Tag: Learning
byteXL, Microsoft join hands to develop tech talent in Tier 2...
byteXL ? a Hyderabad-based experiential learning platform for those aspiring for IT careers ? has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Microsoft. This...
Training programme launched for CGHS officers
Administrative medical officers of the Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) will soon be better equipped to use and handle technology, and be good at...
How will metaverse change learning in an organisation?
Metaverse has long existed as a far-flung utopian idea rather than an achievable reality. Writer Neal Stephenson coined the term ‘metaverse’ in 1992 in...
How Jindal Stainless is leveraging tech to achieve its learning goals
Jindal Stainless (JSL), a big name in the steel-manufacturing industry of India, is revamping its learning function to prepare its workforce for the coming...
Microlearning – A saviour in times of skilling urgency
In today’s era of digitalisation, improving existing skills and developing new ones is an urgent and pressing need, especially when the impact of skills...
How personalised learning can transform capability development in 2021
According to the World Economic Forum, there is a fierce urgency for reskilling in the world, as over one billion jobs have been transformed...
Dilemmas and decision making – How coaching can help leaders at...
Leaders, especially, talented and competent ones, are critical for organisations. They perform well under pressure and willingly step up when required to shoulder a...
Corporate digital learning firm, Skillsoft, debuts on NYSE
Skillsoft, the corporate digital learning company, is all set to become the leader in the digital learning space with the announcement of its common...
First Kenyan to become HR director for Diageo, Great Britain
Diageo has elevated Ednah Otieno, group human resources director, East African Breweries (EABL), to the position of HR director for Diageo, Great Britain. Diageo...
“There will be investment in capability building,” Balachandar N
2020: What to learn – what to erase
One thing that stood out for me was the human spirit — its ability to ‘adopt’ and...
3M’s ‘Development for All’ motto focuses on scale, reach & engagement
Learning and development (L&D) in an organisation was always important. A year under the spell of the pandemic has, however, accelerated its significance. People...
68% Indian companies increased access to remote health, benefits: Survey
The pandemic caused many Indian organisations to “respond with agility and empathy in managing the disruption”, says the India edition of Mercer’s Global Talent...
Learning drives L’Oreal India’s makeover to beauty tech
In response to a rapidly-changing business, L'Oreal India has been on a journey of digital transformation for the past three years. "We changed our...
Lockdown experiences: Through the lens of a Go-MMT employee
On March 24, our Prime Minister announced complete lockdown in the country for 21 days. At that time, it was difficult to fathom what...
HR believes finance needs professional courses, not soft skills
With digital learning becoming the new norm, the scope for learning and development has changed completely including for the finance professionals. Around 50 percent...
It pays to learn AI at OLX India
Under the flagship programme of the company, called ‘AI Accelerator’, all employees at OLX India have been given quarterly targets to learn different aspects...
How to meet the expectations of today’s learner and learning environment?
It is no secret that the global health crisis has led organisations to quickly rethink their existing business processes and undertake several workplace shifts,...
How Crompton Greaves reskilled staff as per business needs during lockdown
Reskilling can be incredibly lucrative for just about any organisation—but it isn’t as easy as setting up a pipeline and funnelling as many people...
Why organisations must practise immersive learning
With the uptake of increased digitisation within organisations, there is a shift in skill requirements for the future workforce. Learning and Development (L&D) professionals...
Will managers lose ‘relevance’ in the new normal?
The coronavirus pandemic and the resulting lockdown have been great disruptors. While some disruptions have been really damaging, others have been for the good....
How DCB bank is powering through the COVID crisis
Mumbai-based DCB Bank has organised a slew of activities to keep its employees engaged and motivated.
One of the first things that DCB bank did...
How Genpact’s Genome has reshaped employees’ careers
In today's times with Coronavirus, it is imperative for employees to reskill themselves in order to stay relevant and updated in society. Genpact has...
How to make learning more engaging
Ever since the lockdown that relegated employees to their homes, there has been an overemphasis on learning and upskilling for the workforce. While the...
How McDonald’s is keeping its crew engaged during lockdown
Not everyone can work remotely, and that holds true for most employees at the fast food chain, McDonald’s too. In these unprecedented times when...
How companies can lure critical talent during economic slump
During any economic downturn, it is natural for hiring processes to slow down as well. However, that doesn’t mean that hiring freezes totally. Hiring...
Young inquisitive employees require continual learning
With four generation of employees at the workplace, the game has changed drastically for organisations today. There is a greater need for the leaders...
“Structured learning is deliberate, purposive and helps understand concepts that are...
Structured learning or learning on the flow
This debate is very topical. However, if we have to choose between the two, we should make...
How effective are financial rewards for learning?
Every good organisation will have a learning and development programme in place to help its employees grow and contribute in greater quality. However, getting...
ITC Infotech makes a new start with ‘Prarambh’
It is a known fact that there exists a gap between the academia and the industry in terms of knowledge sharing and application of...
