Workplace learning platform Axonify has launched a new AI-powered content development tool, ‘Co-Creator’, designed to help organisations transform business materials into training content. The announcement follows the appointment of Melissa Burghardt as the company’s new CEO.
HR transformation specialist Lavasource has appointed two senior leaders to support what it describes as a new phase of global expansion. Glen Bagnall joins as Change Management Leader, while Shayne Byron becomes Global Head of Finance.
Sales training company Mentor Group has appointed Lisa Ojomoh its Chief Revenue Officer.
Environment industries skills body, Lantra, appoints Nick Juba CEO.
Dr. Serena Gonsalves-Fersch, FLPI, recipient of the Colin Steed Award at this year's Learning Awards, talks about her career in Learning and Development.
Niloufar Zarin to lead the development of AI across the LMS vendor and its product roadmap.
A new book from Nigel Paine poses a rethink for learning at work.
The LPI's Chief AI Strategist, Jon Fletcher, discusses Learning and Development’s AI priorities.
Training Journal, the longest-standing learning publication, at 58 years, has appointed Jo Cook as Editor.
Docebo has announced it is to appoint a new CEO after its founder, Claudio Erba, steps away and takes up the role of Chief Innovation Officer; Alessio Artuffo appointed Interim Chief Executive Officer. The company also announced it is to repurchase for cancellation up to $100 Million of its outstanding common shares.
Steve Thompson, former Senior Director of Learning and Talent at Greystar and recently appointed Chief Learning Officer at 5app, joins Learning News to discuss Greystar’s award-winning learning academies.
Greg Ceccarelli and Robert Petrocelli will focus on driving innovation and customer value in an advanced technology market, driven by developments in AI.
Scottish-based Roebuck Global Resourcing has announced the appointment of Helen McAnally and Alex Keay, two senior executives, to its team. McAnally and Keay join RGR while it is experiencing significant growth in the UK, EMEA, APAC and America.
Bridge Learning Tech has announced a new Chair, Justin Cooke; formerly with FutureLearn, Unicef UK and the British Museum's Digital Advisory Board.
The Edge Hub appoints leaders in technology and investment to the board to enhance regional digital skills and innovation growth.
World-renowned learning experience design strategist, Clark Quinn, joins Upside Learning as the company’s Chief Learning Strategist.
OpenSesame Appoints Tamar Elkeles, PhD, and Emily Rollins to its Board of Directors.
Pluralsight appoints former Microsoft executive Somit Goyal as President and Chief Operating Officer.
Fiona Hobbs has been appointed as Chief Technology Officer at 3t Transform, a technology company which delivers workplace management software and virtual reality (VR) training.
Sponge, one of the UK's best known elearning providers, appointed a new CEO last year. Adam Poulter joined the group following Sponge's acquisition by Aliter Capital and he joins Learning News to talk about the market, business challenges and his plans for the group.
What might 2022 hold for the learning sector? Learning News puts this question to Andy Moss, Managing Director of City & Guilds Corporate Learning which includes the Kineo digital learning business.
CompTIA, the leading provider of vendor-neutral skills certifications for information technology (IT) professionals, has introduced a new and updated version of the CompTIA Server+ exam.
New editorial head, Jon Kennard, discusses Debbie Carter’s 20 years as editor at leading L&D title, TJ.
Dorota Piotrowska, internationally renowned people and organization development strategist, joins the executive team of HCM Deck. Dorota, previously working with N26 or Netguru, will join HCM Deck as VP of People and Organization Development to build HCM Deck’s people team and L&D Advisory.
South African edtech startup, MasterStart, is taking its management education solutions global under the leadership of newly appointed UK-based Chief Executive Officer Ben Pike. This comes as online learning takes off globally due to lockdowns imposed to curb the spread of COVID-19.
Cathy Miller, Learning Leader of the Year and Claire Hovey, Learning Professional of the Year, in discussion with Learning News.
An interview with Graham Waller, a senior learning designer with Kallidus.
Matthew Lloyd, CEO of Omniplex, joins Learning News to talk about his business’s experiences of the pandemic and his expectations for the year ahead.
