Insights on Corporate Talent, Learning, and HR Technology
Almost two years ago I started describing what I call a Capability Academy, and the concept has really picked up speed. Well we just published a whole research report on the topic, and in this topic I’ll give you some specific examples.
First, most companies have over-rotated toward skills. Of course we all need ... Read more»
Many of you have heard me talk about TikTok as a learning platform, and you probably thought I was talking about the entertaining videos. No, it’s much more. TikTok is not just entertainment, it’s a Creator Platform.
TikTok development tools are amazing. Today millions of young people (and old) are building interactive videos, extravaganzas of ... Read more»
This week Perceptyx, one of the veteran providers of employee survey and feedback, announced the acquisition of Waggl, one of the more innovative and powerful tools for employee feedback. Since I’ve known Waggl since its founding, I wanted to give you some perspective.
First, let me tell you about Perceptyx. Perceptyx is a highly ... Read more»
It may sound odd, but the coaching market has caught fire. I’ve talked with coaching providers for more than 20 years and I always considered this a cottage industry. Lots of ex-CEOs and psychologists retire, go into business coaching, so companies hire them. And HR managers tend to hire who they know, who they like, ... Read more»
Given all the focus on SkillsTech, how will companies build a Skills System of Record? This has become one of the biggest topics in HR, and EdCast has just introduced Skills DNA, a family of tools to help make this possible.
Let me explain why this topic is so important. As most of you ... Read more»
Last year I wrote about The War Of The Skills Clouds, and pointed out that there was a war for “SkillsTech” heating up. Well, it’s now red hot and Oracle has jumped into the pool. And they’re going to make a splash.
Skills Taxonomy software is now a huge market, and it’s ... Read more»
The corporate learning market is growing like crazy. More than $4 billion is spent on content providers like LinkedIn, Coursera, Udemy, SkillSoft, and others – and the predominant paradigm is video. Video, a medium that exploded since the launch of iPhone and YouTube, is now one of the most compelling ways to tell a ... Read more»
Skillsoft, one of the largest training companies in the world, is like a cat with nine lives. And this week it went public, for the second or third time.
What? Let me try to explain.
In the early days of e-learning (circa 2000), Skillsoft was the first online learning company focused on softskills. Hence ... Read more»
As every company struggles to better hire and reskill its employees, the number one challenge is data. What skills do we have? What skills do we need? And what skills are in the outside job market and how do we find them?
This problem, which is Galaxial in scope, is on the minds of lots ... Read more»
This summer is the two-year anniversary of the Josh Bersin Academy and I want to give you an update. Not only have we grown to more than 30,000 members and 400+ corporate clients, we discovered something important. The capabilities of HR are the biggest opportunity you have to make your company grow. Let me explain.... Read more»
Back in 2015, Rachel Carlson founded a company designed to help working adults without a college degree gain education through employer tuition benefits. It was a noble and important idea, so CEOs took notice. Today, that company, Guild Education, is valued at $3.75 Billion. And it’s starting to grow like crazy.
Why? Unlike traditional ... Read more»
Most people think of LinkedIn as a company that offers job search, recruiting, professional networking, and marketing tools for business. Well, based on today’s announcement, the company is now much more. LinkedIn is seriously in the HR technology business and well beyond ‘just recruiting’, unleashing its Learning Experience Platform (Learning Hub), skills taxonomy, and ... Read more»
Degreed, the pioneering learning tech company that leads the Learning Experience Platform market, just received $153 Million in additional funding and is now valued at $1.4 Billion. With a compound growth rate of over 70%, more than 350 customers, and 7 million users, this is a reasonable valuation and shows how big this market ... Read more»
The Labor Market is changing fast. New jobs are being created at a record rate, remote work has now become standard fare, and the demand for service jobs is explosive. According to EMSI, there are 24% more jobs in the US than there were a year ago.
What are all these jobs? They’re in healthcare, ... Read more»
Over the last few weeks, everyone has been excited about Microsoft Viva. Microsoft’s intense focus on the need to simplify and improve employee’s work lives has been wildly exciting and both buyers and vendors have been lining up.
But Microsoft isn’t the only vendor interested in this and Microsoft can’t do everything. So ServiceNow, ... Read more»
