The size of the remote workforce has grown significantly over the past few years and even with many organizations shifting back to on-site work, the remote population will remain large enough to change the ways organizations manage many of their processes, procedures and workflows. Learning and Development teams became acutely... more
It may be hard to believe, but at more than half of companies, the learning strategy is not very well-aligned with business objectives. We’ve seen it in study after study here at Brandon Hall Group. What makes it so unbelievable is that it means most learning programs exist for relatively... more
Up until 2020, in-person, instructor-led training made up the lion’s share of learning that organizations created and delivered. In fact, Brandon Hall Group’s 2019 Learning and Development Benchmarking Study found that 96% of companies were using ILT to some degree and it was the most common modality by a long... more
Once again, we arrive at that time of the year where we take stock of where we’ve been and where we are going. 2021 has been a strange one, to say the least. It began with the promise of an exit from the pandemic yet ends pretty much in the... more
Learning & Development teams had to shift into high gear over the past two years, working to quickly upskill and reskill the workforce during a time of unprecedented change. The dynamics of the workforce and how employees interact with the company, technology, and each other changed dramatically. For instance, in... more
Learners have been significantly impacted by the growing complexities organizations face. Before the pandemic, developing and delivering learning to a highly dynamic and mobile workforce was already a daunting task. Now, for most organizations, an unpredictable employee work environment and an uncertain go-forward business strategy further complicate the ability to... more
Despite all the focus on the learner experience over the last few years, most companies failed to answer the most basic question from their learners: What’s in it for me?” Given the volatility and uncertainty of the pandemic era, organizations are scrambling to upskill and reskill their workforces to meet... more
The trend in learning technology for the past few years has been toward providing a more “consumer-grade” experience for learners. Providers and their clients spend much time and energy attempting to mirror the UX designs people see in their everyday interactions with entertainment, navigation, communication, and other consumer technologies. Yet,... more
Chances are you left a lot of planning to the last minute in 2020. It’s hard to make long-term plans when the short-term future is so unpredictable. But I think this past year gives us a great example of why looking forward is always better than looking back. For the... more
It’s safe to say we entered this decade in completely uncharted waters. Organizations are dealing with a business environment for which they were not remotely prepared. From a learning perspective, things turned upside pretty quickly when suddenly, in-person training became impossible. What’s troubling about the challenges learning faces in the... more
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