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, […]

Skills are all the rage in L&D today. But at Degreed, we were into skills before the hype—and our experience has equipped us to lead the way forward. We’ve bet on skills for nearly a decade. Why? To personalize workforce development, power change, deliver better outcomes, and provide our worldwide clients the best learning experiences […]

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In today’s world of work, learning means more than people consuming content. And a winning learning solution does a lot more than simply serve up relevant courses and videos. Businesses today face critical learning needs that begin at employee onboarding and never let up. Effective learning enhances operations, cultivates belonging and builds technical, functional and […]

Talent development professionals spend a lot of time talking about skills, but few of them fully understand what skills their employees have. Part of the challenge is that to truly assess an individual’s proficiencies, multiple perspectives and data sources are needed.  Individuals and their managers certainly provide valuable viewpoints on skills, which is why Degreed […]

More control. More relevance. More personalization. The best learning platforms adapt to each user, teeing up workforce development that’s tailored to every employee’s specific needs. With continual skill building increasingly critical to success in today’s AI-driven workplace, we’re always on the lookout for ways to deliver more and better customization. We understand employees need autonomy […]

This is the third blog post in a series on Degreed Academies. See the first and second. How can a newly-hired recent college graduate prove himself as a financial analyst? How can a senior compliance officer ensure her company adheres to rapidly evolving sustainability regulations? While their roles and learning needs are quite different, these […]

This is the third post in a series on personalized, AI-powered coaching with Degreed Maestro. See the first and second. Poor leadership damages more than employee morale. It also weakens the bottom line.  At S&P 1500 companies, poorly managed CEO transitions wipe out nearly $1 trillion in market value each year. And employee turnover due […]

This is the second blog post in a series on Degreed Academies. See the first. Learning academies matter now more than ever. Why? consider that 72% of workers are prioritizing skill development. What’s one of the most effective ways to close their skill gaps? Structured learning programs that deliver real business results. Degreed Academies helps […]

Estimates vary, but there’s no doubt that corporations spend hundreds of billions of dollars on employee training annually. Yet most of that investment—a whopping 90%—fails to deliver concrete results, according to one key finding. Why? Because self-led training alone isn’t enough. Studies show better outcomes come from active learning that’s ​​hands-on and applied.  How can […]

This is the first post in a series on personalized, AI-powered coaching with Degreed Maestro. See the second and third. Picture this: A personal coach that helps each employee pinpoint skills to develop, provides personalized development pathways focused on those skills, then tracks and measures growth. What would that unlock for your business? If yours is […]

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 […]

This is the second post in a series on building skills for Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (DEI). See the first. DEI skills—such as critical thinking, cultural intelligence, and psychological safety—are no longer optional; they’re essential to a thriving, resilient organization that can adapt to rapid change. By developing DEI skills, leaders and employees can create inclusive […]

An impressive 89% of large companies globally are actively engaged in digital and AI transformation, but only a fraction achieve the revenue and savings they expected. Research shows companies that employ bolder, more rapid transformations see better results—as do those that masterfully reskill existing employees and deftly integrate new hires. Of course, that’s all easier […]

This is the first post in a series on building skills for Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (DEI). See the second. As organizations look ahead and strive to stay competitive, many are hyper-focused on artificial intelligence, automation, and the skills needed to drive new technologies. These are all critical pursuits. But as business leaders seek innovation, they […]

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 […]

Technology and job roles are shifting quickly, which means HR leaders face a big question: How can HR teams equip a workforce with the right skills for a future that’s still being mapped out? At Degreed, we know effective upskilling is about more than just predicting trends. It’s about creating a lasting roadmap for talent […]

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 […]

The first time I saw Degreed, it was magic. I’d been struggling with the one-size-fits-all experience of requirements-based enterprise learning for years. Then all of a sudden—bam! Something new. A learning system built to help me find what I wanted, in ways that matched my needs and how I wanted to learn. And at the […]

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 […]

Ericsson learning and business leaders have been laser focused in recent years—on new ways of upskilling employees in AI and other business-critical capabilities, so they can out-learn and outperform. The idea? Put skills first, and make Ericsson a skills-based organization that puts skills to work. The strategy? Approach learning in ways that are no longer […]

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 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 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 […]

Something interesting happens when you start working at a company. People start to see you as your job title. It becomes difficult for them to imagine you doing anything other than your current role. Your previous experiences and your wider skill set don’t factor much during the day to day, so those considerations quickly become […]

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 […]

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 […]

First, it was competency frameworks. Then it was skill taxonomies. Both suffer from the same challenges: they’re hard to build and even harder to keep up to date. Can AI help? Let’s find out. Why do organizations need taxonomies? For most companies, employees are the biggest expense (and asset). But how companies invest in those […]

This is Degreed Experiments: a blog series exploring the sustainability of emerging technologies for the challenges in L&D.

The founder of the eLearning Industry recently called skill matrices “one of the most valuable tools you can use to evaluate the skills and competencies of your workforce.” Similarly, the experts at Training Industry said skill matrices can be “a game-changer for organizations.” Skill matrices can serve as a key building block of the skills-based […]

Five categories. Thirty-one submissions. Twelve big winners. See what L&D success looks like for the winners of the 2024 Degreed Visionary Awards.

It’s time for lifelong learning to grow up. That’s what Degreed CEO David Blake said at Degreed LENS 2024. And he’s right. Lifelong learning, as it stands today, is begging to be re-energized and innovated. “Today, we lifelong learn like most of us exercise, which is ‘kinda-sorta.’ It isn’t good enough. Not anymore,” Blake said. […]

These are exciting times here at Degreed. Our products are evolving. We’re looking forward to Degreed LENS, our annual flagship conference, which is only days away. With this same enthusiasm, we’re welcoming Max Wessel, our new Degreed President. With his appointment, announced today, we’re a leader wiser and a big step closer to jailbreaking the […]

Lanette Mattison is spearheading the expansion of AI at the Ford Motor Company Customer Service Division. What’s perhaps even cooler is she put herself in that rarefied place. And she did it through self-directed upskilling. It’s the kind of story L&D pros live for. And the kind of story any employee can use for inspiration—and […]

Danny Peebles had only begun to make his mark as an NFL wide receiver when a harrowing on-field collision ended his athletics career.  “I’ll never forget it,” he said. “It was the first year of Sunday Night Football on ESPN.” A graduate of North Carolina State University and the second round 1989 draft pick of […]

Our partnership started over a decade ago, and it just continues to get stronger with time: Degreed + SAP SucccessFactors.

Degreed partners are exceptional, and how we partner with them is exceptional too. Together, our teamwork will make the Degreed dream work.

