Learning Pool

AUGUST 21, 2023

Following the closure of our office in Combe, West Oxfordshire (which we inherited through the acquisition of HT2 Labs in 2019) last September, we opened the doors to the newest Learning Pool office in Bicester, Oxfordshire on Monday 14th August. Earlier this month, we also took on some space at a WeWork in downtown Kansas City , MO.

Performance Support 91

Performance Support Suite Open Learning 91

TalentLMS

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Training and skills development don’t only focus on keeping up. Instead, they want training customized to their specific needs and goals. Which boosts morale and job satisfaction, and keeps skills aligned with evolving industry demands. Not to mention, building AI-related skills is crucial for the future.

Diversity Training 59

Diversity Training Performance Support Performance Training 59

Learning Pool

DECEMBER 16, 2021

A 2019 report by the UK’s Learning and Work Institute estimated that the skills deficit will cost the country £120 billion by 2030. At the macro level the problem may be obvious and stark, but how do you identify skills gaps at the micro-level of individual organizations? Rate each skill according to its importance and need.

LMS 89

LMS Skills Micro-Learning Performance Support 89

CLO Magazine

DECEMBER 5, 2022

After a decade of focusing on digital and technical training, there are clear signs budgets are shifting toward soft skills. Curiosity for learning driven by a strong “what’s in it for me” mentality and understanding the empowerment and confidence boost that comes from acquiring new skills. Who gets trained.

Skills 95

Skills Diversity Training SAP Behavior 95

Kitaboo

MARCH 31, 2020

It also helps L&D professionals to successfully tackle some of the skill training challenges. companies now offer interactive online training to boost their employees’ performance. This in-app guidance completely engages the employees and prompts them to perform specific tasks on the platform. Download Now!

Interactive 82

Interactive Simulations Tools Custom eLearning Development 82

Limestone Learning

NOVEMBER 30, 2019

Monday, December 2, 2019, 11:00AM – 11:30AM PT: DEMO: Personalized Development Programs: Why Learning Alone Isn’t Enough (Free for ATD members) Today’s work environment creates several learning and development challenges. How do you continuously build skills and competencies, and create an engaging user experience for high adoption?

Free 61

Free Brandon Hall Compliance Training Case Study 61

EI Design

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

The investment on employees’ professional development (learning and performance improvement) helps organizations retain talent and get more committed employees. Work with a Bigger Picture – Use the Learning and Performance Ecosystem Based Approach. Practice and hone their skills. Create awareness. Motivate learners.

Performance Support 40

Performance Support Performance Support Blended Learning 40

Limestone Learning

JULY 31, 2019

Thursday, August 1, 2019, 9AM – 10AM PT: gomo Authoring: Authoring technology for Modern Learning Design Today’s modern learner demands specific requirements when it comes to skill development. Thursday, August 1, 2019, 9AM – 10AM PT: Interact & Engage! Why not check out a free webinar and get some new productivity ideas?

Free 62

Free Virtual Classroom Compliance Training Diversity Training 62

Talented Learning

DECEMBER 27, 2019

The world is likely to remember 2019 for dramatic political plot twists, news headlines and cultural trends. Top 3 Podcasts of 2019. In this interview, Don drills down on highlights from the 2019 results. Top 3 Webinars of 2019. Top 3 Blog Posts of 2019. What mattered most to you? SEE THE WINNERS NOW!

Association Learning Management System 52

Association Learning Management System Authoring Tools Association LMS Enterprise 52

Absorb LMS

JULY 16, 2019

Mercer’s “ Global Talent Trends 2019 ” report found that 56% of surveyed employees expect their companies to provide personalized learning based on their level and career goals. Supporting learner success at “stretch” projects or cross-training them for other roles in the organization.

Personal 154

Personal Personalization LMS Develop 154

Limestone Learning

JUNE 28, 2019

Tuesday, July 2, 2019, 8AM – 9AM PT: Customer Service Training Discussion with Lisa Crockett and Host Kristen Hayden Safdie Join EngageTHEM.org Founder, Lisa Crockett and Host Kristen Hayden Safide, as they discuss customer service training—with a bonus discussion about developing a portfolio.

Free 63

Free Authoring Tools Adobe Captivate Blended Learning 63

KnowledgeCity

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

It’s also time for human resources (HR) professionals to review employee training triumphs and missteps from this past year and begin looking to how learning and development trends are going to affect their organizational needs going into 2019. Here are the top 6 learning and development trends that should top your to-do list for 2019: 1.

