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How Executives Stay Informed: A Study of Resources Used and Time Spent Locating Critical Business Information by Bersin & Associates [PDF 114 KB]
The study, written by Bersin & Associates, finds that most senior-level executives spend hours each week searching the Internet in frustration for business-related information that will help them stay informed and current. It shows that costs of time searching for information can exceed $50,000 annually for each executive. Of the study's 202 respondents, 43% were over age 50 and 40% were between 36 and 50 in age. The vast majority, 84%, were male. 49% of respondents had C-level or vice president titles; 51% had director-level titles.

Linking Learning to the Broader Human Capital Strategy [PDF 746 KB]
By John Chaisson
Human Capital Institute
For organizations to leverage learning to its fullest potential, learning programs need to be targeted at critical competencies and strategic business objectives. When learning strategy is linked with human capital strategy the results can be dramatic. In this white paper from the Human Capital Institute, noted experts from the field of learning and human capital, as well as practitioners, discuss the theoretical and practical issues in managing learning in relation to competencies. Participants in this discussion include Paul Storfer, Human Capital Science; Josh Bersin, Bersin & Associates; Allison Rossett, San Diego State University; Sarah Beers, Fidelity Investments; Viginia Clark, Unisys; Karen Kocher, Cigna; and others.

The Four Stages of e-Learning, new research by Bersin & Associates [PDF 782 KB]
What are the evolutionary stages of corporate e-learning? At what stage of e-learning maturity is your organization and how does it compare with other companies? "The Four Stages of e-Learning: A Maturity Model for Online Corporate Training" details the corporate e-learning market and identifies the stages of growth and maturity common to many learning organizations. Based on interviews and surveys with more than 500 executives and learning managers, the study describes how corporate learning changes with the adoption of new technologies and learning resources.

At the Speed of Business: 5 A's of the Corporate Learning Chain [PDF 251 KB]
The corporate learning infrastructure must simultaneously meet the corporate objective of providing appropriate materials that will be useful to the organizational goals and also satisfy the learner's criteria for selection, or it won't be used or accessed. This concept is reflected in the five As of an effective corporate learning chain. IDC examines how a corporate information resource system must incorporate each link in the chain to provide maximum benefit to the enterprise.

Extending Reach and Ensuring Effectiveness of Leadership Development: The Role of Technology-Based Learning
[PDF 579 KB]
Leadership is an important element of organizational success. So, it is not surprising that many companies look for ways to extend the benefits of leadership development to more employees. Technology-based learning approaches such as online courses, books and video programs can be used effectively to develop employees at all levels.

Business Impact and Challenge Series: Design and Development Guidelines
[PDF 3.5 MB]
Today's learners expect e-learning to be as engaging and visually rich as many of the Web-based environments they encounter on a daily basis. SkillSoft's latest content innovation, the Business Impact and Challenge Series offerings, were designed with those expectations in mind. Using a rich mix of Flash-based animations, video, and audio-driven dramatizations, each Business Impact or Challenge creates a concise, yet contextually rich scenario filled with realistic characters and business challenges. The result is a set of highly engaging learning assets that appeal to multiple generations and that can be used in support of multiple workplace performance learning models and environments.

Strategic Issues Facing Enterprise Learning: Report from SkillSoft's Executive Advisory Board
[PDF 130 KB]
SkillSoft brings together its Executive Advisory Board (EAB) annually to discuss the major issues of interest to the enterprise learning community. The group is comprised of high level executives in many of the most advanced learning organizations in the world. Their opinions and concerns are a bellwether for the overall learning market. This white paper documents the SkillSoft Executive Advisory Board meeting held on March 29, 2006.

SkillSoft Product Strategy Roadmap [PDF 745 KB]
SkillSoft looks forward to introducing many new solutions that address our customers' learning challenges and help their learning programs work more effectively at a strategic level within the organization. This roadmap offers a thorough overview of SkillSoft's development plans for the coming months and the customer needs that these initiatives are designed to address.

Making the Abundant Relevant: Solving Today’s Learning Challenges Through a Next Generation Technology Architecture [PDF 173 KB]
There are two major challenges facing SkillSoft customers today: the need to integrate a wide variety of technology systems and content types, and the need to present content in a way that is relevant to the individual learner. These problems are getting more difficult as the number of content types and technology systems proliferate and the trend toward aligning learning programs with business initiatives accelerates the need for relevance. SkillSoft agrees with customers and analysts who say that these problems must be solved in order for e-learning to reach its potential, and this is the impetus behind SkillSoft’s Open Learning Services Architecture (OLSA) initiative.

What Return on Investment does e-Learning Provide? [PDF 214 KB]
Organizations make investments in e-learning solutions with the expectation that the solutions will have a measurable impact on performance by achieving specific business outcomes. Measuring the value of learning solutions enables organizations to demonstrate the return on investment they make in training. In addition, organizations that measure training are able to increase the contribution of their learning solutions using continuous improvement processes that drive higher levels of return through enhanced performance over time.

The SkillSoft Learning Growth Model [PDF 654 KB]
The SkillSoft Learning Growth Model describes the predictable stages that all companies go through as they progress from their initial e-learning implementations to enterprise-wide, strategic e-learning.

Getting Started with e-Learning [PDF 163 KB]
The face of corporate learning has changed. It is no longer possible to develop your human capital with a single approach. Today’s corporate environment calls for out of the box thinking, incorporating the benefits of many types of learning to benefit your company’s single biggest investment – your people. Evaluating the ever-growing corporate learning solutions that are available enables you to obtain full benefit from your learning programs, by selecting the range of learning resources that best match your strategic corporate goals.

Eight Phases of Workplace Learning [PDF 707 KB]
Today’s learning organizations recognize the prevalence of informal or just-in-time learning and search for ways to support this type of learning in tandem with more formal blended training programs. This paper proposes a structure of eight phases of workplace learning that can serve as a framework for designing blended learning solutions with formal and informal components.

Blended Learning Strategies [PDF 185 KB]