Welcome to our blog. Here you’ll find all our latest thoughts on business transformation, talent development and training, and project resourcing, as well as relevant industry news.
Why it’s important employees are able to teach
As more and more organisations come to recognise the importance of social learning and knowledge sharing within their workforce, there is a growing reliance on employees supporting one another in their development. In this article we explore why this shift means it’s more important than ever that employees have [...]
Why Digital Skills Need to be Part of Every Talent Development Strategy
According to Gartner there is a huge skills shortage in IT. As the COVID-19 response accelerates the speed and scale of digital transformation, a lack of digital skills could jeopardize companies with misaligned talent plans. This is part of the reasons organisations such as Microsoft have implemented Digital Skills [...]
Managing in the Gig Economy
Growing numbers of organisations are electing to employ individuals on a contract and freelance basis, leading to increasing numbers of individuals stepping away from traditional working methods to meet this need. The pandemic has escalated this trend, and the way people work is evolving rapidly. Many employers are utilising [...]
How Has Lockdown Affected Learning and Development?
With everything else that has been happening during the pandemic and the lockdowns, the impact on Learning and Development has been interesting. For some organisations this really has not been a focus and their people have just been muddling through, adapting to the situation as needed, for some it [...]
12 Tips to Get and Stay Motivated When Times Are Tough
What Is Motivation? On a recent session on motivation we spoke about some of the conditions needed to inspire motivation and what motivation means to people. It was interesting to hear some of the different definitions people have of ‘motivation’: ‘Having the will to do something without massive push [...]
What We Learned from The Festival of Learning
It’s been almost two weeks since we ran our last Festival of Learning webinar, and we are missing them (and everyone who came along) already. What started out as a simple way for our team to share their knowledge and celebrate the power of learning quickly evolved into a [...]