover practical opportunities to build a high-performance learning ecosystem.

🔗https://zurl.co/AbDV2

"So what?"It's the question every CFO eventually asks.Attendance is up.Completion rates look great.Feedback is glowing.B...
16/09/2026

"So what?"

It's the question every CFO eventually asks.

Attendance is up.

Completion rates look great.

Feedback is glowing.

But did productivity improve? Did onboarding get faster? Did the business actually perform better?

From our MD Michael Hanly’s point of view, sceptical stakeholders aren't being awkward. They're just being rational.

To get them on your side, he says, you need to stop measuring learning activity (a vanity metric by all accounts) and start measuring learning yield, i.e., the business value learning creates.

It's the core philosophy behind the Yield Measurement pillar of our groundbreaking SYNAPSE Framework™.

Want to see the metrics that actually connect learning to business outcomes, and the technology that makes it possible?

Have a read of our latest blog: https://zurl.co/HRYaF

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