Enterprise Learning Systems – How I love thee?
Do you remember your first love? Your first true love? If you met them in high school and are still together, good for you, but that first true love is no more for the rest of us. Hence, it is first and not still. What was the first meeting like? Seeing them? Catching a glance?…
Grids are gone, Welcome2 T-Quad
I’m sure you have heard of this old ditty from the days of past, “Ol’McDonald had a grid, e-i-ee-io. And on this Grid he has some vendors, e-i-e-i-o. He had vendors in this quad, he had vendors in that quad and didn’t have your vendor, e–i-e-i-o.” As you can see Ol’McDonald was a traditionalist. He…
Customer Excellence Pledge
Everyone knows that support in the learning system space as a whole is below average. Sure there are vendors who do an exceptional job, but the fact still remains that the number one reason, people leave one learning system vendor for another is support/service. This isn’t new. It has been the same issue for nearly…
Certification Program Success via your Learning System
Certification Programs. Just the sound of the words “certification” can lead some folks to immediately think this is going to be challenging (it should) and equally worthwhile (it should). A certification program must benefit the person who is seeking to be certified. Whether it is for potential new job opportunities, financial rewards (current or next…
2020 – The Year of the Hub
Initially I was going to write about my forecasts for 2020. Then I realized that the post would mainly focus on one major trend that will impact the space in such a way (good, I believe), and thus as a result, decided to hold off on my forecasts for 2020 – until Oct. As part…
The LIST of Top Learning Systems (LMS, LXP, EDP, Learning Platforms)
Employee Development. Deskless Workers. Customer Training. Associations. L&D. Training. A List of Learning Systems for all of them, and so many more. There are today, over 1,600 learning systems in the world. They come nowadays in all varieties – LMS, LXP, LXP+, Skilling focused, Skill Measurement, Learning Platforms, Coaching, Mentoring, Employee Development Platform – Learning…
NexGen Learning System Grid 2018-19
Welcome. Welcome. To the 2018-19 Learning System Grid, identifying the Leaders, Risers, Steady and Slow vendors for NexGen functionality. For this year’s grid, an additional vendor was added per group (last year it was five per grid). This was not an easy process, in that there has been a huge uptick in next-generation functionality this…
Learning System TrailBlazers – Who’s Next?
This past week on LinkedIn I wrote about four trailblazers in the early days of the industry, learning systems – and what made them special (one has since hit speed bump), and four who trailblazed and then hit a major speed bump into, well, lost their way. The latter included an authoring tool, too. Numerous…
Benefits of an Organisation Providing Training
You want your organisation to be the best that it can be. And to be the best, means you need to have the best team driving your organisation and its operations forward. One of the ways to get the most out of your employees is to give them access to training that will improve their…
Can you recommend an LMS?
Perhaps you have to someone you know. Or maybe you have posted this same question on various social media platforms such as Linkedin. Or you have seen it posted someone on the internet. I know I have. Seen it that is. In the past couple of months, this question is making the rounds on Linkedin…
