Worldwide, the top two drivers of business transformation are new technology adoption and workplace digitalization.  Changes happening at BT Group mirror this trend perfectly. The London-based giant is transitioning away from its roots as the well-known British Telecom into a technology company with a reimagined name and a broader scope. But a business can’t change […]

This is the third post in a series on orchestrating workforce development with Degreed Automations. See the rest. Who doesn’t love announcing a well-deserved promotion? Helping people advance their careers is a top reason L&D pros do what they do—a passion that benefits the individual employee as well as the business. Yet the career growth […]

This is the second post in a series on orchestrating workforce development with Degreed Automations. See the rest. A product launch is an important and complex time at any business—and L&D can play a critical role, helping to ensure your organization’s investment in innovation leads to success. Employees across your company need to know new […]

This is the first post in a series on orchestrating workforce development with Degreed Automations. See the rest. “Personalize development for more people—at less cost.” “And do it faster!” Sound familiar? Driving workforce change is incredibly demanding—and complex—which means the time and energy of L&D teams are more valuable than ever. So how can your […]

Skills are a hot topic. But skills only matter when they help you solve a meaningful challenge. For enterprise leaders navigating transformation—whether it’s rolling out agentic AI, automating legacy processes, or entering new markets—the pressure to reskill fast is real. The upshot? Skill data isn’t just an HR metric. It’s a strategic asset. That said, […]

We get it: You’ve got big business goals—and need to make sure your people can meet them.  And chances are you have lots of questions about the Degreed learning platform. We like answering them. Some of the best questions came our way after Degreed Vision, where we shared our product roadmap. Posed during Vision in […]

Mastering a skill is a powerful thing.  Companies that win, people who excel, and markets that grow continue to be defined by making the most of modern skills.  Yet only 5% of business leaders strongly agree they’re investing enough in helping people learn new skills to keep up with the changing world of work. We […]

It’s a talent management question business leaders often ask: Should we roll out an LXP first or deploy a talent marketplace first? When we field that question here at Degreed, we’re quick to dig a bit deeper, asking: What are your goals and challenges? Yes, the learning experience platform (LXP) and the talent marketplace each […]

Enterprise IT leaders are not only managing infrastructure, but also managing change. Whether you’re deploying AI more responsibly, driving automation, or consolidating sprawling tech stacks, the role of today’s IT leader is as much about strategic, innovative ownership as it is operations. As expectations rise—and as budgets tighten—every tech decision carries great weight. Increasingly, systems […]

You don’t have to choose between personalization and scale.  You don’t have to choose between connectivity and functionality.  You don’t have to choose between efficiency and impact.  And you definitely don’t have to choose between what’s good for the employee and what’s good for the business.  Today at Degreed Vision, we demonstrated this new reality—centered […]

In my first few months at Degreed, I have met with dozens of customers from around the world and across industries. I’ve listened to folks leading HR organizations, L&D teams, and business units undergoing complex transformations. Their challenges and opportunities are diverse—but what they all have in common is that they’re looking at today’s AI-powered […]

Your business can close its skill gaps, but only as fast as your people can learn. And no matter how much learning time your workers have, it’s all too easy for learning fatigue to slow them down or burn them out. Amid ever-increasing workforce development demands, nearly 60 % of HR professionals worry their companies […]

The pace of change inspired by the advent of artificial intelligence is breathtaking—and data from our own platform helps tell the story. From the start of 2022 through the end of September 2024, upskilling in AI on Degreed grew dramatically among users across eight key industries. A breakdown reveals employee skill building that’s astounding: As […]

AI will contribute $19.9 trillion to the global economy and drive 3.5% of global GDP through 2030. It promises to revolutionize—and disrupt—the way people work in nearly every industry.  But just 20% of leaders at enterprise companies say they have the talent they need to leverage generative AI. Furthermore, AI threatens to displace droves of […]

How’s your closed tech stack working out for you? My guess is not so good.  A closed approach to building your learning stack—using, essentially, a single vendor solution from end-to-end—might be enticing for HR. It often sounds simple. And it can help short-term operations. But it isn’t good for your people. A closed learning tech […]

Skills are the key to unlocking a wealth of positive business impacts like driving workforce change, scaling personalized development, improving organizational agility, and boosting employee performance—and more and more your business should pay attention.  With 98% of business executives planning to incorporate more skills-based approaches, aggregating, analyzing, and acting on essential skills and skill data […]

Big challenges demand strategic solutions. As the new year unfolds, it’s a safe bet taxed learning teams from Boston to Bangkok are huddling and planning. They want to make sure they can deliver over the next 12 months. At some point, those conversations will turn to technology, and likely to the merits of a learning […]