An extended interview with Ed Monk, CEO of the LPI; What happened to learning in 2020 and where will learning go in 2021?
With the switch to digital learning we may feel it's a boom time for digital learning providers, but what's really happening?
John Yates talks to Learning News following his appointment as CEO at Emerald Works, the newly-launched business combining Good Practice, Mind Tools and Towards Maturity.
Ella Richardson from LEO Learning in discussion with Learning News: an update on LEO Learning’s focus, an assessment of the evolving L&D landscape and the challenge that remains for L&D to prove its value.
Nigel Paine discusses the differences between traditional and modern learning environments and the common challenges learning and development finds in building them.
Mike Alcock from Gomo Learning in discussion with Learning News about the ease of use and scalability of the Gomo elearning authoring application.
Steve Dineen discusses Fuse Universal’s focus, evolution in the market and driving business value in L&D.
Richard Barkey, Founder and CEO of Imparta, talks about challenges in sales, Imparta’s approach its newly launched 3D Advantage™ sales and service skills model.
Louise Pasterfield, Founder of Sponge, talks about the addition of sister company Bolt, a specialist provider of learning analytics.
Armin Hopp, Founder of Speexx, draws together the trends in L&D and sets out Speexx’ priorities.
Saba has evolved into a talent experience company, with services across HR, recruitment and learning: An interview with Andrea Miles, VP Saba Studio.
eThink Education provides services for integrating the Moodle Workplace and Totara LMSs within organizational learning ecosystems: CEO and Founder, Brian Carlson talks to Learning News at Learning Technologies 2020.
Ben Betts, Chief Product Officer, Learning Pool, explains his view of the modern learning ecosystem and Learning Pool’s product strategy.
Docebo CEO, Claudio Erba, talks about the learning market and Docebo in an interview with Learning News at Learning Technologies 2020.
Amy Armstrong, HelloFresh, Meghan Castillo, HubSpot and Donald H Taylor discuss the Learning Technologies 2020 30 under 30 programme.
Toby Harris, head of solutions at Filtered, the company behind the learning recommendations engine, magpie, explains why developing skills lies at the heart of developing performance.
Liggy Webb discusses Resilience, one of a series of short books in her ‘Life Skills Library’.
Reflections on the keynote presentation by Rachel Hutchinson, Director of L&D at Hilti, at World of Learning 2019.
Interviews with participants at World of Learning 2019.
Mike Hadlow talks about The Access Group in an interview with Learning News at World on Learning 2019.
Mike Hawkyard, CEO of Gamebrain, has built games for Lego, BBC and Star Wars and is on a mission to make learning fun.
Richard Goemaat talks about Fuse’s experiences at World of Learning 2019: visitors’ focus; market views; Fuse developments.
Wendy Stanley, Virtual College, talks about developments in the L&D market and Virtual College's approach.
Michael Main introduces the new Headstream LXP from Learning Pool at World of Learning 2019.
Mike Alcock talks to Learning News about Instilled, the learning experience platform from Learning Technologies Group.
Tom Bright and Jason Butler from Sponge launch an anti-bribery elearning game at World of Learning 2019; adds to a suite of training games covering anti-bribery, cyber security and GDPR.
GuyKat’s founder and CEO Guy McEvoy, at World of Learning 2019, talks about the learning market, GuyKat’s proposition and plans for growth.
Interview with Catriona Razic, Skillcast CCO, at World of Learning 2019, on Skillcast’s use of SCORM elearning games in compliance learning.
An interview with Giles Smith, QA, at Learning Live 2019.
Insights from the opening keynote at Learning Live 2019 by Graham Brown-Martin.
Jonathan Munk at Learning Live 2019 calls for business to focus on skills and provides an update on Degreed’s international expansion.
Steve Dineen adds to the discussion on learning culture, the most important topic in L&D according to learning professionals, in an interview with Learning News at Learning Live 2019.
James Lindberg talks to Learning News about combining Learning Pool’s Headstream and HT2’s curatr products into one learning experience platform.
Establishing a learning culture: an interview with Daniel Nolan, Virtual College, on the number one priority with L&D professionals.
