Our thinking
Over the years, our thinking about learning has helped drive industry-wide advances in strategy, design and development. And we don't like to keep our thought leadership to ourselves – here are some resources to help inform your thinking.
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VideoWebinar recording: How to create great digital learning that works NEW
Successful learning and development is not about dumping a lot of information on people and then testing them to prove they can recall it. We need to shake things up, do things differently, and focus on creating memorable, meaningful experiences that really work.Read more -
Ebook‘Having it all’: how to design elearning for quality, speed and value NEW
At LEO Learning, our learning design team has helped many businesses deliver budget-friendly elearning to challenging timelines – while still making sure every course meets our high-quality standards. In this ebook, we’ve captured our five key principles that will help you deliver great elearning – whatever your budget or timeline.Read more -
InsightUsing learning technologies to support digital transformation in life sciences
At a time when pharma and life sciences professionals are seeing their everyday roles change, technologies are bringing about new learning challenges. LEO Learning's new insight looks at the issues business leaders are facing, and the opportunities available to thrive in the decades to come.Read more
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InsightMaking the transition: leading change across the automotive industry
LEO Learning's new insight explores the factors that are changing the landscape for automotive businesses, and illustrates how the innovative use of learning technologies is helping retailers and manufacturers to thrive. -
EbookCreating the L&D team of the future
L&D teams need the capability and strategic vision to design and deliver learning that is aligned to the evolving needs of the organisation – and their learners. But how does L&D achieve this transformation? What roles and capabilities will learning teams need to develop to meet the complex needs of the business now, and in the future? -
VideoWebinar recording: How to build a business case to evolve your learning ecosystem
We don’t use a learning ecosystem for the sake of the technology; we use it for its value for our learners and our business. With… -
EbookThe value of measuring the business impact of learning in Defence
Measuring the business impact of learning takes on a different shape in Defence. -
EbookLearners outside your organisation: The power of new learning relationships
The rise of the extended enterprise has created new audiences for learning. Traditionally, the success of a business was solely dependent on its own internal activities but today, fewer and fewer organisations are operating as islands. -
VideoWebinar recording: The life sciences revolution – how to deliver learning that works
The life sciences sector is going through a period of rapid change. Digital technologies are changing the way products are developed, marketed and used by patients.… -
InsightCreating the chain of evidence: Real stories of practical learning measurement strategies
Getting started on a learning measurement strategy can feel like an intimidating, complex project – but it doesn’t have to be. In our third measuring the business impact of learning workshop, we set out to demonstrate that kickstarting a measurement project is not only possible, but very achievable. -
InfographicInfographic: 7 key trends that are changing workplace behaviours
Every organisation faces different challenges in changing workplace behaviours. Take a look at LEO Learning's infographic to discover seven key trends affecting workplace behaviours. -
VideoWebinar recording: Leading the learning revolution
Our recent webinar, ‘Leading the learning revolution’, hosted by LEO Learning's Director of Strategic Design, Andrew Joly and Strategic Consulting Lead, Rose Benedicks, explained the… -
EbookInside the learning revolution: Leading L&D change – today!
This ebook takes an introductory overview of the learning revolution that is taking place across all sectors. -
EbookLeading the learning revolution
LEO Learning has a vision to drive transformation in L&D by helping organisations solve the challenges facing them today. This ebook explores those challenges, and how a combination of strategic insight and learning innovation can produce transformational results for global organisations. -
InsightMeasuring the business impact of learning – 2018 survey results
An impressive range of around 700 global organisations have informed our surveys on measuring the business impact of learning. This has created a benchmark of… -
RecordingHow to use learner analytics to your advantage
The LEO Learning analytics podcast looks at the need to just get started when it comes to measuring learning impact, as well as the potential of a big data approach and the ramifications of General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). -
InsightDemonstrating an evidence-based approach to business success
This title in LEO Learning's 'measuring the business impact of learning' series looks at how and why measuring business success depends on using data well. LEO Learning's insight ‘Demonstrating an evidence-based measurement approach to business success’ explains this approach, based on discussions with L&D leaders during a LEO Learning-led workshop. -
RecordingHow to meet the challenges of automotive electrification
Want to know how to meet the challenges of automotive electrification? LEO Learning's podcast introduces some of the key concepts for the automotive industry. -
VideoWebinar recording: How blended learning can alleviate challenges in the retail sector
