Learning Management & Talent Development Insights
Latest trends, ideas and reports in the world of talent development, learning management and edtech
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LMS and the Medical Device Industry
E-learning has become an integral part of the medical and medical device industries. With the current events of Covid and a population whose senior age demographic grows every year, the medical device industry is booming. Any industry that is undergoing a large expansion can find that implementing an efficient LMS system can help their scaling […]
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How to Build a Workforce That Lasts Under Pressure
Recently, employees’ lives have been characterized by a lot of uncertainty. It’s understandable why so many employees might feel stressed following the pandemic. Concerns about the economy, money, jobs, the housing market, among other things, continue to put employees under a huge amount of stress. Employees can have trouble thriving in the workplace when their […]
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Top eLearning Myths That Will Help You Redefine Your LMS
eLearning is quickly becoming a part of everyday life. Since COVID-19 shut the world down, the increased focus on virtual learning and training has created many solutions for companies out there who are trying to upskill their employees and help their organization thrive. Almost all schools and universities have or had some type of hybrid […]
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The Most In-Demand Soft Skills for Today’s Employers
For any organization to be successful, it is important for it’s employers to have most in-demand soft skills. There is a lot of focus on hard skills by employers, employees, and job seekers. That is natural, but it is only part of the bigger picture. While the ability to operate machinery or knowledge of today’s […]
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Expanding Your Gamification Strategy in 2021
According to Statista, the gamification market is expected to hit $4.91 billion in 2021. That’s a testament to many things, including its importance to your eLearning efforts. Now, combine that with the results of the COVID-19 pandemic and the fact that many companies are keeping the majority of their workforce remote for the remainder of […]
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Key Tips to Drive Social Learning in a Remote Workforce
Humans are social creatures. We are hardwired for interaction. That is how we learn best – from one another, in an in-person environment. As the world has been turned upside down due to the pandemic, we have found that the way we learn needs to change too. There’s a rise in social learning in a […]
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The Post-Pandemic Learning Landscape: How L&D Must Evolve
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a dramatic impact on virtually every facet of our lives. Businesses large and small have been forced to adapt to new, remote work situations in many instances, and employees have faced unique challenges in working from home, reducing their social interaction, and limiting their movements. Even learning and development (L&D) […]
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Want to Improve Employee Engagement? Help Employees Develop Crucial Soft Skills
Employee engagement is the unicorn every organization is chasing today. Coupled with the ongoing complications from COVID-19, it leads to a complicated situation. Thankfully, there are proven ways that you can use a learning management system to drive engagement. One of those is to help your employees develop crucial soft skills. What Are “Soft” Skills? […]
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A Growth Mindset: Using an LMS to Flip Organization-Wide Thinking
Our mindsets determine how we perceive the world. A mindset of scarcity will grasp at things as though they have value in and of themselves. Getting and holding becomes the goal of life, rather than actual living. A fixed mindset focuses on what currently is to the exclusion of all else – change is frightening […]
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What Leaders Must Know to Lead Effectively in the New Normal
For learning and development to succeed, everyone must be on board with the strategy. In addition, buy-in must extend to the highest levels. Of course, the new normal could be complicating efforts to achieve that buy-in. Between the pandemic, political unrest, market instability, and other factors, leaders may be struggling to keep up. It can […]
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The Most Important LMS Features for 2021
With 2020 having wound down, it’s time for business and organization decision-makers to plan for the next year. One decision that more and more people will need to consider is their learning management system (LMS). With the lessons 2020 taught about digital connectivity, it’s more important than ever that organizations have the latest LMS platforms […]
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How to Create a Streamlined Approach to Learning and Development
Learning and development (L&D) is a critical element for business success. However, too often, businesses get it wrong. They take a piecemeal approach or shove L&D to the back burner so they can focus on mission-critical tasks, not realizing that learning and development is as crucial as anything else. The result here is a fragmented […]
