Thinking thoughts.
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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…
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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…
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4 reasons why Learning Experiences are all the rage
There’s been a shift in learning technology over the last two decades – from systems that help companies run their training more efficiently, to technology that puts the emphasis on the individual learner. Why did this happen? And is it a real, permanent shift or just another L&D fad? I hope it’s a permanent change…
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How much are companies spending on training?
One of my favourite industry studies to read is Training Magazines ‘state of the industry’ report that comes out each year. It’s great because you can track back over decades of the same questions being asked to extract key trends. Just search: ‘[YEAR] training industry report’ to get the relevant PDF, like so: One stat…