Learning architecture for international teams

Most training doesn't change anything.
Here's why, and what to do instead.

Research is clear: 70% of learning happens through doing, not sitting in a classroom or completing an e-learning module. Learning Arch Studio designs learning journeys built around practice. And we measure whether they work.

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The 70/20/10 model
70%
On-the-job practice
20%
Coaching & feedback
10%
Formal training

Most L&D spend goes on the 10%. We design the other 90%.

6
Step evidence-based design process
3
Specialist focus areas for international teams
The training trap

You've invested in training. So why hasn't behaviour changed?

Most organisations spend their L&D budget on courses, then wonder why nothing sticks... The reason is structural. A workshop accounts for just 10% of how adults actually learn new skills. The other 90% happens through practice and doing real work differently.

Off-the-shelf content

Generic programmes built for everyone work for no one. Your teams have specific challenges, specific contexts, and specific gaps that require bespoke design.

No transfer to the job

Knowledge lands in the room and disappears by Monday. Without deliberate practice design, training evaporates, no matter how good the facilitator was.

No way to measure it

"Participants rated it 4.2/5" is not an outcome. Real evaluation means tracking behaviour change and business results, not post-training satisfaction scores.

What we design

Blended learning journeys for the skills
that matter most right now.

Three areas where international companies consistently struggle, and where the gap between training and real change is widest.

Soft skills

The skills no slide deck can teach

Communication, feedback, leadership, resilience. We design practice-based journeys that move these from theory into daily behaviour.



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Intercultural

Working across cultures without losing each other

For international teams navigating difference every day: in meetings, in feedback, in collaboration. We design programmes grounded in real intercultural frameworks and built for your specific team composition.

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AI readiness

The soft skills side of working with AI

Adopting AI tools is not a technical challenge: it's a behavioural one. Critical thinking, prompt literacy, human judgement, and knowing when not to trust the machine. We help teams build the skills that make AI work in practice.

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Not sure where your L&D gaps are?
We'll tell you, for free.

Before any proposal, before any programme, we offer a free half-day audit of your current learning and development setup. Honest observations. No obligation. No sales pressure.

  • Review of existing training materials and completion data
  • Pulse interviews with 1–2 key stakeholders
  • Assessment of likely transfer failures
  • Short, clear recommendations deck

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free audit

Half a day. No cost. A clear view of where your L&D stands, and what a well-designed learning journey could do.

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No commitment required.
We diagnose before we prescribe.

How we work

We design before we build.
Every time.

We start with your business objectives and design backwards. Our methodology is built on the Kirkpatrick New World Model and the 12 levers of transfer: the gold standard for learning that actually sticks on the job.

01
Free audit
Assess current state
02
In-depth analysis
Build evidence base
03
Co-design sprints
Shape with learners
04
Production
Build to specification
05
Deployment
Land it well
06
Evaluation
Measure what changed
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Our signature offer

Leave the office. Learn differently.
Come back changed.

A full immersive day at a traditional Lithuanian sodyba, a countryside house away from the noise of office life. Real conversations. Real practice. Real discomfort in the best sense. Followed by a structured on-the-job practice plan that keeps the learning alive for months after.

"The conditions for learning soft skills can't be manufactured in a conference room. You need time, space, and the courage to practise in front of your peers."

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Lithuanian countryside lake and dock in autumn
Who's behind the studio
Xavière Grigonis, Founder of Learning Arch Studio

Founder, Learning Arch Studio

Xavière Grigonis

Nearly 15 years in pedagogy, teaching and instructional design of e-learning modules. Close to 20 years in Lithuania. Studied and worked in the UK, worked in international teams across many contexts.

I know what makes cross-cultural teams work, and what trips them up. Learning Arch Studio exists because training can do more than it usually does.

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