Like companies around the world, Cielo needed to fill strategic vacancies. Recruiters at the Brazil-based electronic payments firm faced a structural gap in which they could not adequately hire people with the skills needed to meet key business objectives. Sound familiar? Unfilled positions are a common, global concern. A new and extensive Korn Ferry report […]

Jeopardy host: “For $200 in ‘Corporate Learning,’ this is the most used phrase in L&D.” Winning response: “What is ‘Learning in the flow of work’?”  It’s true “learning in the flow of work” is referenced a lot — in industry thought leadership, on vendor blogs like this one, in L&D team strategy sessions, and more […]

Turning your company into a skills-based learning organization often can feel like running your first marathon. Sometimes, the long journey seems so intimidating you never even start to train. But successful athletes know the hard truth: If you don’t start somewhere, you’ll never move an inch. The same dynamics apply to creating your first skills […]

The online ecommerce giant Alibaba has used natural language processing to generate product descriptions for years while Alphabet, the parent company of Google, started developing self-driving cars using artificial intelligence (AI) as far back as 2009. More recently, and with the widespread adoption of ChatGPT, Coca-Cola and SnapChat announced they’re incorporating AI into their business […]

Recession. Pandemic. The unknown. If it’s not one challenge impacting the smooth, successful application of your L&D programs, it’s another. Uncertainty reigns, so now’s the time to take stock — and to think about making some essential changes. “It’s intelligent and wise for us to always be prepared, wherever we are on that roller coaster,” […]

Ten years from now, traditional job roles will have likely gone the way of the flip phone. “You won’t get paid based on your job title or geography. You will get paid based on each and every skill at every skill level,” David Blake, Degreed CEO, told a room of 350 learning professionals at Degreed […]

Michael Jordan famously practiced and perfected his basketball skills five hours per day, six days a week in the off-season. To become the best, people have to “be like Mike,” as the saying goes, and put in hours of hard work. Just like Mike, everyday workers need to build skills with practice. Skills are needed […]

The number of DEIB programs at colleges and universities is growing, but your company can’t wait up to four years for newly-minted DEIB experts to arrive. In fact, you might not be able to wait days or weeks. Why? Lack of support is driving many people already working in DEIB enablement to look for new […]

Creating foundations is one of the oldest human activities. These stone, wood, mud and straw structures that stabilize homes and buildings date back as far as the Neolithic Age. They were essential to the progression of humanity, helping people settle, embrace agriculture and build towns and cities. People today face a similar phenomenon as work […]

When employee engagement surveys at TEKsystems revealed a desire for more career-building opportunities as well as more guidance on how to help advance the IT staffing and services company, learning leaders there identified four new key goals: Boost career path transparency Elevate role specialization Reward accomplishments Visually represent what people learn To accomplish these goals, […]

Learning requires more than just a learning experience platform. Full stop. We’re not afraid to say it. We have and will always advocate for learning by choice, and we became the first LXP by necessity.  But the world of work needs something more, and we’re ready. “We are the first platform that can truly meet […]

If you’re going to disrupt the status quo, you’ve got to be on top of your game. That was the belief — and reality — that sent learning leaders at PointClickCare in search of new ways for people to drive their own learning. The late-stage Toronto-based startup, which provides cloud-based software for managing skilled nursing, senior […]

Many of us in the learning industry spend our time trying to uncover the most effective methods for skill building. We spend hours researching and trying  new products. But one of the best resources for establishing learning can often come from your most prevalent resource — your employees. Peer-to-peer learning can be one of the […]

Can you become a surgeon by only reading textbooks and research? No, and thankfully not. In fact, people would be appalled to find out their so-called surgeon had never actually made an incision, removed an appendix, sutured a wound or even handled medical equipment. The skills a surgeon needs come from experiential learning, or learning […]

One of the biggest advantages of an open learning ecosystem is the opportunity for L&D teams to generate — and use — a wealth of employee skill data. The most innovative L&D teams use skill data to create personalized learning experiences, because understanding what skills people have and want makes for better, more relevant content recommendations, mentorships […]

When I hear “skills gap,” I think of a chasm as wide as the Grand Canyon quaking, like it’s the backdrop for the penultimate scene in a bad 90s action movie. Maybe I’m a little dramatic, but the skills gap is really rocking the talent development space lately — and it’s only getting worse.  From […]

Learning and development success stories inspire hope and enthusiasm about better business outcomes. If you’ve ever searched for a learning tech solution, chances are you’ve seen a lot of glowing testimonials from clients, partners and advocates of the platforms you’ve explored.  It’s easy to get swept up in hand-selected best-of-the-best stories, but what about average […]

One of the core attributes of Degreed is our open ecosystem. This open ecosystem enables and encourages integration with third-party technologies and learning content providers, allowing our customers to connect their existing resources to the Degreed LXP. Our open ecosystem also allows us to continuously add new premium partner content and applications so customers can […]

Skills and competencies: what’s the difference? Depending on who you ask, you might get complicated answers. We’re making it simple. Read to learn more.

We get asked all the time: “What’s the difference between Degreed and…” Well, it depends. Consider these three questions to offer some perspective.

When you buy Degreed, you get more than an intuitive solution. You get a whole team of partners. Learn how the Degreed client experience sets you up to win.

With a workforce hungry for development, Ibotta had to rethink L&D and create a new learning culture anchored in experiential learning. Read the full story.

Meet Degreed Intelligence, a first-to-market analytics suite that gives learning and HR leaders insights into workforce upskilling.

The addition of Enterprise Paid Providers and a new batch of One-Click Providers is expanding the skill-building resources you can provide your people.

Verizon partners with Degreed to launch Women’s CoLab, an initiative providing women with essential resources to help them achieve success.

Degreed is now available for Microsoft Teams users. The app will enable workers to develop their skills within the communication tool they use every day.

Last year, with professional sports teams quarantined, millions of sports fans tuned in for The Last Dance, a documentary series about Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls. Some expected a one-sided basketball success story since that team won six NBA championships. Instead, the series showcased the team’s struggles. Jordan, cut from his high school team, […]

With fundamental changes at work, forward-thinking companies are focusing on upskilling leadership. Find out what skills are needed for next-gen leaders.

Two solutions. One front door. Implementing LearnUpon and Degreed helped Edrington move past fragmented and inefficient learning to provide workers with relevant, engaging content in a friction-free experience accessible through a single portal. That winning combination  — LearnUpon is a learning management system (LMS), Degreed a learning experience platform (LXP) — is the focus of […]

We've learned a few new initial insights on DEIB & skills. Read to find out what fosters a DEIB culture, and for updates on continuing research.

Degreed makes it easier than ever to make learning content available to your people with our One-Click providers. Read more about our recent additions.

Degreed LENS Lite was a lot of things — a chance to highlight our ambitious product roadmap, a networking extravaganza for our friends and customers. We even learned to cook scallop ceviche. But more than anything, our flagship virtual conference on Wednesday was an opportunity for dialogue.  We welcomed more than 11,000 people from 133 countries […]

I don’t believe that everything happens for a reason. But I do believe that, whatever happens, you can learn from it and create something really positive. I originally wrote those words while recalling the 2011 fire that destroyed the Great House on Necker Island, my family’s Caribbean island home, which is part of the Virgin […]

Novelist Robert Louis Stevenson made the case for patiently taking iterative actions that add up to something big: “Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds that you plant.” That timeless take is reflected in Degreed’s history, and perhaps even more so when we’ve got big news — like the […]

Degreed is an upskilling solution that helps your organization quickly and easily understand, build, and activate skills. Find out more here.

