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New research finds 54% of learning is still being conducted solely in the classroom – but change is needed for formal learning to remain effective.
New research finds 54% of learning is still being conducted solely in the classroom – but change is needed for formal learning to remain effective.
Market growth, along with cybersecurity, adapting to the digital environment and leadership development have become the key business concerns for the immediate future, according to more than 1000 senior executives in a survey by Financial Times | IE Business School Corporate Learning Alliance.
Joint Research by Towards Maturity and Skillsoft: “Driving Leadership Capability” report highlights key factors that differentiate higher achievers.
Fosway Group, Europe’s #1 HR industry analyst, has announced its analysis of the talent acquisition technology market. Starting with its current assessment of the recruitment industry in a freely available Viewpoint paper, Fosway has also confirmed in advance the publication of a new 9-Grid™ for Talent Acquisition in 2019.
Towards Maturity is delighted to announce that Michelle Ockers, the highly experienced L&D strategist based in Australia, is joining the business as an expert analyst to strengthen their growing presence in the region.
The headline results from the 2018-19 HR Realities Research revealed: Fosway Group, Europe’s #1 HR industry analyst, and UNLEASH have released new joint research headlines into the realities of HR across the corporate landscape of Europe.
Based on insights revealed by its own Transformation Curve research, published in January 2018, Towards Maturity is announcing a new focus on Learning Analyst services to help accelerate change and real impact in the learning industry. These services will help strengthen Towards Maturity’s independent research programme, which will continue to grow and serve the learning community.
Leading industry analyst, Josh Bersin, recognises Fuse Universal (Fuse) as being at the forefront of Learning Experience Platforms (LXP) in his most recent analysis.
Fosway Group, Europe’s #1 HR industry analyst, today unveiled its new 2018 Fosway 9-Grids™ for both Cloud HCM (Human Capital Management) and Integrated Talent Management (ITM).
Six months after publishing a list of the top 20 learning management systems (LMSs), the network-based media and publishing company, eLearning Industry, has updated the list to take account of market and technological developments.
Brand new research from Towards Maturity, supported by ambassadors Cognician, provides a guide to help L&D professionals build and create habits in their organisation, as a means to shape behaviour change and create a real business impact.
Interview with Gustaf Nordback, CEO, FT-IE Corporate Learning Alliance, at the launch of the annual Pulse Report into senior management attitudes towards leadership development and executive education.
The new tool FindAnLMS.com gives buyers the information they need to navigate the crowded, confusing and noisy learning systems market.
Financial Times | IE Business School Corporate Learning Alliance, one of the world's leading providers of customised executive education programmes for large enterprises, has unveiled the 2018 findings of its Pulse Report. An international study of more than 1000 executives, it assesses current business priorities and the role of leadership development and executive education in addressing these concerns.
A recent blog post on e-learning’s ten benefits has seen record numbers of visitors coming to the Engage in Learning website. So, the UK-based e-learning producer and supplier has commissioned a further blog post from the article’s author, Bob Little.
L&D is in the midst of a rapid transformation driven by fundamental changes in work, the workforce and the workplace. In this fast–changing environment, how can we embed successful leadership development to future-proof our organisations and gain a competitive advantage?
Towards Maturity releases first Data Pulse report exploring L&D’s relationship with data and how it can be used more effectively. Earlier this year, Towards Maturity conducted its first L&D Data Pulse, with participation from over 150 L&D leaders in a variety of sectors and organisations of all sizes.
Due to a high volume of requests, Towards Maturity has extended its L&D Health Check until Tuesday 14th August 2018, providing additional time for participants to take their review.
New research from Fosway and UNLEASH aims to find out. The 2018-19 HR Realities research is now open, continuing the success of the only European insights into HR technology and its impact on the future of work. Led by Europe’s #1 HR and learning analyst, Fosway Group, in partnership with UNLEASH group, the research is now in its sixth year and is open to HR professionals across Europe.
Towards Maturity’s new and updated 2018 Health Check is underway and is yielding its first observations into the progress L&D is making with digital transformation.
Education review site EDUopinions has found that Universities in Germany have the highest proportion of 5 star reviews in Europe.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Education Market size is set to surpass USD 6 billion by 2024; according to a new research report by Global Market Insights, Inc.
Learning and Development professionals around the globe are invited to find out by using the new Towards Maturity Health Check launched at the Learning and Technologies Summer Forum in London.
Towards Maturity has released a new report based on evidence from over 600 learning professionals and 10,000 learners to help leaders in learning and development to meet the increasing expectations of modern, continuously learning workforces.
