Consolidation and new entries
Recent years have seen the LMS market mature with various consolidations – such as the creation of SumTotal Systems
from Docent and Click2Learn. The main new entry to the EMEA market was
from the leading US LMS and Performance Management vendor, Plateau.
Overall we feel that there has been a positive move forward with regards to Learning and Performance Management Systems. Observations have been made in previous years of the fear of change within the
industry, however, we now believe this has stabilised and brought a maturity to the market.
Talent & Performance Management is hot
Improving individual performance is now much more than delivering and managing their training courses and learning activities. The hot topics are Talent Management, Talent Retention and Performance
Management; aligning organisational goals covering areas such as Goal setting, Succession Planning and Gap Analysis. How many times has your organisation felt the impact of losing a key member of the management
team? And how much has it cost you? Talent & Performance Management addresses these issues and more, taking the strategic proactive approach and delivering culture changing results!
To social or not to social?
The web has had a major shift towards social technologies, creating systems that only work when there is a following. Some of the most obvious examples are MySpace, Bebo and YouTube. Online communities have
risen, blogging and podcasting have exploded – now online videos are becoming increasingly popular.
Strategic choices are increasingly being made by organisations to use social networking for learning communities. It is well known that informal learning makes up a very large percentage of overall learning. Organisations need to seize this moment and use the technology to their advantage. Don’t get left behind whilst others are increasing communication, knowledge transfer and sense of belonging that comes with their social network.
How social is your organisation going to be?
No fear for technology, welcome the digital natives
Most of the current population did not grow up in the world of the web. However, as scary as it may sound, those that have grown up with it will soon be leaving school, college, and university to enter the
workplace. There is much less fear of technology for this generation, it all comes as second nature which will lead to a greater acceptance of technology based learning.
We call these people the digital natives, people born from 1984 onwards. They know technology as a part of their life and don’t possess the same fear that many of ‘us’ do.
With higher expectations, technology is the norm – it’s instinct for them to Google to learn. To read and write blogs. Download and listen to podcasts. Create their own online space. Watch and create their own
videos.
If this is the ‘norm’ for them what will you need to do to retain their talent? If your organisation does not move forward with technology would the digital natives want to be a part of you?
Let’s get social – talk to a friendly expert.
