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In a world where the capability of technology is moving faster than ever believed possible, digital learning plays a central role in an organisation’s learning and development toolkit. Yet even whilst surrounded by innovation, why is it that compliance training so often falls back on tired tropes in an attempt to achieve those all-important completions? […]
Over two years on, early 2020 with its national lockdowns, toilet roll shortages and furlough schemes, seems almost like a distant memory… Yet the pandemic has had an undeniable impact on almost every aspect of society. This is especially true of the current and still turbulent labour market. Coming up with a sustainable solution to […]
Exploring the barriers to digital solutions in employment related services. I’m of an age that grew up with vinyl records as the only means of purchasing and playing music on-demand. Recently I had a short vacation in an ‘oldy-worldy’ cottage that boasted an old record player and a selection of vinyl – including the soundtrack […]
Digital disruption continues to accelerate and the demand for digital transformation within the workplace has never been greater. With 84% of employers on track to digitise their working processes, the need for agile employees that can keep pace with transformation has become imperative. Recognising that digital transformation can improve productivity is one thing. But reaching […]
Artificial intelligence, machine learning, and automation are replacing many time demanding and repetitive yet simple tasks previously done by paid employees. The good news – for the business, at least – is that this can remove the need to recruit people with all the necessary hard skills. The even better news is that these systematisations […]
One year ago… Organisations opened their doors to the Government’s much-anticipated Restart employability support scheme and the first referrals entered. However even before the scheme began, the changing state of the economy and unpredictable labour market rendered it, if not redundant, then its impact significantly diminished. With much written and debated about the scheme […]
Embedding learning culture at an organisational level The list of the “Top 5 challenges for L&D leaders” for 2022, was just published by the LPI. Compiling feedback from learning leaders and examining over 10,000 individual challenges the sector faces, this year the report identified the second major difficulty as ‘creating an organisational learning culture’. Additionally, […]
A recent study by The Learning and Performance Institute found that measuring ROI and learning impact is one of the top five challenges faced by learning and development leaders. But why does it matter and why is it such a challenge? In early 2020 Covid-19 tore up the rulebook and thrust HR and L&D into […]
Understanding the current landscape and where the missing links are within your organisation is just step one in traversing the ever-widening skills gap. But hopefully, you’re one of the lucky ones who’s read part one of this blog series. And if you are, you’ll be up to scratch on where your organisation could be falling […]
It’s almost become a cliché through its repetition to the point of fatigue, but it is an unavoidable fact that over 50% of companies state that they cannot find the skills they are looking for – almost double what it was a decade ago. Further still, with reskilling and upskilling remaining the firm favourite in […]
Coaching has been proven as an effective means of accelerating skills development, but organisations are still spending £6.6 billion per year trying to plug workforce skills gaps. So how can we replicate and scale the impact of targeted coaching styles in order to plug those gaps and accelerate skills acquisition? If you missed it, in […]
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