Trends 69

Trends Develop Gamification Low Cost 69

looop

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Towards the end of 2019, David James spoke with Nigel Harrison , published author and renowned expert in Performance Consulting, on The Learning & Development Podcast. Performance Consulting is How you Ask Your Client Questions to Uncover the Real Need, Rather Than the Apparent Need That They Presented you With.

eLearning Consultant 98

eLearning Consultant Consulting Performance Support Performance 98

looop

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Towards the end of 2019, David James spoke with Nigel Harrison , published author and renowned expert in Performance Consulting, on The Learning & Development Podcast. Performance Consulting is How you Ask Your Client Questions to Uncover the Real Need, Rather Than the Apparent Need That They Presented you With.

eLearning Consultant 97

eLearning Consultant Consulting Performance Support Performance 97

NovoEd

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

HR and L&D leaders are now tasked with fostering the mindsets, behaviors, and organizational knowledge that drive innovation – in addition to building and buying the technical skills needed to go digital. Bersin defines a capability is the “combination of skills, knowledge, and experiences employees need to succeed.”.

Skills 97

Skills Google IBM Innovation 97

eLearning 24-7

JULY 27, 2018

We are just five months out to 2019. I do not know if it will be by the end of 2018 or by Q2 of 2019, but when they launch, besides the big whoopla that comes with it, they will do damage. Because it would be a foolish error on Amazon’s part to ignore the Prime customers, the (a) approach to me would make the most sense.

Learning System 70

Learning System System vendor Micro-Learning 70

Limestone Learning

JANUARY 30, 2019

Well, the world of learning and development is loving showing you some love, with a bouquet of free webinars on everything from instructional design to performance consulting , plus tons more. For a small month, there’s a lot packed into it. Ryan Gottfredson will introduce you to the concept of mindsets and their power to drive agility.

Free 60

Free Webcast Adobe Captivate Compliance Training 60

KnowledgeCity

JANUARY 25, 2019

Consequently, it’s of little surprise Randstad Sourceright’s 2019 Talent Trends report found that 83 percent of human capital leaders aim to make a measurable difference in organization performance in 2019. Here are six of the most critical talent trends coming your way in 2019. Anticipate customer impact and reactions.

Trends 73

Trends Metrics Diversity Training Analytics 73

Avilar

MARCH 15, 2024

3, 2019 and has been updated for more relevancy. 1) Adopt Competency Management Technology You may already be using competencies to understand your employees’ weaknesses and develop learning plans to close essential skills gaps. Increasingly, organizations are using competencies more holistically, to support their strategic plans.

Games 52

Games Management Brandon Hall Pipes 52

learnWorlds

OCTOBER 18, 2022

An employee’s degree might help them get a job, but their soft skills will help them stay employed. Most employers nowadays are looking for workers with solid soft skills, which are difficult to find. To help your employees improve their jobs, give them access to soft skills training. What are Soft Skills?

Skills 52

Skills Blended Learning Simulations Authoring Tools 52

Limestone Learning

MAY 28, 2019

Monday, June 3, 2019, 11AM – 12PM PT: Best of TK: Trends in Virtual Training: Are You Ready? You’ll leave this session with tangible ideas that can be immediately applied to help keep you and your organization ready for virtual training in 2019 and beyond! There are plenty on tap this month! He didn’t go to college.

Free 68

Free Brandon Hall Compliance Training Adobe Captivate 68

Learning Pool

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

In 2022, Gold for ‘Best Results of a Learning Program’ was also awarded in partnership with a global leading Fortune 100 pharmaceutical company for a three-year project that used behavioral data insight to optimize learning and measurably reduced learner seat time by 91% between 2019-22. An expert team offers 24/7 customer support.

Brandon Hall 81

Brandon Hall Conference Management Diversity Training 81

Limestone Learning

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

Tuesday, October 1, 2019, 9AM – 10AM PT: Demonstrating the ROI in Leadership Development Organizations worldwide spend billions on leadership development; yet, for many organizations, little evidence exists that those investments are paying off. Or are you looking for tips to get on track before winter hits? Why not check out a free webinar?

Free 62

Free Authoring Tools Adobe Captivate Diversity Training 62

eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 14, 2019

And thus, comes the State of the E-Learning industry as rumble forward with 2019. What I have seen so far (covers 2018 into the first week of 2019). Support in authoring tool space is actually worse than ever. Skill Building and Development. But as with everything else, thinking out of the box, screams for a tweak. .