When it comes to data, more is better. This doesn’t just mean more data points, it also means a more diverse set of data points. When building an organizational skills inventory, diverse data sets can ensure you are getting the most accurate and comprehensive view of the skills your org has and those it needs. […]

Imperial Brands has a history of over 200 years with well-known products that include Davidoff, West and JPS cigarettes and Golden Virginia rolling tobacco. But today, customer preferences are changing dramatically resulting in major markets like the US and UK consuming fewer traditional tobacco products every year. The tobacco industry is not usually known for […]

One of the primary elements of learning is a sense of direction. It’s an idea that dates back centuries to Plato and was echoed more recently by John Dewey, an early psychology and education theorist. Dewey talked about the purpose of education and the importance of learning things in “an orderly, sequential way.” This idea […]

If your company’s like most, it’s using several systems that make HR processes — like enrolling workers in benefits, processing payroll, conducting engagement surveys, or tracking job applications — more efficient, automated, and self-service. But these systems are rarely designed to empower workers and team managers to go beyond standardized HR processes. As a result, they’re not […]

BMO didn’t want people to simply build skills for today. Leaders there wanted workers developing for the future — to prepare every single one of the bank’s 46,000 people for whatever challenges may come next year, five years from now, even 10 years down the line. “We’re focused on being bold on talent, so we have […]

At Degreed, we have one overarching vision: enable people to continuously grow and advance their careers based on their skills. And we do that by building products that focus on the personalized needs of your employees.  That’s why today we’re announcing the arrival of Degreed Career Mobility — a new tool designed to make skill-building […]

“He never had any fresh ideas.” “She gave up too easily.” “They just didn’t show leadership potential.” When new hires don’t work out, these are often the reasons why. Last year, a major survey of hiring professionals showed that bad hires were far more likely to lack “soft skills” than “hard skills.” The explanation is […]

Necessity is the mother of invention, as the saying goes. And to us, our LENS conference is as necessary as it gets. So this year, we went virtual — rescheduling and rebranding our annual flagship event as Degreed LENS Lite. Sure, there were fewer handshakes. And unlike last year’s LENS in Austin, Texas, there was […]

When the economy collapsed in 2008, the recession exposed U.S. automakers. General Motors and Chrysler needed the federal government to bail them out. Analysts complained that these car companies got complacent, neglecting innovation in search of short-term profits. In hindsight, it all seems obvious. The climate crisis, autonomous vehicles, and ride-sharing are now revolutionizing the […]

“The only way to survive is to continuously transform into something else. It’s this idea of continuous transformation that makes an innovative company.” Ginni Rometty, CEO, IBM Technology is everywhere, transformation is everywhere, and we’re using technologies to drive business transformations constantly. Many organizations ponder “the future of work” but the reality is that the […]

To operate smoothly, one of the world’s top professional services organizations must carefully balance independence with cooperation.  The organization* functions as a global network, not a single firm, because decentralization helps it navigate complex regulatory frameworks in many different countries. That’s the independence part. Cooperation comes into play because the network pools its resources and […]

We take learning pretty seriously at Degreed. So seriously, in fact, each employee is given a stipend to spend on learning whatever we want, however we want. We learn about our roles at work and in-demand skills as well as winemaking, baseball, surfing, cooking, churning our own butter — you name it, we’ve learned it. […]

This article is based on a presentation from our annual conference, Degreed LENS. Find the full video of the presentation at the bottom of this page. By now most of us have caught on to the idea that talking about skills is cool, and many companies are simply replacing the word learning with skills. It […]

When talent leaders at ATB Financial envisioned the future of work there, they saw an organization staffed by employees with a growth mindset. They sought people who were adaptable. And they wanted to see people feeding an insatiable appetite to learn. To get there, the company needed to provide a better learning experience to its […]

It’s not news that skills are shifting faster than ever before. We used to train at the start of our careers and then use those same skills throughout our professional lives. Today the half-life of a skill has fallen to just five years. With the pressure to constantly learn and upskill, but without a clear […]

For some — like Degreed — remote work is built into the fabric of company culture. For others, operating without the comforts of a cubicle and the familiarity of in-person connections is a brand-new experience. The situation we’ve all found ourselves in is unprecedented. How can we keep focus when distractions lurk around every corner? […]

It’s hard enough filling talent gaps for critical roles. Add the accelerating pace of technological and economic change to your workforce, and it becomes increasingly difficult to know what skills will be critical tomorrow.  A future-proof talent strategy needs to account for all skills — including emerging skills — essential to products, service development, and […]

For some businesses — like Degreed — remote work is built into the fabric of company culture. For others, it’s a new experience. We’re interviewing clients to find out how they’re supporting their remote workforces, creating virtual learning programs, and maintaining productivity in unusual times. We hope that by sharing these insights and real stories, […]

As a 140-year-old company, Prudential is a financial services giant, constantly working to reinvent itself — especially now as advances in automation lead to business efficiencies. And yet Vice Chairman Robert Falzon, in a recent podcast interview with Joe Fuller of Harvard Business School, described the company’s commitment to cultivating the capabilities of its 50,000 […]

This year has brought with it unexpected challenges in almost every aspect of our lives, and through this experience, it has become clear that we cannot predict the future. But we can focus on developing the right emerging skills that will allow us to respond easily to future challenges with a workforce that can move […]

Business agility — quickly adapting to sudden change — is now a non-negotiable. But what exactly does it look like to build an agile business? Organizations are throwing around words like flexibility and agility so often, they’re at risk of becoming buzzwords with no real meaning. These words do have meaning, though. Flexible: characterized by […]

Degreed turned eight years old last month, which is practically ancient in internet years. In that time, we’ve witnessed 11 releases of the iPhone, the more-bitter-than-sweet end of Game of Thrones, and everyone’s mom ending up on Facebook. We’ve also seen Degreed grow from three to 450 employees. We’ve gone from one Fortune 50 client […]

For some—like Degreed—remote work is built into the fabric of company culture. For others, operating without the comforts of a cubicle and the familiarity of in-person connections is a brand-new experience. The situation we’ve all found ourselves in is unprecedented. How can we keep focus when distractions lurk around every corner? How do we stay […]

Competency models are complicated. The list of competencies is often never-ending, bloated with dozens of buzzwords, and each one typically includes several repetitive paragraphs to describe various levels of performance. In short, they’re hard to quantify and that makes them hard to manage.  This limits your organization’s ability to analyze and adapt. Competency models were […]

For me, the start of baseball season evokes childhood memories of hazy days snuggled on my grandpa’s lap, the voice of Hall of Fame broadcaster Marty Brennaman drifting through the thick summer air. As an adult, it meant game-day outings along the Ohio River and listening for the rumble of fireworks from our front porch […]

Much to the chagrin of my inner 12-year-old, Back to the Future wasn’t spot on with all its predictions for our current lifestyle. Hoverboards are still a work in progress, cars aren’t flying yet, and we still haven’t been able to harness the power of a gigawatt. Still, the future has given us a few […]

For the past seven years, Degreed has been building a platform to develop and measure the in-demand skills people need for the future. We believe that data about the skills people have (or don’t have) can help organizations make smarter decisions about how they hire, manage, and develop talent. We’ve come a long way. The […]

Organizations across the board are having a hard time filling present skill gaps, let alone making headspace for emerging skills — the skills of the future. There’s no doubt emerging skills will be a critical factor in surviving the disruption caused by automation and digitization. In fact, according to a recent McKinsey Global Institute report, […]

Change will never move as slowly as it does today. Our world is continuously undergoing changes, many of which we see most prominently in our workforce and organizations. How they operate, structure themselves, and how work is managed continues to evolve with technological and social developments. In response to this, skills are continuously evolving and […]

You’ve heard of The Beatles, right? The first iconic boy band from Liverpool who crafted lyrics, legacy, and legend in the 1960s. But they didn’t get there overnight. Malcolm Gladwell in his book Outliers: The Story of Success, features the story of The Beatles as one of the proof points of his assertion that mastery […]

We’ve been pushing skill development hard for the last several years because as a company, we’ve seen that traditional learning and development tools don’t actually translate to useful skills. But a workforce that can adapt and evolve their skill sets is exactly what companies desperately need to stay current throughout these constant technological advancements.  That’s […]

Data, machine learning, and artificial intelligence are disrupting everything we know, in ways that most of us don’t understand — yet. Learn more.

