At OpenSesame, we help our customers develop the world’s most productive and admired workforces. We also want to help you keep your employees and their families safe and productive during the COVID-19 pandemic. As the world grapples with the impact of coronavirus, we believe elearning can provide a critical and efficient path to rapidly educate… Read more »
In a recent OpenSesame webinar Donald H Taylor, Chairman of the Learning and Performance Institute, shared the results of the 2020 Global Sentiment Survey (GSS). This survey asked over 2,000 respondents from 86 countries the question, “What do you think will be hot in workplace learning and development in 2020?” in order to identify upcoming… Read more »
Flu season should be winding down, but concern about the spread of the coronavirus globally grows every day. Companies are cancelling events and curtailing travel, therefore negatively impacting organizations. Now is the time to review best practices and provide training to prevent illness from spreading in the workplace and ensure employees are staying healthy at… Read more »
March is National Ethics Awareness Month which makes it a great time to craft a thoughtful strategy for strengthening the ethical culture of your organization and assess whether your efforts are working. Having a strong and well communicated business ethical culture benefits the people within your organization and also helps attract new talent. According to… Read more »
The learning and development world constantly battles for legitimacy and funding, fueling a need to demonstrate the impact that training has on business goals and outcomes. To gain buy-in it becomes critical to create a competency framework aligned with the skills and competencies valued by your organization. It’s for this reason that the American Management… Read more »
By 2030, as many as 375 million workers, or roughly 14% of the global workforce, may need to switch occupational categories as digitization, automation, and advances in artificial intelligence disrupt the world of work. To put that shift into context, it will have about the same impact on the workforce as the industrial revolution did.… Read more »
Humans are creatures of habit, especially habits that make our lives and daily tasks easier. But habits and technology are often at odds with each other. For example, in the 1980’s, business executives were reluctant to trade their paper rolodexes for computerized contact databases. Every advance in technology, from color monitors, to email, to cloud-based… Read more »
According to the Identity Theft Resource Center, as of July 2017, over 700 companies were breached, nearly matching the total of all breaches in 2016. Cybercrimes are happening more often than ever. A data breach has occurred when an individual’s name plus Social Security Number (SSN), driver’s license number, medical record, or a financial record/credit/debit… Read more »
Technology that is difficult to use and hinders processes defeats the reason we use technology in the first place – that is to say, to increase efficiency, accuracy, etc. For L&D professionals, this type of pain is often felt when stuck using an outdated learning management system (LMS). You might very well understand the many… Read more »
How many Learning Management Systems (LMS) are used at your organization? As company size grows, learning is increasingly planned at the department level and the number of LMS increases–some companies use up to 30 LMS! Two-thirds of industry leaders admit that decentralized learning strategies hurt employee development, tenure and engagement. In a recent webinar sponsored… Read more »