Industry 74

Industry vendor Coaching AICC 74

ProProfs

JUNE 10, 2019

Teaching in the Internet age means we must teach tomorrow’s skills today – Jennifer Fleming. As we move ahead into the year 2019, there will be a lot more changes taking place in the LMS arena. Forecasting for the Year 2019. The year 2019 will have a steady and strong growth in store for the Learning Management System.

LMS 59

LMS Learning Management System System Blended Learning 59

Watershed

MAY 14, 2020

These first two areas are critical in creating the infrastructure to support cultural change and skills development. We needed to change the culture from focusing on incidental training delivery to talent and performance improvement. Let’s take a closer look at how Caterpillar manages change across Culture and People.

Culture 59

Culture Performance Support Metrics Support 59

Kitaboo

AUGUST 26, 2020

In today ’ s highly complex and changing business landscape you need to constantly, skill, reskill and upskill your sales workforce. You want your distributed sales force to be skill-sharp at all times to successfully close deals and turn customers into repeat business. Then use this data to pinpoint gaps.

Case Study 98

Case Study Solution Simulations Blended Learning 98

Absorb LMS

OCTOBER 18, 2019

And, according to LinkedIn Learning’s “ 2019 Workplace Learning Report ,” executives see the value. Part 1 of this creativity in the workplace series explored why creativity is a top soft skill that managers seek in applicants and creativity’s benefit to your bottom line. Seek inspiration from creative geniuses.

Teach 158

Teach Diversity Training Metrics LMS 158

Avilar

JANUARY 3, 2019

There’s still time to take these five steps to up your competency management game in 2019. You may already be using competencies to understand your employees’ weaknesses and develop learning plans to close essential skills gaps. Increasingly, organizations are using competencies more holistically, to support their strategic plans.

Games 46

Games Management Brandon Hall Pipes 46

NovoEd

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

HR and L&D leaders are now tasked with fostering the mindsets, behaviors, and organizational knowledge that drive innovation – in addition to building and buying the technical skills needed to go digital. Bersin defines a capability is the “combination of skills, knowledge, and experiences employees need to succeed.”.

Skills 52

Skills Google IBM Innovation 52

Talented Learning

JANUARY 8, 2019

When you look at the list below you might wonder why we’re not calling this our 2019 Book of Learning Systems Trends. Top Learning Systems Trends for 2019. #21 As 2019 begins, 762 vendors are on our learning systems radar – and new innovators are entering the fray all the time. Welcome to our 5th annual trends post!

Enterprise 43

Enterprise Learning System Trends Market 43

Roundtable Learning

MARCH 31, 2020

It’s hard to deny that there is a critical skilled labor shortage in trade fields across the US. Having limited skilled labor is a real challenge for companies and their customers. 2020 Skilled Labor Shortage. There are more job openings than people are looking for these skilled jobs.

Compliance Training 64

Compliance Training Skills Augmented Reality Help 64

Watershed

MAY 21, 2020

Using data from business platforms and the learning ecosystem, we also created cloud-based dashboards to provide visualizations for leaders and employees, which enhanced support of the GDL Value Stream. We were able to adapt to changes in learning modalities and exploit our learning systems to support our dealers’ development needs.

Metrics 98

Metrics Brandon Hall Case Study xapi 98

Vitalyst

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

In response to the coronavirus pandemic, organizations across the world and their employees are adapting to remote work and developing the necessary capabilities to perform in this new environment. Digital skills are the foundation for a successful digital adoption and transformation, especially given the current climate.

Skills 40

Skills Metrics SharePoint Microsoft 40

General Assembly

MARCH 18, 2020

Five Key Takeaways From The State of Skills: Marketing 2020 Report We analyzed 20K+ Certified Marketer Level 1 assessment results?—?this Our eye-opening analysis revealed there was a digital skills gap in marketing driven by missing data skills across channels. didn’t predict a skills advantage in digital marketing.

Market 52

Market Skills Score Analytics 52

Limestone Learning

OCTOBER 28, 2020

The typical questioning supported by many design models and the primary features of the leading authoring tools lead to boring modules that highlight the trivial and fail to have any lasting impact. Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020, 9 a.m.–10 Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020, 8 a.m.–9

Free 135

Free Diversity Training Compliance Training Blended Learning 135

Docebo

MAY 5, 2020

In the 2019 L&D Global Sentiment Survey , respondents were asked, “What will be a hot topic in learning and development?” Performance support. Now it seems sentiment is shifting towards something else: personalized learning, supported by data.”. In the enterprise learning space, this is a major topic of conversation.

Personal Learning 131

Personal Learning Personal Personalization Cognitive 131