Let’s be honest, we could all use a little help from our friends, and when it comes to Degreed you don’t have to be one of The Beatles to get that help. At the core of the platform is a simple question: How do we help Degreed users discover, develop, and measure the skills they […]

Mankind has fixated on the mysteries of the sun, moon, and stars since the dawn of time. Early Mesopotamians characterized the world as a flat, floating disk. Other ancient traditions imagined a mountain or layered temple ascending heavenward before new calculations helped the astute perceive the earth as spherical, which space exploration eventually confirmed. New […]

There are few things more natural than learning. We learn every day, and the process of learning happens everywhere, especially on screens, apps, and at work— not just in classrooms or L&D platforms. For example, I listen to podcasts, read articles, catch up on my Audible list, and watch YouTube videos on a daily basis, […]

Data, machine learning, and artificial intelligence are disrupting everything we know, in ways that most of us don’t understand… yet. To help you keep up, we’ve launched a new series, Degreed Does Data. We’ll dive deep into these topics, simplify their complexities, explain their potential impact, and break down the dramatic ways they’ll change the […]

Degreed fosters the successful upskilling and learning transformation of businesses by building a solid foundation within the platform.

Pathways are a core tool for curating learning experiences. Half of all content consumed on the Degreed platform comes from Pathways. Learn more.

Data, machine learning, and artificial intelligence are disrupting everything we know, in ways that most of us don’t understand… yet. To help you keep up, we’ve launched a new series, Degreed Does Data. We’ll dive deep into these topics, simplify their complexities, explain their potential impact, and break down the dramatic ways they’ll change the […]

Data, machine learning, and artificial intelligence are disrupting everything we know, in ways that most of us don’t understand — yet. To help you keep up, we’ve launched a new series, Degreed Does Data. We’ll dive deep into these topics, simplify their complexities, explain their potential impact, and break down the dramatic ways they’ll change […]

According to economist Paul Krugman, the skills gap is no longer a zombie idea, "an idea that should...

We chose the mission of creating a better way to develop and communicate skills not because it was easy but because we believe everyone deserves earning and career potential, regardless of their formal credentials. We’re pleased with our progress, but there’s clearly more to do. Which is why today, we are excited to announce we […]

Today is a milestone for us as we announce $42M Series C financing, along with new executive roles for David Blake and Chris McCarthy. First, though, a huge thank you. We are incredibly grateful not just to our investors, but to all of you – our employees, our clients, our partners, and our families and […]

Most organizations are feeling the burn of the changes happening in L&D. 60-year careers, multiple generations, a dispersed workforce, decreasing skill tenures. It’s a lot to take on, and it’s putting more pressure on our team’s than ever before. As practitioners, we must be continuously well-versed in at least several areas of expertise to remain […]

Here’s the thing: at Degreed we’ve created an awesome learning platform that gives people the power to track, validate and find learning from any source. We wouldn’t be able to do a really good job at building that without being obsessed with learning ourselves. We were thinking, what if we gave you a clear picture of how real people […]

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 […]

In response to a pressing demand for high-tech skills, a Canadian telecom company faced a familiar dilemma: how to attract talent in a fiercely competitive market. External hiring is expensive. It takes time, and turnover is high. Indeed, about half (53%) of hiring managers across Canada say finding people with the right skills is their […]

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 future belongs to those who continuously learn, adapt, and innovate. At Degreed, we’re proud to celebrate organizations that embrace this mindset—through learning and integrated, skills-based talent strategies that drive meaningful business impact. That’s why our annual Degreed Visionary Awards recognize trailblazers in workforce development. Announced today, this year’s winners are redefining agility, leadership advancement, […]

The conversation is no longer about whether to adopt Generative AI. It’s about harnessing its full potential. For CLOs and CHROs, this means developing a workforce that understands, embraces, and uses Gen AI with confidence. What is Gen AI confidence? When your people use Gen AI with confidence, they’re more than just familiar with Gen […]

Trends come and go. Strategies evolve. What worked yesterday might not cut it today. In last year’s Hot or Not breakdown, we highlighted the rise of skills-based learning and AI-driven personalization. This year, AI in particular is accelerating—and we also take a look at leadership development and tracking comprehensive metrics that capture the positive business […]

It’s obvious that learning is important in an AI-driven world. AI is the newest and most innovative wave in technology, and knowing how to use it will make your workforce more innovative, adaptable, and efficient. But it’s time to think bigger. Here’s why: The positive effects of learning will ricochet across your business no matter […]

The challenge is clear: Prepare your workforce to keep your company competitive, by ensuring your people have the right skills at the right time. At most organizations, this requires breaking down silos. Indeed, upskilling and reskilling takes cross-functional teamwork—a meeting of the minds among HR, IT, the C-suite, and of course L&D. Do this effectively and […]

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 […]

An American born in 2021 has a more than 70% chance of living to age 100. And most of the places AstraZeneca employs people—Germany, France, Sweden, and the UK—have even higher life expectancies.  “Workplace skills used to last you for pretty much your whole working life,” noted Rosemary Hoskins, Global Capability Lead at AstraZeneca. “Now, […]

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 […]

Today’s job landscape is evolving faster than ever, making rapid skill development essential for success. The good news? There’s no shortage of resources for workers to enhance their skills. From company training programs and online courses to YouTube tutorials, news articles, podcasts, and the vast expanse of the Internet, opportunities abound. Degreed alone connects users […]

At Degreed, we’ve spent countless hours talking to our customers and partners about the challenges and opportunities of using skill data to drive positive business outcomes.  If there’s one thing we’ve learned, it’s that running a skills-based organization requires more than insights from content vendors and learning programs. Putting skills first to power talent decisions […]

“We want to provide learners with the right content, at the right time, for the right purpose, when they need it most.”  This content strategy directs how Regions Bank L&D builds and offers learning to more than 20,000 employees.  But what if nobody knows how to find that content? L&D success requires more than flipping […]

There’s always something new going on in AI, but “AI agents” is a macro trend I think everyone in business needs to be ready for—and especially anyone focused on impactful learning programs. “The next big breakthrough in AI is AI Agents,” notes Aaron Levie, CEO of Box. “This is when AI goes from being used […]

Summer’s ending, which means the end of 2024 draws closer and closer—and now’s the perfect moment to take the true measure of your L&D program’s health.  A mid-year checkup now will give you plenty of time to course correct if things aren’t going quite as planned, to fine-tune so you get even better results if […]

How does L&D help your business? Here are ways to track and communicate the best ROI of learning and development in your organization.

In a Gen-AI world, L&D must shift and upskill to remain relevant and critical. How? Let’s take a closer look at some ways to prepare.