Leverage your organisation’s LMS to reduce attrition
Business organisations need competent talent to meet their growth projections. In the ever-changing business environment, companies find it very challenging to ensure that profits...
How great engineers are developed at Bajaj Auto
The success of a company depends on how it trains its employees to become leaders and play a critical role in its journey of...
Indian Gen Zs are keen on learning rather than stability at...
The employers of today are familiar with Gen Z— a generation born between 1996 and 2010. Though many of them are still aged around...
How to create an inspirational learning journey for employees
There was a time when learning was not taken so seriously by the corporates. But as times changed, the business world underwent transformations too....
How to hire people with high learning capacity
We are living in an ever changing world. The continuously evolving technology is changing the landscape of work and business with each passing day....
How pedagogy impacts vocational skills
The draft National Education Policy (NEP) released earlier this year shines the spotlight sharply on revamping Indian education to meet the challenges of gaping...
How social partnerships aid matching of skills and work – Part...
Skills directly impact the economic development of any nation- a sentiment germane to India’s workforce development challenges. Between 2017-2022, the Ministry of Skill Development...
Time to up your game: Use digital learning to upskill your...
Today’s ‘new skills economy’ is placing a whole new set of demands on organisations, as far as talent management is concerned. With jobs increasingly...
Right facilitation tools for better ROI on learning
A highly engaged workforce is not only more productive, but can drive higher levels of customer satisfaction, profit and shareholder returns. There is a...
Cadila thinks out-of-the-box, encourages learning through Whatsapp
Other than the ‘Good Morning’ messages, people now use WhatsApp to exchange notes and necessary information. These exchanges are usually restricted to personal use....
Regulation Change to Strengthen Skills Based Work
There is a lot of noise around the skills-jobs predicament that severely impedes India’s economic prosperity ambitions. Rightly so, given that an estimated 5...
Nanolearning – changing the paradigms
Air, water, food and learning are the essential elements, in the same order, that support life on Earth. Learning is an intrinsic machine fitted...
“Learning experience and aggregation platforms will grow bigger; lead to true...
New technology will change learning in 2019
Digital technology in the learning space has been on a growth path and will progress further in the...
Skillsoft widens Technology & Developer content portfolio, partners with ITProTV and...
Skillsoft, the technology company that specialises in corporate learning, has entered into a strategic partnership with ITProTV and Loonycorn, to deliver hundreds of additional...
SBI to help transform HR at NBI Kathmandu; MoU signed
State Bank of India signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the National Banking Institute (NBI), Kathmandu (Nepal) to set up a strategic alliance...
How ‘design thinking’ can transform your talent development strategies
Ever wondered what goes behind creating the new innovative products – such as those of Apple? Thanks to design thinking, we have these amazing...
Future of learning is in up-skilling, re-skilling and cross-skilling
Kelly Palmer, chief learning officer, Degreed, talks to HRKatha about how the learning paradigm is changing, and how this career-long learning platform offers curated, self-directed, outcome- driven learning.
Skillsoft and Shine partner to enhance learning
Skillsoft’s high-quality learning content will help Shine Learning users close the skills gap in the rapidly evolving job market.
How placing content at the core can reinvent corporate learning
Today’s multi-generational workforce is dominated by millennials who expect their LMS platforms to deliver the same user experience as a Google or a Netflix.
How mobile and AI are redefining learning
Here is how mobile and AI ensure simplified, need-based, on the go and more impactful learning than conventional learning-delivery mechanisms.
What’s in a mobile first learning platform powered by AI
Now that innovative learning solutions, with SAAS- and AI-backed systems, are on offer, organisations need to strategically plan learning interventions.
ExxonMobil hikes pay for CEO, CFO, senior VPs
Exxon Mobil Corp XOM.N has decided to raise the base salaries — that make up 10 per cent of overall compensation — of its...
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Accenture promotes 60,000 in India
Accenture, the global professional services company, which specialises in IT services and consulting, has promoted 60,000 employees in India. In total, about 1,57,000 promotions...
Oyo to cut 600 jobs as part of organisational restructuring
Oyo is undergoing major restructuring, with some teams being merged and functions being integrated. The hospitality chain is letting go 600 employees, but is...
Swiggy employees in Kochi continue strike demanding better pay
Employees of Swiggy, the food-delivery app, have been on a long strike in Kochi, Kerala, demanding better pay, amongst other things.
Presently being paid at...
35% of TCS workforce comprises women
TATA Consultancy Services (TCS) is the leader in the second edition of the top 10 employers of women in the country, released by Burgundy...
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EQ, IQ & empathy define the success of a CEO
Q. You spent 16 years at LIC before moving to a corporate role at ICICI Prudential. Now, 22 years on, I am still curious...
“The big change has been that we have moved from jobs to skills,” Amaresh...
Q. How would you define the culture at GE?
A. Having been present in this region since 1902, GE has been around for 120 years....
“Being good to everyone is being unjust to performers,” Mathew Job, CEO, Crompton
Q. In today’s times, what’s more challenging for a CEO like you — profit & business growth, talent & people, diversification, compliance or managing...
