Nazaré launches 2nd edition – The Nazaré Guide to Delivering Impactful Learning

We’re proud to launch the 2nd edition of the Purple Book: The Nazaré Guide to Delivering Impactful Learning. With updated thinking, expanded tools, and future-ready strategies, this edition builds on the success of the first to help L&D professionals design learning that creates lasting change and measurable performance.

Whether you’re just starting out in L&D or evolving an enterprise strategy, this book will equip you with the practical techniques and thinking you need to drive real business impact through learning.

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A sneak peak at the chapters

Here’s what we’ll hope you’ll get out of each chapter:

Chapter 1 – Learning That Matters

Learn how L&D professionals can become strategic business partners by focusing on improving business performance. This chapter reframes learning as a lever for impact—and provides the tools to make it happen.

Chapter 2 – Leveraging Principles of Behavioral Science to Inform Performance Approaches

Explore how the COM-B model helps shift learning design from knowledge transfer to behavior change. Unlocking better outcomes by addressing capability, opportunity, and motivation.

Chapter 3 – Coherent Learning and Performance Measurement Strategies

Build the skills to design programs that drive measurable outcomes. This chapter introduces practical tools, including the Theory of Change, to help you connect learning efforts to business goals.

Chapter 4 – Assembling Modern Blended Learning Experiences to Engage Audiences

Discover how to design rich, engaging blended experiences. This updated chapter now includes AI coaching and simulations to further personalize and deepen learning journeys.

Chapter 5 – Immersive Learning for Impactful Experiences

From VR to physical simulations, explore how immersive learning can build confidence, improve performance, and deliver memorable, high-impact learning experiences.

Chapter 6 – Augmented Learning With Generative Artificial Intelligence (Updated)

Now fully updated for 2025, this chapter helps L&D teams apply GenAI in regulated environments, using the ACT (Appropriate, Compliant, Transparent) framework to safely and effectively bring AI into learning strategies.

Chapter 7 – Designing Modern Learning Ecosystems (Updated)

Explore how to move beyond traditional LMS systems into flexible, data-driven, and AI-enabled ecosystems. This chapter now includes new guidance on content governance, integration strategies, and AI tools that support learning in the flow of work.