When it comes to understanding someone’s skill level, it’s hard to beat just sitting down and having a conversation. This is why we’re eager for you to try our latest experiment—conversational Skill Review. It’s a new, AI-enabled take on one of Degreed’s longstanding skill rating tools that gives people a more detailed and accurate reflection […]

Skill initiatives fall apart without skill coaches. Here’s how L&D can help managers be better skill coaches to help achieve critical company goals.

AI capabilities will transform how we get work done, but employees must still develop expertise and skill fluency to draw on without the help of technology.

Today, every learning and talent team should embrace AI experiments. Let’s look at a few ways you can get your AI laboratory up and running. 

The number of unemployed workers per open job has decreased over 15 years, and there are now more available positions than people to fill them. It’s putting the squeeze on today’s already tight labor market, and Talent and HR executives don’t always have clear ways to ensure their companies have the skilled talent they need. […]

An explosion of mediocre AI-generated content at work will harm employees trying to learn, grow, and be productive in their jobs. Find out how to avoid it.

Okay, listen. I wrote this entire blog post about an AI executive coach we’ve been experimenting with and thought, “Anyone reading this will probably just want to try it out first.” Check it out! It’s not perfect, but it is kind of fun. (We’ll pay for the token usage, so don’t chat all night.) We’ll […]

People say “you’ll never forget how to ride a bike.” Why is that? Well, learning a skill so deeply that it never leaves you is a complex process—and finding ways to teach skills deeply at scale is even harder. But that’s exactly what L&D professionals have been trying to do for decades. It’s what Charles […]

Where do chatbots fit in the learning tech landscape? Here are five illustrative examples of using chatbots for learning to show limitations and potential.

Let's review the most common reasons L&D professionals either ignore or delay progress with skill development—and why it's a mistake.

How can L&D professionals provide employees with more time to learn at work? Focus on reframing the concept and getting buy-in from all levels.

Discover how to choose between content creation and content curation for learning pathways—and how to do it well to ensure you’re maximizing your efforts.

The first step to aligning L&D with the business? Speak the same language. Here's an L&D crash course to speak C-Suite fluently.

Every revolution, poet Ralph Waldo Emerson said, begins as a single thought. When that same thought repeats, capturing the imaginations of more than one thinker, “it is the key to that era.”  From obtaining stakeholder buy-in and boosting end-user adoption to realizing the revolutionary skills-first business model of the future, the success of L&D programs […]

I’d just driven over a landmine. As I brought the Humvee to a stop, we found ourselves surprisingly unscathed yet located—in all likelihood—smack dab in the middle of a minefield. With no margin for error, we kept calm, evaluated our options, and chose the least awful exit plan. I slowly backed over the unexploded mine, […]

“Keep an eye on attrition and boost employee engagement.” “Close your organization’s skill gaps.”  “Incorporate AI.” And the list goes on. With all the noise in L&D, focus is tough to come by. That’s why we created Degreed Focus, a series of annual, in-person events shaped by the most critical conversations and ideas swirling around […]

Now more than ten years old, the LXP has evolved a lot. Here is your refreshed guide on how to choose a learning experience platform in 2024.

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 […]

We’ve compiled some of the big 2023 L&D headlines, research, and strategies for you to unwrap as the year comes to a close.

So you’re looking to purchase a new learning technology. Congratulations are in order! Caution is too.  Before you hand over the company credit card, it’s wise to take a hard look at exactly where you’re headed. Most likely, you’re entering or about to embark on a procurement or bid process, which typically involves an RFx. […]

How can companies effectively support upskilling and reskilling efforts? Give the time to learn and guidance on their skills journey.

Should any of us be surprised that the learning and development industry is, well, learning and developing? Advancements in modern technologies like AI are great. Adopting a skills-first mindset is wonderful. But even when you make a living advocating for learning, it doesn’t suddenly make change simple or easy.  Big shifts like these call for […]

Are you one of the 80% of companies that don't use advanced learning technologies? Degreed can help you make a smooth and successful transition.

Capturing the dynamics of a workplace debate that’s been simmering since the first major onslaught of Covid-19, media outlets around the globe are chronicling story after story after story pitting employees against employers. The friction? More and more companies are requiring their people return to shared, physical office spaces in an end to years of […]

A learning budget is easy to waste — deceptively easy. Perhaps it’s because learning leaders see learning (no matter what it’s about or how practical it is) as good. And to be clear, learning is good. But with shrinking budgets and rising skill gaps, companies can’t afford to be just good or beneficial. Today, companies must […]

If your endgame is to change the way people learn, designing your solution with your employees at the center of your strategy is critical. It’s certainly much easier to develop your solution within the confines and expertise of a learning team, but that’s a recipe for your new learning initiative to remain on the shelf, […]

What is ecosystem mapping? See how this L&D exercise can streamline, improve and help you expand your learning tech stack.

Here are five ways to modernize your company's tuition assistance so every employee can upskill, remain relevant, and grow their careers.

When learning leaders at Associa went looking for a way to enhance employee development and help people obtain or maintain important industry certifications, they landed on a strategy that brought people together for live, instructor-led, virtual sessions. Why? Social interaction encouraged attendance and engagement. The approach saved the Dallas-based residential management firm (a Degreed client) […]

Enhancing workplace culture — and preparing for the future — rank among the most important factors guiding the next chapter of learning across APAC. And it’s clear learning technologies will continue to play a key role in helping companies meet those goals. Researchers recently took the pulse of L&D and HR leaders across the Asia-Pacific region […]

Learning academies are the next big thing in corporate learning, and this gives you everything you need to know: definitions, use cases, tips, and more.

In this article, we break down everything you need to know about learning stipends: what they are, why companies use them, and more.

Tuition reimbursement and equitable learning — it’s like wearing your dress shoes for an important zoom meeting. Lots of companies use tuition reimbursements and support equitable learning, but what lots of HR leaders don’t realize is doing both is counterproductive. That’s because the very education benefit you think is helping your DEIB strategy is actually […]

The learning tech marketplace is a wild place that leaves L&D leaders with endless options and decisions to make. To make matters worse, the corporate learning solutions begin to blend together with their similar names, myriad terms, and definitions. In the end, it’s just a messy technology alphabet soup: LMS, LXP, TXP HRIS, and the […]

Being an L&D leader in 2023 is rough. The C-Suite expects more and more, and the learning technology solutions available to meet those expectations seem endless. Understandably, so many challenges lead to serious growing pains: These can make the connection between L&D and business outcomes ambiguous at best, but most of today’s L&D struggles are […]

Nobody wants to see an economic downturn. But L&D can still spin gold. You can make tough times your time to shine. When creative action becomes urgent, you can demonstrate agility in spades, show the rest of the business a thing or two about how to pivot, and prove L&D programs threatened with budget cuts […]

“What motivates you?” Ask 20 people and you’ll get 20 different answers. “What’s in it for me?” It’s the primary question people ask themselves every time they log into your company’s learning platform. These questions matter, and smart L&D pros understand how much the answers can impact the success of talent development programs. That’s why […]

It’s the bad news no L&D pro wants to hear: Times are tough, and the cuts we’re making everywhere include learning. The financial hardships rooted in Covid-19 — now compounded by threat of recession — can devastate your company’s revenue and obliterate any business unit. Organizations around the world are operating on economic quicksand. In […]