Customer satisfaction is a key focus for retail organisations, but what about staff satisfaction? By bringing the focus internally instead of only externally, you can not only create real business transformation but bring your customer experience to life, too. -
InfographicInfographic: Retaining (and not re-training!) retail staff
Talent attraction and onboarding are crucial in the retail sector. Find out how training can transform your ability to engage and retain your employees. -
InsightGetting to grips with learning data
This insight in the 'measuring the business impact of learning' series, takes a deeper dive into the subject of data collection and looks at where to find your data, how to establish which data is relevant, the formats it may be stored in, how best to retrieve it and where learning technology standards can help us to use it. -
EbookThriving in times of uncertainty: driving automotive industry learning forward
This LEO Learning ebook looks at the huge technological innovations and key disruptors affecting the automotive sector, giving you a strategy for adapting to change and future-proofing your training. -
VideoWebinar recording: The future of learning – 6 trends that will change behaviours
The webinar covers six different learning trends that will change behaviours, with the presenters using world-class examples and recent case studies. -
RecordingHow to create blended learning programmes for the retail sector
LEO Learning Programme Manager Sophie Ryde discusses the unique needs of retail sector workers and how a blended learning solution can help create meaningful and engaging training for busy retail staff. -
InsightHow to define your business impact measurement strategy
This insight is part of the LEO Learning series on measuring the business impact of learning. This insight will have the most impact when paired with the ‘New approaches to learning measurement’, also available on the Resources page. This insight focuses on ways to define a measuring business impact strategy, the importance of a “big data” approach, and getting started with data collection. -
RecordingHow to create effective compliance training
The LEO Learning compliance training podcast series looks at the challenges faced by traditional compliance training, also known as mandatory training or regulatory training, overcoming them using a storytelling approach, as well as other potential solutions to creating engaging compliance training. -
InsightNew approaches to learning measurement
As part of the LEO Learning series on measuring the business impact of learning, this insight looks at how new approaches to learning measurement solve the problems that have held back traditional measurement initiatives. -
EbookWhy blended learning works (and can work for you!)
This LEO Learning ebook looks at the history and definitions of blended learning, as well as the seven main benefits of introducing a blended learning programme, and includes a number of case studies and examples of successful blends. -
VideoWebinar recording: Technology enhanced learning – the strategic blend design
Within the Defence sector, there are many drivers moving us towards an increasing use of blended learning. If you have responsibility for transforming residential courses, designing new courses or providing training to a disparate workforce such as reservists then this webinar is for you. -
VideoWebinar recording: Measuring the business impact of learning
This webinar from LEO Learning and Watershed discusses the importance of learning analytics, looks at the ten components of a business impact strategy and recent case studies from Applied, Ford, and Medstar. -
VideoWebinar recording: Multi-modal learning for 21st-century leaders
This Training Industry webinar, sponsored by LEO Learning, looks at evidence for the efficacy of using a variety of approaches and activities during training, how to design effective multi-modal learning to engage learners quickly and efficiently and more. -
EbookThe power of business processes: how to future-proof your workforce
This LEO Learning ebook sheds light on the key areas where business processes intersect with key business drivers, and demonstrates why learning programmes around both are essential to future-proofing an organisation. -
EbookWhat the future of pharmaceutical industry learning looks like
This free LEO Learning ebook explores the future of pharmaceutical industry learning and how Pharma people can become more patient-focussed in their thinking. -
InsightTop 10 components for measuring the business impact of learning
The global training market is worth billions, but little of that spend is currently going towards measuring the business impact of learning. Learning analytics is a new territory for many organisations and L&D professionals, who aren't sure how to get started with measuring learning impact. To try find a way forward, LEO Learning has collaborated with learning experts and L&D professionals to formulate the 10 key components you need to get started with measuring the business impact of learning. -
InsightGood enough is good enough for learning analytics
This LEO Learning insight demonstrates the scientific principles behind the importance of measuring elearning and why doing something to measure is so much better than doing nothing at all. -
VideoMaking it happen – building the business case for blended learning
In this webinar, Imogen Casebourne, LEO Learning's Director of Learning, draws on our research to take you through a series of straightforward steps to building a business case for blended learning. -
InsightThe growing appetite for measuring the impact of learning at work
In this new insight from Chief Strategy Officer Piers Lea, we look at recent LEO Learning research into the growing appetite for measuring the impact of learning at work. -
EbookThe Millennial Challenge: Can we make them stay?
