What is Business Impact? For years I have been a strong advocate for business impact measurement of L&D. Even before I got really into learning analytics. The sole purpose of L&D (or so I thought back then) was to improve
The quest for the Ultimate KPI for Corporate L&D – part III: Learner Engagement
Presenting the SLT Learner Engagement Funnel I cringe. Most of the times I cringe when I see claims on learner engagement, or learning engagement (which is in my opinion something very different but often used as a synonym). I cringe
Comments on the 2022 LinkedIn Learning Workplace Learning Report
Several folks already commented on the LinkedIn Learning Report…here’s my 2 cents. Where’s the voice of our customers? I like to see much more input from our customers: employees and business leaders. What do they think about the role of
The quest for the Ultimate KPI for Corporate L&D – part I
(Above a representation of possibly the quest of all quests: King Arthur and its knights are starting the search for the Holy Grail. By by Scottish artist William Dyce, 1848) Part I: Too many learning metrics, too little value Most
You cannot do Learning Analytics without Data
“Data science doesn’t make any sense without data” – Cassie Kozyrkov, Head of Decision Intelligence, Google During years I have been working in learning analytics, I continue to be amazed by the many times I was in situations where people
Building a Data Strategy for Learning & Development
Morris Chang “Without strategy, execution is aimless. Without execution, strategy is useless.” Why you need a data strategy for L&D We have the privilege to live and work in an extremely fast changing and demanding business environment. The pace of
The best time to start with L&D Data and Analytics is NOW
A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of sharing my thoughts and experiences on data driven L&D at a Coursera Breakfast event in Amsterdam at the Amsterdam Business School. There was a nice introduction by Coursera on their latest
Learn to walk before you start running
Why measuring course completions is still a must do It is interesting to see how many people share the view that measuring course completions is a waste of time. It is business impact that matters, and a positive impact of
Creating a data driven L&D
Why a data driven L&D? Almost every business is transforming into a digital and data driven organization. Shell is using vast amounts of data to find new oil and gas fields, Novartis is harvesting data to find the next best