Tag: Learning

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...

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...

According to the World Economic Forum, there is a fierce urgency for reskilling in the world, as over one billion jobs have been transformed...

Leaders, especially, talented and competent ones, are critical for organisations. They perform well under pressure and willingly step up when required to shoulder a...

Skillsoft, the corporate digital learning company, is all set to become the leader in the digital learning space with the announcement of its common...

Diageo has elevated Ednah Otieno, group human resources director, East African Breweries (EABL), to the position of HR director for Diageo, Great Britain. Diageo...

2020: What to learn – what to erase One thing that stood out for me was the human spirit — its ability to ‘adopt’ and...

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...

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...

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...

On March 24, our Prime Minister announced complete lockdown in the country for 21 days. At that time, it was difficult to fathom what...

With digital learning becoming the new norm, the scope for learning and development has changed completely including for the finance professionals. Around 50 percent...

Under the flagship programme of the company, called ‘AI Accelerator’, all employees at OLX India have been given quarterly targets to learn different aspects...

It is no secret that the global health crisis has led organisations to quickly rethink their existing business processes and undertake several workplace shifts,...

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...

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...

The coronavirus pandemic and the resulting lockdown have been great disruptors. While some disruptions have been really damaging, others have been for the good....

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...

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...

Ever since the lockdown that relegated employees to their homes, there has been an overemphasis on learning and upskilling for the workforce. While the...

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...

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...

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 or learning on the flow This debate is very topical. However, if we have to choose between the two, we should make...

Every good organisation will have a learning and development programme in place to help its employees grow and contribute in greater quality. However, getting...

It is a known fact that there exists a gap between the academia and the industry in terms of knowledge sharing and application of...

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...

The success of a company depends on how it trains its employees to become leaders and play a critical role in its journey of...

The employers of today are familiar with Gen Z— a generation born between 1996 and 2010. Though many of them are still aged around...

There was a time when learning was not taken so seriously by the corporates. But as times changed, the business world underwent transformations too....

We are living in an ever changing world. The continuously evolving technology is changing the landscape of work and business with each passing day....

The draft National Education Policy (NEP) released earlier this year shines the spotlight sharply on revamping Indian education to meet the challenges of gaping...

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...

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...

A highly engaged workforce is not only more productive, but can drive higher levels of customer satisfaction, profit and shareholder returns. There is a...

Other than the ‘Good Morning’ messages, people now use WhatsApp to exchange notes and necessary information. These exchanges are usually restricted to personal use....

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...

Air, water, food and learning are the essential elements, in the same order, that support life on Earth. Learning is an intrinsic machine fitted...

  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, the technology company that specialises in corporate learning, has entered into a strategic partnership with ITProTV and Loonycorn, to deliver hundreds of additional...

State Bank of India signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the National Banking Institute (NBI), Kathmandu (Nepal) to set up a strategic alliance...

Ever wondered what goes behind creating the new innovative products – such as those of Apple? Thanks to design thinking, we have these amazing...

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’s high-quality learning content will help Shine Learning users close the skills gap in the rapidly evolving job market.

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. 

Here is how mobile and AI ensure simplified, need-based, on the go and more impactful learning than conventional learning-delivery mechanisms.

Now that innovative learning solutions, with SAAS- and AI-backed systems, are on offer, organisations need to strategically plan learning interventions.

KOHLER India’s Sales Training Academy, recently launched KOBOT on the Facebook Messenger platform to help people learn at their own pace, based on their needs.

Driven by an HR community that understands business just as well as the line managers do, the learning and development initiatives will see innovative turns this year.

Varma joined the Company in 1994 as team member of the HR team and grew up the ranks