A FIELD STUDY IN FUTILITY · EST. 1944
Two hundred ants
walked in a
perfect loop
until they
died.
The exit was twenty feet away. They never saw it.
Each ant followed the pheromone trail of the ant in front of her. Nobody was lost.
Nobody was in charge. Nobody arrived.
Most corporate learning is an ant mill. A perfect loop of completion rates, satisfaction scores, and courses that end exactly where they began. £400bn in, 15% behaviour change out. The industry has decided this is normal.
We disagree.
Most corporate learning is an ant mill. A perfect loop of completion rates, satisfaction scores, and courses that end exactly where they began. £400bn in, 15% behaviour change out. The industry has decided this is normal.
We disagree.
FIELD NOTE
SCHNEIRLA · 1944
SCHNEIRLA · 1944
The army ant mill was first documented in the Panamanian jungle. A detachment of roughly 200 ants,
separated from the main column by rain, began to circle.
They circled for two days.
The loop widened to three metres. None of them ever stopped. None of them ever noticed the edge.
They followed the pheromone trail of the ant in front of them until they collapsed.
Most corporate training is the pheromone trail. We're the detachment that stepped out.
Most corporate training is the pheromone trail. We're the detachment that stepped out.
ARRIVING · JUNE 2026
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