What can your business do to retain Millennials? This ebook from LEO Learning Consultant, Kath Fleet, builds on our previous publication 'The Millennials Event Horizon' by exploring how digital learning technologies can be harnessed to help your business to attract and retain Millennials and create a lasting transformation. -
VideoThe Millennial Challenge: Can we make them stay?
In this webinar, LEO Learning's Kath Fleet (Learning Consultant) and Andy Costello (Solutions Director) dig deeper into the Millennial Challenge, exploring the solutions that L&D has to offer so that businesses can attract, engage and retain Millennials, and move learning to the heart of business strategy. -
White paperMaking an impact In-focus Report
This new LEO Learning sponsored Towards Maturity In-Focus Report on demonstrating business impact digs deeper into the data from 600 L&D leaders in last year's Towards Maturity Industry Benchmark Report 'Embracing Change' -
Video2004: The Millennials event horizon
In this seminar recording, LEO Learning's Kath Fleet discusses a hot topic in L&D today: Millennials, and how 2004 was a pivotal year -
InsightHow storytelling can help organisations to learn and change
In this newly released Insight, we explore how stories can be a powerful element in a change programme. -
VideoThe state of play: Games with Purpose
Watch LEO Learning and Preloaded’s webinar to explore how games have become a cornerstone of effective and mature learning strategies. Get the scoop on: Games in learning: dispelling the myths Obtaining results through games The future of games in learning -
Ebook
Millennials: event horizon
Learning Consultant Kath Fleet looks at how Millennials can hold the key for learning and business transformation. -
InsightImpact, Results and Measuring Learning Success
Following up from his Learning Technologies 2016 seminar, Andrew Joly looks at the case for learning measurement in an increasingly complex world. -
InfographicInfographic: anatomy of a 70:20:10 Moodle course
An infographic which looks at how Moodle in the workplace can be so much more than a traditional LMS. -
VideoInduction webinar
LEO Learning's Director of Strategic Design, Andrew Joly, looks at how to transform your induction and onboarding programme for meaningful, measurable business results. -
VideoPlatforms webinar
Selecting a learning platform or even working out exactly what it is that your organisation even needs isn't easy. Join platforms expert Mark Aberdour for the inside track on learning platform product selection, how to get the best out of your LMS and a guide to pain-free implementation. -
EbookFirst impressions matter: how to maximise the impact of your induction programme
Failing to engage and captivate new staff at the induction stage can cost significant sums, lower productivity and raise staff churn. -
EbookHow to transform learning
In July 2015, a group of L&D leaders from world-leading organisations joined LEO Learning and Towards Maturity to identify how we can transform learning in a world demanding innovation. Here's what we found out. -
White paperBringing learning to the boardroom
A co-authored white paper with Towards Maturity which looks at how to open up conversations with business leaders. Doing so can help you explore new and innovative learning possibilities in order to make a bottom-line difference to the business. -
EbookArt of the possible
Technology is enabling us to facilitate more focused and more integrated learning than ever before. It's time for L&D to stop thinking purely in terms of traditional e-learning and to start exploring new possibilities in technology-enabled learning. We look at some trends that are profoundly changing the face of learning today: an insight into the art of the possible. -
EbookA new future for learning
Insight into our transformational approach to learning and development, 'A new future for learning' is a great introduction to LEO Learning and our pioneering thinking. -
White paperE-tutoring
E-tutors can improve completion rates and support people through their learning experience. Learn how to plan and implement an e-tutor into your next learning programme. -
White paperEvaluation of learning
If you can't fully evaluate a course, how do you know what difference it has or hasn't made? Imogen Casebourne explores various evaluation models and methodologies to help you better evaluate your learning. -
InsightWhen it’s better to campaign than train
Many organisations are keen to move away from traditional courses towards different and innovative forms of learning. In this insight, LEO Learning looks at how you can create learning campaigns that trigger behavioural change by applying a learning mindset to the worlds of advertising and marketing. -
InsightVirtual classrooms
Virtual classrooms bridge the gap between isolated digital learning and face-to-face training, allowing for collaboration to take place at a low cost. Learn how you can begin implementing virtual classrooms to improve learner understanding and motivation. -
InsightHow to write learning objectives
Great learning starts with great learning objectives. This guide gives you a short and snappy insight into formulating and writing focused objectives. -
InsightIs white space a ‘waste of space’?
Sometimes when creating e-learning, it's just as important to look at what's included on the screen than what isn't. We explore the importance of white space in delivering a clear learning experience.