It’s that time of year when we gaze into our crystal ball and explore what 2023 has in store for L&D teams. Suffice to say, it’s been a rollercoaster few months for employers and employees alike. Many organizations are adapting, yet again, to changes in the status quo. Let’s explore what talent development experts here […]

Do more with less. When these intimidating words become an urgent, companywide refrain as economic hard times threaten budget cuts and layoffs, it can feel like your L&D program is under belt-tightening scrutiny — or worse yet headed for elimination. Responding and adapting quickly is critical when preserving your important initiatives — and your job — is […]

These are unprecedented times in L&D. The blazing speed of today’s business innovation coupled with the rise of a distributed workforce demands a more effective, agile way of learning. Digital transformation accelerated after the arrival of COVID-19 — so much that several years worth of innovations happened in mere months. The proliferation of remote work […]

As a Client Engagement Partner, I’ve heard all sorts of visions from our clients for what they want to accomplish: “We want to instill a growth mindset.”  And . . . “We want to make learners take responsibility for their own learning.”  To . . . “We want to grow skills critical toward our business’ […]

The pandemic and economic downturn taught us a few lessons about work and resiliency. If businesses want to stand the test of time, they must be adaptable. This requires an agile workforce that’s well trained and prepared to face tomorrow’s challenges.  To minimize cost, training is frequently done in a one-size-fits-all fashion, leaving employees uninspired […]

Learning doesn’t end after high school or college. And it certainly doesn’t end when someone enters the workforce. The shelf life of skills in today’s world of work is short, and people need to keep learning to advance their careers.  In one study, 87% of companies reported seeing or expecting a skills gap in their organization. When employees […]

We’ve heard it over and over: When you treat your people like more than a number, they give back to your organization. If you develop your workforce by giving people opportunities to learn and grow on their own, they’ll become more productive, innovative and engaged. And when your company culture emphasizes learning, you can help your […]

The workplace is changing quickly. Talent development looks a lot different than it used to. People are more independent. Smart investment that boosts employee engagement and retention and ensures the content your people consume is applied back on the job is more important than ever. According to one recent survey, 67% of HR managers saw training budgets […]

Your best workers impact your organization in countless ways. Yes, they achieve their objectives and produce business results. But consider how they also: Motivate peers to perform at high levels Refer high-quality applicants to your company Advocate on behalf of your business outside work Shape your company culture and facilitate long-term business growth Gallup reports […]

Deskless workers are the backbone of manufacturing, construction, shipping, energy and other key industries that play a fundamental role in supporting the global economy. And as supply chains continue to be severely stretched worldwide, innovative talent development professionals are closing their organization-wide skill gaps by upskilling frontline workers with new learning opportunities. “Deskless jobs in these […]

First impressions matter when it comes to employee-employer relationships. Onboarding helps determine how productive a new hire will be — and could even  impact how long that employee stays with your organization. As more of the world embraces remote or hybrid work, companies face new challenges getting people up and running quickly. With virtual onboarding, you […]

My go-to pandemic binge has been the reality cooking show Top Chef. It’s comforting, great with a snack or glass of wine and an excellent example of how talent is strengthened through learning.  Like a delicious jus, hollandaise or demi-glace, learning can be your “secret sauce” to employee engagement. Employee engagement has played a big […]

Traditionally-career-minded people are the type of employee motivated to work full time for competitive compensation and perks. And while they care about work-life balance, they’re willing to make tradeoffs for the sake of their jobs, according to new research from McKinsey & Company. Yet even the most risk-averse stalwarts of the labor pool have acquiesced […]

If you don’t think your organization is creative enough to implement design thinking processes, think again. Design thinking isn’t about your knowledge of design concepts or color palettes; rather, it’s about designing tools and processes with end users in mind. When you design programs or platforms directly for users, you can increase engagement, adoption and […]

Employees interact with several systems every day, from payroll programs to online messaging platforms to learning management systems (LMSs). With so many tools to keep track of and update, you might be noticing your employees are experiencing system fatigue — especially when systems can’t interact or integrate with one another. Picture the playground at your […]

Last year, more than 50 Degreed employees joined the RaceEQ Business Resource Group (BRG) for a workshop to view and discuss Mellody Hobson’s TED Talk “Color blind or color brave?” from TED@Work for Degreed, one of many One-Click Providers Degreed offers. In the second installment of our TED@Work workshop series, Degreed employees gathered to view […]

Workers are seeking out companies with a culture focused on learning. Learn how a positive learning culture can impact attrition and attraction.

Choosing the right learning technology can mean millions in savings. Learn how Degreed clients saved money, improved retention and increased productivity.

Healthcare professionals are expected to stay up to date with new information. Learn how healthcare organizations are transforming learning and development.

Talent development planning doesn't have to be complicated. Read to find out how to build a strong talent development strategy in four steps.

L&D has the ability to impact the future of work. Discover how focusing on your people can make a big impact on your learning strategy and company success.

Learn how Degreed-powered experiential learning provided an internal job exchange piloted to teams at a North America-based tech company.

What exactly is workplace engagement and how can you promote it? We break down how a strong DEIB culture and BRGs can make an impact. Learn more.

Tech people talk a lot about whether an open ecosystem or a closed system is better for business. Discover why it matters for your L&D technology.

What's a learning experience platform? A learning management system? We've got answers to your most common learning technology questions.

Managers play a pivotal role in a performance enablement strategy. Discover how managers can set their people up for success.

LMS, LXP, LEP, HCM, knowledge cloud— what do all these terms really mean? And more importantly, how do they integrate? Read our latest blog to find out.

The competition for talent isn’t stopping any time soon. Learn how you can improve career experience and retention through experiential learning.

The marks made by LXPs are undeniable. Let’s explore some of their significant contributions to new standards for learning — and how Degreed fits in.

What can your organization do to support an effective upskilling strategy focused on individuals? Try these five adjustments.

Managers are uniquely positioned to affect change. Read to discover how supportive manager behavior can help build a positive learning culture.

Research shows that the business value and ROI on learning is critical to success. Find out how L&D is crucial to determining how to get there.

It’s time for managers to step up like never before. Read to find out our takeaways from the TEDWomen conference on being a supportive manager.

The employee experience you create can inspire your people to stay and drive results for your organization. Find out how to win your people over.

World-renowned organizations are investing heavily in upskilling. Find out why learning at work is crucial for every company.

Learn how using skill analytics can give you vital insights into your workforce and help you address the skills gap head-on at your organization.

The pressure is increasing, expectations for L&D are changing. Read to find what it will take to be successful in the new future of L&D.

It’s not enough to talk about diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging. Read to find out what skills you need to support DEIB in the workplace.

Learn how a culture of continuous learning that’s unique to your organization can help make worker engagement a standard part of your culture.

L&D is tasked with scripting a more innovative approach in 2022. Read to discover some crucial insights from Degreed LENS 2021 to take into the new year.

To ensure we are equipped for the jobs of the future, we need to establish a continuous learning habit to stay ahead of transformation.

To integrate learning in the flow of work, you need to do more than just integrate learning and work technology. Here's what you need to know.

How does a positive learning experience boost performance, increase agility, and contribute to revenue? Discover how in our latest research report.

Incorporating story into your learning strategy can help you transform your people. Read for three reasons why stories matter for L&D potential.

