Author: Ben Betts

  • When’s the Right Time to Tell Your Employees You’re Selling the Business?

    One of the toughest decisions founders face is when to tell their employees about the sale of the business. The common consensus is to say nothing until the deal is signed, sealed, and delivered. But when Alan (my co-founder / father) and I sold HT2 Labs to Learning Pool, we did something different: everyone in…

  • Is Corporate Learning Just a Vanity Project?

    News last month revealed that PwC China’s $140 million training campus project has been put on indefinite hold. The campus, designed to promote “building trust in leadership,” was ironically derailed by PwC’s own leadership failures as the auditor for Evergrande, the Chinese real estate giant whose collapse briefly shook global markets. It raises an important…

  • Did xAPI fail?

    The Experience API (xAPI), a specification – and now a standard – for collecting data about learning experiences, has been around for over a decade. Despite the initial excitement, many learning practitioners seem to feel that it has failed to revolutionise learning in the way they had hoped. A lot of hype, but no results.…

  • What’s the Next Generation of E-Learning Interfaces?

    I’ve been involved in e-learning for more than 20 years and one constant truth during this time is that the LMS is dying. But it’s dying slowly – much like you and I are. It’s aging, showing its wrinkles, but still very much alive. Despite ongoing advancements, the LMS is still clinging on, although perhaps…

  • What’s the Valuation of My Learning Tech Company?

    How can you get a realistic view of your company valuation? Over the last five years, I’ve reviewed a significant number of Information Memorandums (IMs) – documents created by brokers to attract buyers for businesses. IMs often contain a mix of key facts and some level of spin, depending on how well the business is…

  • How To Prioritize Skills Development At Scale

    This article was first published on Forbes.com. In recent years, Boeing, a titan in the aerospace industry, faced significant challenges. A door flying off an Alaskan Airlines plane mid-flight in January sparked inquiries into the company’s quality control measures, revealing a less-than-ideal safety culture compounded by skills gaps and talent shortages. In June, a Wall Street Journal report (paywall) noted that the…