Custom Learning Experiences: Next Commercial Training Trend?

I may in fact be obsessed with learning technology.  I spend my days anticipating, tracking, understanding and interpreting learning technology trends so I can help organizations make better buying decisions.  Life in the “trend zone” is certainly exciting though often frustrating.  Sometimes a promising trend may only be a temporary distraction.  Other times, nothing materializes beyond the hype — a lot of hype.

But once in awhile a trend emerges that is bigger and faster than we thought possible. Demand then comes from every corner and the learning industry is compelled to respond with varying levels of innovation.  It happened with cloud computing and the cloud LMS.  It happened with smartphones with anywhere/anytime mobility and also with online social interaction as a way of daily life.