The Digital Workplace: Past, Present & Future

(This post summarises an introductory talk I gave at our recent Digital Workplace Futures event in London – see here for a summary of the discussion that followed) Where have we come from? The beginnings of the digital workplace can be traced back to adoption of...

Bridging the Digital Skills Gap in the Digital Workplace

An organisation’s approach to learning is a key success factor in its digital transformation efforts, and we are seeing three areas of focus emerging as predictors of maturity:  how an organisation bridges its digital skills and confidence gaps how an organisation...

Learning to lead

This week, Cerys Hearsey examines how individuals can learn how to lead in the fast-paced, volatile, complex conditions experienced by large organisations today. Organisations recognise that leadership happens at all levels of the organisation. So it should be easier...

Why Your Organisation Needs a Coaching Culture

This week, Caroline Boyd makes the case for building a coaching culture inside your organisation. Coaching is traditionally made accessible for select, top executives in an organisation. But the aims of coaching – facilitating learning, providing opportunities...

Designing scalable learning for the digital age

Organisations are under pressure to be more responsive and agile than ever. When it comes to learning and development, this has meant a shift to digital and blended programmes to build the capabilities necessary for the 21st-century workforce. The benefits of digital...

Digital Age Leaders Need Digital Age Development

Until relatively recently, what it takes to lead an organisation, and how to become a leader had barely changed over the course of the 20th century. An employee wishing to climb the hierarchy simply had to gather enough experience and expertise in their job and they...