learning systems

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

With the increase usage of AI in learning systems, whether they are an LMS, LXP, Learning Platform, a combo of LMS/LXP, Talent Development system, Mentoring platform, Coaching platform, or Sales Enablement Platform, where the whole focus is on sales training, or some other learning system that doesn’t want to call themselves any of the above…

Well, hello there. The Turkey Awards are an annual tradition on my blog. For those of you who haven’t had the opportunity to read last year’s awards, click now. What makes the awards special is that they are completely independent and straightforward, from my honest perspective. Some vendors have blackballed me for listing them as…

Each year, I get on my soapbox and say I’m not going to take this anymore. The marking spins to entice you to click even though the vendor knows it isn’t true. They qualify as though a vendor will deny you the privilege of talking to them and even buying their system. And yes, some…

How to Guide. I felt that having it in the title would make it clear this is a guide – think the best way approach for your RFP that you will either blast out to vendors (the most common way folks do it – and IMO the worst way) or select a few vendors or…

You may have noticed my dear friend as the cover image. That’s because this is also the Halloween Edition. I didn’t want to scare you off, after all, these are my forecasts (okay the ones you get to see) for 2025. I always keep several back, for clients – Jack is one of them, Nosferatu…