Lori Niles Hofmann introduces NilesNolen, a new bespoke agency to help organizations with large-scale digital learning transformations.
Insights from Filtered CEO, Marc Zao-Sanders, following an investment of £2.5 million to fund development of magpie, Filtered’s learning recommendations engine.
David Kelly, The eLearning Guild at LTSF19, provides an update for L&D professionals on blockchain in learning.
LEARNING LIVE 2019 took place earlier this month and Learning News cameras were there to capture what happened.
Stuart Chadwick and Jez Anderson, Kineo, discuss the challenges of the digital age and the role of learning and development.
Rebecca Trigg talks about how Acteon’s joint innovation with its clients and close client partnerships creates great learning results.
Josh Squires, Director Enterprise Solutions at Docebo, discussing artificial intelligence in learning at Learning Technologies Summer Forum 2019.
John Yates, City & Guilds Group, talks about the gap between how employees want to learn and how L&D provides it.
Learning News caught up with Don Taylor at LTSF to find out about the focus of this year's event.
An interview with David Kelly, The eLearning Guild, at LTSF19 talking about technology trends in learning.
Carole Bower, Head of Learning at Saba, talking to Learning News at LTSF19 offers tips for L&D on using video.
An interview with IT training market veteran, Gary Duffield, on the tech skills in demand, certification and the longevity of the classroom.
Louise Pasterfield, founder of Sponge, talks to Learning News about the greater complexity in the types of learning Sponge now provides.
Business leaders talk to Learning News about leadership skills at the brand launch of Headspring, Tower Bridge London.
Kallidus CEO, Rob Caul, interviewed for Learning News talking about his company's focus on user experience and customer service.
Learning News interview with Juliette Denny about how Growth Engineering's focus on behavioural science and learner engagement can drive meaningful business impact.
Karl Kapp, Author and Professor, Bloomsburg University, explains how to think like games designers.
Euan Semple on digital transformation in L&D at LT2019: understanding the landscape, grabbing the opportunity.
Dani Johnson talks about what’s hot in learning technology and the huge changes that AI will bring to learning.
Will Thalheimer sets out where the learning sector is at with its quest to improve evaluation.
Jane Hart at Learning Technologies 2019 talking about modern workplace learning: a new approach for how we live and work today.
Sarah Davies, Rising Star Gold Award winner at the Learning Awards 2019, talks to Learning News about her work at Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust.
Loiza Tallon FLPI, Learning Leader of the Year 2019, talks to Learning News about her achievements and approaches in learning.
Royal Mail’s James Barton and Sponge’s Kate Pasterfield discuss Royal Mail’s virtual reality dog safety training.
Hayley Khan talks to Learning News about Virtual College’s focus on end learners, the challenges in L&D and its priorities for the year ahead.
Rob MacAllister talks about Filtered’s unique position in the market, its challenges and plans to forge new partnerships.
An interview with Unicorn Training’s head of digital products, Richard Whittington at Learning Technologies 2019.
Alex Mackman talks about Agylia’s product strategy and its focus on micro and mobile learning at LT2019.
Armin Hopp talks about the Speexx next generation language learning platform and the challenges faced by customers and his business in 2019.
Thinking differently about learning: Claudio Erba talks about what makes Docebo different and a fun, experimental approach to continual change.
Martin Baker, Founder and CEO of Clear Lessons, on why video is back on top for workplace learning.
An interview with Julian Roberts, CEO of EssentialSkillz, on the ‘compliance-focused’ proposition that makes EssentialSkillz different, the challenges that lie ahead and his priorities for 2019.
MPS Interactive Systems’ proposition, priorities and focus: an interview with SVP, Anna Kuehl, at Learning Technologies 2019.
Interview with gomo learning’s video product owner, Jeff Fissel, at Learning Technologies 2019.
Ella Richardson, LEO, talks to Learning News about architecting learning ecosystems and building value for customers.
Bill Mastin talks to Learning News about the combined PeopleFluent Netdimensions business, following the merger in 2018.
Conor Healy talks to Learning News about Knowledge Centre, Acteon’s LMS.
Jasmine Kundra talks to Learning News about Omniplex’s proposition, priorities and focus for the year ahead.