What do charities with highly engaged staff and volunteers do differently? Research with learning leaders in the charity sector, conducted by Towards Maturity, reveals lessons that practitioners from all sectors can learn from.
Towards Maturity is delighted to announce that Filtered, providers of an online education platform and Kineo, a global workplace learning company are now the official sponsors of Towards Maturity’s Pulse on using data within L&D.
On May the 14th the Professional Development Consortium will host its first event of 2018, themed ‘Creating a Training Culture’.
eLearning Market size is set to exceed USD 200 billion by 2024; according to a research report by Global Market Insights.
The global online launch of Towards Maturity’s Transformation Curve report provides learning teams with a new approach to digital transformation. Following the S curve of a product lifecycle, L&D teams can evaluate current approaches and identify how to move into the future.
The #metoo and #TimesUp campaigns have forced the media to re-evaluate how workplace diversity is portrayed. While currently focused on gender discrimination, it isn’t hard to see that this scrutiny will now extend (and it must) to other groups whose voice has been ignored.
This unparalleled time of change for organisations offers a great opportunity for L&D to shift from delivering courses to delivering strategic value. However, too many are still at the starting point of their transformation journey. This report maps out the destination – and the roadmap of how to get there.
Laura Overton, CEO of learning research company Towards Maturity, has been named as the most influential person in the global elearning sector.
Growth Engineering, a multi-award-winning learning technologies company, have claimed the number one spot for gamification and been awarded third overall on Craig Weiss’ Top 10 Learning Systems for 2018.
The network-based media and publishing company, eLearning Industry, has published a list of the current top 20 learning management systems (LMSs).
Selling more of your product more cost-effectively is a key goal of any producer and distributor. A new e-book aims to help learning management system (LMS) producers and vendors do just that.
Fosway Group, Europe’s #1 HR and Learning Analyst, today unveils the headlines results from its annual Digital Realities research, in partnership with the world’s leading workplace learning event, Learning Technologies. Over 1,300 learning professionals have already shared their views on digital learning within their organisations, and with the research still open, this number is set to rise.
LEO Learning and Watershed Research Report Reveals a Jump in Pressure on L&D to Measure Learning’s Impact. The second research insight by LEO on the business impact of learning draws on responses from 700 global organisations.
Equipping L&D with the tools and strategies to deliver performance, productivity, profit and transformation, Towards Maturity’s new research with over 700 L&D leaders worldwide will transform the way that L&D adds value to business and how business values learning.
GuyKat will launch the UK version of its White Paper on ‘The Inevitable Rise of Microlearning in the Workplace’ at the Learning Technologies expo at Olympia, London Jan 31- Feb 1.
Larmer Brown has published a Guide to Performance Support, which will be available to visitors at Learning Technologies. Entitled “How to Achieve Real ROI using Performance Support”, the Guide challenges traditional training methods and advocates ‘just-in-time learning’, discussing what makes Performance Support effective and how to measure return on investment.
Fosway Group, Europe’s #1 HR and learning analyst, today unveils its updated 2018 Fosway 9-Grids™ for Learning Systems and Digital Learning. Now in their sixth annual research cycle, the Fosway 9-Grids™ provide the only independent view of the HR and learning technology markets in Europe.
Provider of Training Excellence is an organisation wide accreditation which demonstrates excellence across learning provision, the client experience, and maintaining standards.
This year, the five annual predictions for the global Learning & Development sector from Financial Times | IE Business School Corporate Learning Alliance follow the general view that technology – in the forms of machine leaning, artificial intelligence (AI) and augmented reality (AR) – will be a dominant force.
Learner engagement experts Growth Engineering, have released a brand new guidebook titled, ‘How to Win Your Training Budget: The Complete Guide to Training Evaluation’.
New research has launched which aims to uncover the real picture of next generation learning technology and what’s really working for organisations in practice. The Digital Learning Realities research, led by Fosway Group, Europe’s #1 HR and learning analyst, and leading workplace learning event - Learning Technologies - is now in its third year and is extending its reach worldwide for the first time.
Despite better outcomes than in 2016, the actual number of organisations reporting achievement of some benefits is still very low. So what is lacking, what are the current risks and how can we take strong steps forward?
New research from Towards Maturity and CrossKnowledge reveals that 91% of managers want to learn but only 61% have the time to do so.
Fosway Group, Europe’s #1 HR and learning analyst, and Learning Technologies, the world’s leading workplace learning event, announce the launch of its annual Digital Learning Realities research at the inaugural Learning Technologies Asia on 7-8 November 2017.
With economic, technological and social change creating a perfect storm for organisations and employees alike, 600+ HR leaders gave us their views on the future of work. Can HR's strategies hold the key to success in these turbulent times?
