Once upon a time, in a company far far away there was a Teacher. An this Teacher was no ordinary teacher, it was the best teacher of the company, nay, the best teacher in any company. Years of experience, practice,
The tale of the lost teacher…
The quest for the Ultimate KPI for Corporate L&D – Business Impact
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
The LEGO castle paradox
I’m 44 and a big fan of Lego. Luckily for me I have two young boys who also love Lego, which gives me the perfect excuse to continue playing with it as an adult. We build cars, caravans, houses, spaceships
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