With skill data, there is a new way to approach learning and agile talent development. Read how it can inform L&D guidelines and help fill skill gaps.

L&D is filling the skill gap from within by upskilling with experiential learning opportunities. Find out how to offer these opportunities to your people.

A foundational learning culture is a key asset to your learning strategy. Read for more insights on how to build one in a Q&A with Degreed and Cargill.

Learn all about how Citibank, Verizon, & Ericsson implemented and use their LXPs in a new report by industry analyst Josh Bersin.

Race, ethnicity, and diversity are touchy subjects for many. And they’re topics that many people and organizations often tip-toe around or avoid altogether.  However, openly discussing race and other Diversity Equity Inclusion (DEI) issues is one key measure separating good organizations from great ones. A diverse and inclusive workplace often has higher revenue growth, the […]

Looking to build a healthy learning culture? The first step is building psychological safety at work. Here’s what four industry leaders have to say on it.

Need a helping hand with building your company’s upskilling strategy? Answer a few foundational questions to plan out your next actionable steps.

What's the difference between a talent marketplace and an opportunity marketplace? We make understanding it easy. Which one is right for your company?

Degreed spoke to Josh Clark, Director of Learning & Careers at Cisco to discuss learning strategies, measuring success, and future plans.

The key to organizational agility is enabling and empowering frontline leaders and workers to set and carry out their own skill strategies.

I’ve never understood why the HR community adopted the term “performance management.” Successfully managing someone’s performance is an unrealistic expectation. Most parents struggle to manage a teenage child’s behavior and school performance. So what would make us seriously believe that People Leaders can successfully manage the performance of other adults?  I consider the role of […]

The lifespan of large, successful companies has never been shorter. In fact, more than half of the companies in today’s S&P 500 index were not in it 20 years ago.  Why the turnover? Some companies go private. Some merge or are bought out. Others stagnate or go out of business. It’s a trend that’s accelerating, […]

There’s not just one right way to implement a job mobility strategy at your organization. But depending on the needs and culture of your company, one approach may prove more effective than another, according to a new report by RedThread Research and Degreed.  Whether you call it job mobility, internal mobility, or career mobility, It […]

What makes a learning experience great? It starts with content that meets people’s needs and presents clear, practical benefits that help keep them motivated. To help you give your people the content they need, Degreed includes three key curation tools: Pathways, Plans, and Directories. But even the best content isn’t enough. That’s why 62% of […]

Welcome back to our Skill Data Dictionary series. If you haven’t already, we recommend you review Part 1, in which we cover the skill data basics.  This blog will expand beyond the basics into the different methods of structuring your organization’s skill data. There are many overlapping (or even contradictory) ideas in the market about […]

In our previous blog post, we discussed the need to integrate data and functionality from multiple point solutions to deliver experiences to the workforce. In this post, we’ll explore how to deliver a great learning and career development experience to employees and managers. And for a deeper dive on Aligning HR With Career Experience, download […]

Executives are increasingly demanding a more data-driven company culture. But 67% of leaders (senior manager positions and higher) say they are not comfortable accessing or using data from their tools and resources, according to Deloitte. As pressure builds on learning and talent leaders to develop their people faster and in new ways, the skills landscape […]

No matter how or why you’re upskilling your people, there’s a reliable way to make learning click: make it relevant. And one of the key ingredients to relevant learning is skill data. Familiarizing yourself with the concepts behind skill data doesn’t have to be overwhelming. Understanding what it is, where it comes from, and how […]

When the Visa L&D team reimagined workforce development, it wanted to create “an  organization that learns versus a learning organization.” The nuance captured in that short phrase gets to the heart of what it means to have a worker-driven learning culture. For the credit card giant specifically, it meant making learning more intuitive and a […]

Telling your workforce development story — in fresh ways with new metrics — can capture the attention of your business leaders and make your learning program an important business priority.  Maybe your program’s already a priority. You’ve still got a story to tell, one that reinforces the value and impact of learning, talent development, and career […]

As the new Head of Attraction & Development, Raquel Andrade knew that learning programs at Itaú Unibanco, the largest private sector bank in Brazil, needed attention.  Technologies like cloud computing, APIs, and blockchain had disrupted the financial services industry. Itaú needed a digital transformation to stay relevant and continue providing top-notch services to its 56 […]

Some work tasks, like enrolling in benefits, requesting time off, or completing a performance review, only happen once or twice a year.  For the most part, these activities take place on tucked-away platforms built for an administrator — not your workforce — to standardize and automate processes. Important opportunities for career growth often are buried […]

Imagine you’re dropped into the middle of a city that has 36,000 residents. There’s no internet. You don’t even have a phone book. You barely know anybody. You do, however, have a goal: Give people the opportunity to join a team that’s going to create and sell a new product. You’ll need designers and a […]

When transforming the way your department operates, it’s easy to look straight to a new tool to kickstart that change. Perhaps that’s why so many talent development leaders are looking for new solutions to transform their people and their organizations. But true transformation cannot come from one siloed sector of the business — nor can […]

Solution providers have been developing HR technology for generations. First, there were custom-built solutions (the first business application developed was Payroll). Then, vendors developed mainframe (McCormack & Dodge, MSA, Tesseract) and mini-computer-based (Cyborg, Lawson, Ross Systems) packaged applications. Next, client/server applications (Oracle, PeopleSoft, SAP R/3) arrived on the scene. Today, we have software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions. […]

Every organization has its own folklore. Every department does too, and that includes the learning space. At PepsiCo, we love to share common wisdom among our global teams, talent management partners, and other employees. There was a time when we talked about things like completions as a critical measure of success, in-person or instructor-led training […]

When I was growing up, my mom was (and still is) a prolific piano teacher. I vividly remember one particular student, Wy-Quon, who was a couple years wiser than my 9-year-old self. He arrived prior to a lesson showing off a new propulsion system for his bicycle, touting it as a more efficient way to […]

Personal care and cosmetics company Natura was always a pioneering organization, promoting positive relationships with nature since its humble beginnings in 1969. And it’s always approached sales from a standpoint of helping customers maintain healthy relationships with themselves. Its ads feature everyday women, not supermodels. More recently in 2014, Natura was the first publicly-traded company […]

Over the past several years, it’s grown harder and harder to talk about jobs, hiring, and careers without a conversation about automation, and yes, even robots. Walk into a McDonald’s, Walmart, or Aloft Hotel and you may find an electronic worker greeting or serving you. And while it seems we’re getting close to the world […]

Perhaps you’re on a mission to boost employee engagement. Maybe you’re trying to supercharge your company culture. Maybe you’re embracing new technologies, evolving your business strategy with new product innovations, or reacting to the unprecedented HR challenges brought on by COVID-19. For these reasons and more, you’re looking to put an upskilling structure into place […]

I’d like to think we can agree on this: People are the most valuable asset of any business. People are responsible for the knowledge, skills, and innovation that create economic well being. This is the promise of human capital. Yet 49% of companies in the United States that responded to a recent survey were considering […]

Unilever is well known for its ubiquitous brands: Dove, Lipton, Hellman’s, Axe, Ben & Jerry’s. In fact, you’ve likely used or consumed at least one Unilever product today — if not multiple products. Powered by 140,000 employees in over 100 countries, the consumer goods company must adapt continuously to countless competitors, complex supply chains, and […]

