Why Comfortable Learning Doesn't Stick Here's a question worth sitting with: if your learners walk out of a training session saying "That was great! So smooth, so enjoyable!" Is that a win? Not necessarily. In fact, it might be a warning sign. At the 2026 Central Iowa ATD Professional Development Day, we presented research and practical strategies around what we call The Satisfaction Trap: the tendency for learners (and organizations) to mistake comfortable training for effective training....

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