The Importance of Mentoring in Workforce Development
In a recent post covering the latest around AI and its impact on tomorrow’s workforce (event today), the one constant that kept appearing in my research was the importance of mentoring. Not just once mentioned but repeatedly. There wasn’t anything besides the re-skilling and new skills, such as transitioning from current coding to AI programming,…
The Essential RFP Template for Learning Systems
The only LMS, LXP, LMS/LXP, Talent Development, Learning Platform, and Mentoring RFP you will ever need. Each area includes new features and functionality, while removing other places that are no longer deemed relevant or are being reduced or eliminated by vendors. You can use the entire template or take pieces of it for your own…
Discover the Latest Trends in 2025: Newest Developments
IIn October 2024, I identified what I saw/believed would be the trends to watch in 2025. However, while the year has not yet been completed, I looked into the crystals I found on the ground. You are here, I surmise, to find out what those latest trends are, and here they come, just like the…
Latest Trends First Quarter 2025 – Learning Systems
IIn October 2024, I identified what I saw/believed would be the trends to watch in 2025. However, while the year has not yet been completed, I looked into the crystals I found on the ground. You are here, I surmise, to find out what those latest trends are, and here they come, just like the…
Building a Strong E-Learning Foundation for your employees: Essential First Steps
There is an assumption, with too many vendors, that anyone reaching out to them for a learning system, regardless of type, has a strong foundation for an e-learning (aka online learning) program. Equally, they believe these individuals, with their unique roles and responsibilities, have or know that this foundation is crucial. Instead, many folks are…
Onboarding in Employee Development – Skills anyone?
Talk. Let’s chat a bit. As you know, nowadays, there are many places where talking, discussing, exploring, and pushing a narrative can lead to all types of information and disinformation. No one platform is immune from it. On the professional side, you see it with LinkedIn and that thread you still can’t figure out how…
Internal vs External Learning Systems, Easy to Explain?
For those individuals who would rather read a summary of the post than the entire post, see below. A.I. created this. I reviewed it to verify and validate the information as accurate. The summary presents key takeaways. To read the entire POST, scroll down after the summary. Please note that this is a work in…
Did you know? How to change the narrative
Not knowing impacts buyers and vendors when discussing an LMS, LXP, and other platforms Many are too long, but okay, a lot are. Some request specific information that any vendor would have to spend an inordinate amount of time on. Then the prospect (you) places a timeframe when the RFP has to be returned, ignoring…
Top 10 Learning Systems 2024
What a year. I won’t get into the let’s review 2024 because that is a post in January 2025, and what a gem that will be. Instead, this is the end of the year, Awards for 2024 – Top 10. You can’t get any better than that. Razor’s slim margins between the top three learning…
Best in Class Awards 2024 – Learning Systems, Content, Learning Technology
There are people who believe this is the best time of the year. The holidays are just around the corner. Vacation – the true part of the workplace holiday spirit – is just around the corner. Sure the days of potluck are gone (for most folks), after all, hard to have potluck when 10 people…