Learning

Learning company SkillCycle upgraded its learning development platform to better link learning and performance management. With it, the company hopes to help HR support both personal and organizational performance goals, and help close skills gaps along the way.  The new features translates employee feedback into personalized learning, which in turn...
Transcript Mark: Welcome to PeopleTech, the podcast of the HCM Technology Report. I'm Mark Feffer. My guest today is Jonathan Lau, the Chief Operating Officer of InStride. They create learning programs around roles, not topics, and help to align a workforce's skills with a company's present and future needs. We're...
A significant minority of employees believe they’re not receiving the learning support they need in order to grow and develop at work. They consider that a problem. Some 41% of employees say they don’t have the tools and resources they need to develop their skills, according to research from Cornerstone...
Employees don’t want AI to take over their learning and development (L&D) activities, according to a new survey by Wiley. It found that more than half of respondents – around 59% -- preferred having a human instructor in charge of their workforce development, as opposed to the mere 7%...
Skillsoft launched the beta for its AI conversation simulator CAISY, a tool that claims to help build business and leadership conversational skills. The company said the product will provide employees with “a safe space” to practice important business conversations with an AI trainer. “Through experiential, active learning, organizations can prepare...
Even though the vast majority of corporate learning organizations -- around 89% of them -- are already using generative AI, most workers are apprehensive about the technology’s impact. That's according to research conducted by Executive Networks on behalf of NovoEd, an e-learning provider.  The study found that 42% of Gen...
By Emily Senkosky Freelance Journalist & Communications Coordinator, Almas Insight Leaders across industries are looking for a silver bullet to help bring harmony back to the workplace. As businesses undergo significant transformations — technologically, culturally and economically — organizations are being challenged to sift through the promises of progress and...
Paylocity launched new features including an updated mobile app and enhancements to its generative AI and LMS, as well as a premium product to provide market pay data to aid employers in developing fair and compliant pay strategies. The new Market Pay product provides data in real time, within the...
Fresh off of integrating generative AI into its platform, Leapsome launched a new program meant to provide early-stage companies with “people enablement” tools that are less expensive than other options. In June, the company launched new capabilities into Leapsome Reviews, taking what it called “the first step in a series...
Oslo-based learning startup Kahoot will go private under an all-cash deal led by Goldman Sachs. The transaction values Kahoot at about $1.7 billion, according to media reports. Also participating in the deal are growth equity fund General Atlantic, KIRKBI Invest, founders, management and other shareholders. Once approved by shareholders, the...