New research from Towards Maturity explores this question and found that L&D leaders in Australia and New Zealand are 11% more likely to solve problems through the use of learning technologies.
Fosway Group, Europe’s #1 HR analyst, today unveiled its updated 2017 Fosway 9-Grids™ for both Cloud HCM (Human Capital Management) and Integrated Talent Management (ITM).
Fosway Group, Europe’s #1 HR and learning analyst, today announces the appointment of Carole Laithwaite as its Chief Operating Officer. The role supports the continued growth of the firm, with close involvement in Fosway’s overall strategy and execution.
LEO’s new insights demonstrate the need for a big data approach to measuring business impact as well as how to set a successful and sustainable measuring strategy.
Founder & Chief Executive of The CPD Standards Office, Amanda Rosewarne, and Founder of The Professionalism Group & Member of The CPD Standards Office Expert Advisory Board, Susie Kay, explore the shifting landscape of skills acquisition and professional development within the UK.
The Towards Maturity Benchmark™ gives L&D leaders the opportunity to confidentially review their strategy, compare with top performers and identify the tactics they need to unlock potential in their organisation.
Joint research with Fosway Group reveals less than half of organisations are confident their approach is the right one for the modern workforce.
The 2017-18 HR Realities research is now live, continuing the success of the only cross-European insights into HR technology and its impact on the future of work. Led by Europe’s #1 HR and learning analyst, Fosway Group, in partnership with HR Tech World, the research is now in its fifth year and is open to HR professionals across Europe and the rest of the world.
Evidence shows that user experience is key to instilling ownership in a learner’s routine and delivering business results.
Four key views have emerged from this year’s Corporate Pulse Survey from Financial Times |IE Business School Corporate Learning Alliance.
SAI Global and Towards Maturity report tackles how to bridge the divide.
Fosway Group, Europe’s #1 HR and learning analyst, and Learning Technologies, Europe’s largest workplace learning event, are sharing new analysis into digital learning in 2017. This ongoing research, now in its second year, reveals the reality of technology-led learning in organisations today. Further insights will also be explored at this month’s Learning Technologies Summer Forum in London.
Towards Maturity launches inaugural study to bring global insights together with local data and help Australia and New Zealand drive industry change within L&D.
As it celebrates its 50th anniversary, Emerald Group further advances its lifelong aim of delivering research with a practical impact.
New research from Towards Maturity demonstrates that new approaches to work-based learning is a long term talent investment that can pay out sustainable dividends.
NetDimensions has been ranked as a Leader for the third year in a row in the 2017 Aragon Research Globe™ for Corporate Learning.
The Towards Maturity Benchmark™ gives L&D leaders a opportunity to review their strategy and personally identify the tactics they need to unlock potential in their organisation.
LEO, in collaboration with L&D professionals from more than 25 organisations, has published 10 key components for organisations looking to measure the business impact of learning.
MicroTek is pleased to announce the release of its latest eBook, The Complete Training Program Planning Guide. This guide covers topics such as training goal-setting, assessing training needs and logistical requirements, optimizing and implementing training programs and measuring program success.
When 96% of L&D leaders are looking to technology to help them boost performance, yet only 25% are achieving their goals, it’s time for a rethink.
Independent research company Towards Maturity, has today released new research detailing ‘The New Learning Organisation’ – a powerful and relevant model that demonstrates how business and people professionals need to develop a new approach to organisational learning.
Workstar joins the Towards Maturity Ambassador Programme to support the changing landscape in Australia.
PurpleMedia joins Towards Maturity’s Ambassador Programme in order to help learning teams reap increased agility and engagement through the provision of evidence-based research.
Clarity provides insight on the move to mobile learning.
Bray Leino Learning joins Towards Maturity’s Ambassador Programme, helping L&D leaders build robust learning cultures with evidence-based research.
Clarity Consultants navigates businesses through the “game” of hiring L&D professionals
Saffron Interactive, award-winning learning technologies and consultancy provider, has continued to grow in influence in the digital learning sphere, increasing its Presence rating in the 2017 Fosway 9-Grid™ for Digital Learning.
Cross-European research into the impact of BREXIT on organisations from a HR perspective opens today. Fosway Group, Europe’s #1 HR analyst is conducting the research in partnership with HRN, the world’s largest corporate HR network, with the results to be revealed at HR Tech World Congress in London next month.
Learning and development leaders from top customer service-focused brands joined Brightwave Group MD Jonathan Archibald to launch a new report exploring the impact of digital transformation on the customer experience – and the colleague experience – in 2017. The exclusive report, Role of Digital: Customer Service, compiling the results of a qualitative research exercise commissioned by Brightwave from engagement strategists LearnerLab, goes into the stories behind the stats to make a picture of what digital transformation looks like in the development of customer service skills and knowledge.
