469: The Strategic Outlook for Learning Businesses 2026

Strategy is about making choices—where to focus, what to invest in, and what to stop doing. Data can help bring clarity to those decisions, especially in a complex and competitive environment. In this episode, Leading Learning Podcast co-hosts Celisa Steele and Jeff Cobb share insights from a survey of learning businesses to help you think about strategy in 2026. They explore top strategic goals and drivers, key trends and challenges shaping learning businesses, and three themes that emerge from the data: the tension between mission and margin, alignment with credibility and areas of authority, and a growing confidence gap around achieving both strategic goals and revenue expectations. Show notes and a downloadable transcript are available at .

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469: The Strategic Outlook for Learning Businesses 2026 is an episode from Leading Learning by Jeff Cobb and Jim Thompson.

This episode is 29:11 long.

This episode was published on Jan 6, 2026.

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