How is your learning and development team navigating through the current realities in your organization? Given the many challenges and changes in the way we do work, the shift to a total remote or hybrid workplace, and the diversion of workforce priorities to total wellbeing, Learning and Development teams together with Human Resources remain to be the driving force that ensures that employees are equipped with the right resources and skills to navigate through any change happening at work.
Rapid upskilling and reskilling was the main priority for L&D in 2021 but what’s ahead of us in the next few years remains to be a continuous discussion among us practitioners. However, what we do know is that to move forward at an accelerated pace, our learning and development and employee engagement strategies must keep on finding ways to constantly innovate and most importantly, disrupt the old ways of creating learning programs and strategies.
Some of you right now might want to take your L&D strategy to the next level or might still be wondering what types of resources are needed to meet the learning, engagement, and upskilling needs of your employees. But before deciding on which trending learning platforms or learning technologies would work best for your organization, it’s important to discuss within your team and your management on how this can positively affect your organization in the long run.
With that, here are 3 ways on how you can decide on which learning platform would be best for your organization and employees:
3 things to consider when deciding on learning platforms
Purpose
The pressure seems to be high for you as a learning and development practitioner when it comes to shifting learning digitally and it is no surprise that you might be expected to execute this in the fastest way possible. So, to help you and your team get started, before you take a quick search on the internet on the best learning platforms, ask yourselves the following:
Asking yourselves why your organization needs to shift to digital learning and why digital learning platforms can help your employees reach their goals is a good way to evaluate if learning technology platforms would be the ultimate solution to your workplace learning needs or if there is a need to re-align your team’s purpose to your organization’s purpose.
People
Once you’ve found your purpose, it’s also a good idea to take into consideration the people within your organization. For this, you can evaluate based on three segments:
Performance
After aligning with your team, management and employees, the last thing to note is the desired outcome you want to achieve when you already have a platform in place. As you discuss the purpose with your team, it would also be good to align on the following:
Following these 3 steps can help your team get a clear idea on what types of learning platforms to look out for. Once you’ve taken into account your purpose, people and performance, you’re now ready to explore the different options out there that can help elevate your L&D strategy!