New research shows that knowledge sharing can provide significant business benefits but people professionals need to do more to support change.
According to Blue Eskimo's 2016 work and salary survey, the number of people in the learning sector who worked unpaid hours dropped by around twenty percentage points last year.
Fosway Group, Europe’s #1 HR and learning analyst, reveals the realities of digital learning in organisations today with insights from over 1000 learning and development professionals. These are interim results of Fosway’s ongoing digital learning realities research, conducted in partnership with Europe’s leading workplace learning event – Learning Technologies, and its supporting community, the Learning and Skills Group. The headline results were unveiled in the opening address at the Learning Technologies conference in London.
According to a recent survey by leading recruitment provider Blue Eskimo, more learning professionals received a salary increase in 2017 than in almost a decade.
gomo’s award-winning authoring suite has improved its ranking in this year’s 9-Grid™ authoring system report from Fosway Group.
Cegos, an international leader in training and development, joins Towards Maturity’s Ambassador Programme to support the provision of independent, global data to inform L&D thinking.
Fosway Group, Europe’s #1 HR and learning analyst, is unveiling its annual Fosway 9-Grids™ for Digital Learning, Learning Systems and Authoring Systems. Now in their fifth year, the 2017 Fosway 9-Grids™ have been recalibrated to reflect major shifts in the learning technology market and the evolving demands of corporate learning and development.
Statistics from the past, combined with unique experience of the present and insights for the future underpin an informative session to be hosted by Blue Eskimo, leading recruitment provider to the learning sector.
Presenting the results of latest research with 1,000 managers in the U.K. and U.S., Mind Tools CEO James Manktelow and SVP, Commercial Development Ollie Craddock will reveal the key to engaging the modern-day manager at the Learning Technologies 2017 exhibition.
Towards Maturity draws on global research with over 600 L&D leaders to share the key tactics to unlock organisational potential at this year’s Learning Technologies Show
Unique opportunity for exhibition visitors to get up close and personal with conference experts to share practical insights: Learning Technologies Exchanges, hosted by Towards Maturity, will tackle global L&D issues with a panel of international authors and thought-leaders.
SAP SuccessFactors has been positioned as a leader in Forrester Research Inc.’s “The Forrester Wave™: Learning and Performance Management, Q4 2016.” The report recognises SAP SuccessFactors as a leader based on its current offering, strategy and market presence.
At a time where the Towards Maturity Benchmark reputation is growing around the globe, we are pleased to announce that Dossier Solutions have joined us as our first Norwegian Ambassador.
What will digital learning do differently in 2017? New research opened today to get beyond the hype surrounding the next generation of learning technology and uncover what is working for organisations in practice. The Digital Learning: European Realities research is led by Fosway Group, Europe’s #1 HR and learning analyst, and Europe’s leading workplace learning event - Learning Technologies – and its supporting community – The Learning and Skills Group.
Lack of progress on learning impact prompts Towards Maturity to provide a new statistical analysis, focusing on evidence-based shortcuts to business success.
The learning industry’s leading specialist recruitment company, Blue Eskimo, has launched its ninth annual work and salary survey. Participants can win £300 in high-street vouchers.
L&D professionals around the globe are hungry to create a learner-centric strategy that puts staff at the heart of their activity. Towards Maturity reveals what millennials can teach people professionals about supporting learning in the workplace.
New evidence shows senior executives that new approaches to learning can build business agility, sustain success and address talent shortages and capability gaps.
Fosway Group, Europe’s #1 HR analyst, and HRN, the world’s largest corporate HR network, today release new joint research into the realities of HR across the corporate landscape of Europe. The data includes responses from over 500 senior HR professionals and will be unveiled at HR Tech World Congress in Paris.
Fosway Group, Europe’s #1 HR analyst, today unveiled its new Fosway 9-Grid™ for Cloud HCM (Human Capital Management) for the first time. It also announced the 2016 update to its popular Fosway 9-Grid™ for Integrated Talent Management (ITM).
Most businesses question the effectiveness of their learning and development (L&D) strategies in actually meeting business goals according to a new study by Brandon Hall Group (BHG) on the current state of L&D.
Fosway Group, Europe’s #1 independent HR analyst, marks 20 years of learning and HR technology research since its inception in 1996. As part of its anniversary, Fosway is opening its archive of research, sharing some of its original papers, models and insights. Its analysts will also be exploring what the next 20 years will bring, as organisations try to keep pace with the digital revolution.
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