A new project. A stretch assignment. Even a new role. Providing your employees with fresh opportunities is good for them, and it’s good for your organization. Employees get to learn and grow, which boosts their morale. At the same time, your company benefits from higher employee retention, which means people who’ve developed a thorough knowledge […]

What limits our learning? Anyone can give a few guesses — fear of failure, uncertain priorities, distracting TikTok videos — but Degreed decided to find out for sure. In our latest research report, How the Workforce Learns, we asked hundreds of workers about the biggest obstacles to their learning and development. Here’s what they said: […]

Plenty of powerful organizations are offering their blueprints for how to build a talent pipeline for the changing economy. McKinsey, Harvard, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce are all shilling similar strategies, preaching that a pipeline is the only way to prepare for the future. But what if these elite groups have the wrong metaphor […]

Implementing enterprise technology is hard, especially when it comes to ensuring your HR records talk to your LMS — which often informs business intelligence tools. From the different entities to the multiple languages to all of the items that have to communicate together, it can be like drafting an international peace treaty. At Degreed, we’ve […]

We’ve spent a lot of time with clients, at conferences, reading industry research, and combing through blogs. Through it all, one phrase we keep hearing in regards to the current state of corporate learning is “out of sync”. In fact, in a recent survey of workers and managers we conducted with Harvard Business Publishing, the […]

Over the years, L&D has been split. Some want the old methods to stay and sit. Others buy every shiny new tool that hits. But ultimately, we all just want something that fits. All in all, it’s enough to make Dr. Suess’s head spin. Between these extremes, the smartest organizations are finding vendors that fit […]

Four years ago, I joined Degreed. It was my first time working for a fully-remote company. I was skeptical of how such a company could work, especially one with a mission as ambitious as Degreed. Four years later, Degreed has nearly quadrupled in size, with 435 employees in 245 different cities and seven countries. Degreed’s […]

Motivating employees to pursue learning can be a huge pain for corporate learning leaders. The idea of making schedule changes and building learning habits can be daunting, especially without a clear strategy or proper motivation. What this results in is the average worker dedicating a modest 24 minutes a week to learning. In a rapidly-changing […]

In most organizations, learning and development budgets are tight, even when L&D is expected to play a transformational role within the company. Often, success requires maximizing the budget or using existing technology your team already has access to. So how can you make the most out of your investments in learning technology? While the right […]

As I look back on 2019, I think about what a year it’s been for companies who are in the middle of major digital transformations, facing the challenge of upskilling and reskilling the workforce of the future. I spend much of my time speaking about and doing research on the future of learning and work, […]

Cargill knows how to scale. For over 150 years, the company has worked with farmers and customers to sustain our food system. Still a family-owned business after multiple generations, Cargill is the largest private company in the United States in terms of revenue. Learning has been key to Cargill’s past success but its approach quickly […]

What is Enterprise Learning For? The purpose of enterprise learning or learning and development is just that: the learning and development of employees at work. But if that is truly its sole purpose, then unfortunately many companies are missing the mark. In our most recent study, our respondents gave their L&D solutions an average of […]

The skill gap is real. In fact, according to PwC’s Talent Trends 2019, 79% of CEOs worldwide are concerned their teams lack the skills they need for the future. And PWC’s top takeaway from the survey was that people-related analytics must improve.  Data-driven skill assessments can offer the insights leaders need to address skill gaps […]

We all love our smartphones, robot vacuums, and connected thermostats. On the other hand, if you’re like me, you may be wondering how to remain employable in an uncertain future. Thoughts like, “Will a robot take my job?” creep into your brain as you nervously start wondering what you can do about it.  You’ve read […]

“When experts are wrong, it’s often because they’re experts on an earlier version of the world.” -Paul Graham, co-founder of Y Combinator Think back to 1999. Do you remember what you were an expert on — Dawson’s Creek, Third Eye Blind, Super Smash Bros? Fast forward to now; is any of that stuff still relevant? […]

When Citi transitioned to a SaaS learning vendor — away from an on-premise LMS — it forced a change in how they operated, which meant new processes and roles. Specifically, Citi had to make shifts across operations, technology, and L&D functions in order to be able to support the new model. Using Degreed, they set […]

Degreed Product Insider is a monthly peek under the hood to make sure you’re getting the most out of your Degreed experience. Back in the day, we were all taught to share, whether it was a new toy, afterschool TV time, or the last piece of cake. Today, sharing has become a new business model. […]

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When people are your business, it’s mission critical to not only take care of them but to build them up. That was the challenge Marsh & McLennan (aka MMC) faced. With over 65,000 employees spanning 100+ countries across the globe, and no physical or digital products to offer, people are MMC’s business. And while the […]

In-demand skills come and go, but this one will stay for life. The only constant is change. Your degree will only carry you so far. Your current skill in a certain field will only be relevant for so long. After all, many jobs that exist now were unheard of a decade ago. The only way to survive and […]

Did you know the average person spends a little over four hours commuting to and from work every week? That adds up to 9 days a year. Wow. So how can we help make that time useful for building skills? Hot off the press: You now have the ability to make that time worthwhile, with […]

80% of New Year’s resolutions fail by the second week in February. Just 6 weeks after setting a resolution, the vast majority of people quickly realize their goals are unattainable. Setting unrealistic goals can be demotivating for yourself and the teams you lead. Conversely, setting realistic goals can lead to inspiration and transformative change. Sometimes it’s not easy […]

Only 38% of learning and development (L&D) professionals think they’re ready to meet the needs of tomorrow’s learners. This doesn’t mean traditional approaches to L&D are obsolete. They just aren’t enough anymore. At least not for today’s workers. To help L&D teams better engage employees, Degreed surveyed 512 people to understand how today’s workforce really […]

If you could have any superpower, what would you choose? (Don’t worry, I just pictured a 10-year-old version of myself in a cape too.) My answer to this age-old question has always been reading minds. Maybe that wasn’t your first choice, but if you’ve ever found yourself scratching your head about how to get learners […]

What would you do if you could build a vision and strategy for learning at your company completely from scratch?  What would your structure and plan be? What specific things would you continue doing and what would you do differently? The world of learning and work is changing dramatically so you may want to consider a […]

Among consumer websites, Facebook is king when it comes to personalization. Stories and posts appear in the Facebook feed based on an algorithm that hides and promotes stories for each user based on their interests. Users can influence this algorithm by updating their settings and by “liking” content they want to see or choosing to […]

You can find Degreed in the following places: WEBINARS   Say “Hello” to the Bionic CLO August 15 | 2 PM ET   LIVE EVENTS ATD Peru August 14-16 |  Lima CLO Exchange Chicago August 19-21 | Chicago Focus Montreal featuring Dan Pontrefact, Chief Envisioner at TELUS Sept 6 | 9am EDT Iventiv Talent Futures Sept 11-12 | […]

Employees are learning differently than they were 10 years ago, and it’s time for L&D leaders to listen to the crowd and change some things. That may be uncomfortable for a lot of people in L&D, but it is unavoidable. The good news is you have choices too: You can try to change everyone else’s preferences and […]

Did you miss our webinar on Building a Learning Culture? Catch up with this wrap-up and tell us your thoughts on learning cultures by tweeting us @Degreed First, why build a learning culture? In 2009, Bersin by Deloitte surveyed 40,000 organizations to see how they used various HR & training processes and how they performed […]