Welcome to our dedicated hub for thought leadership and innovative practices in people development. At Speexx, our commitment to fostering professional growth through our award-winning SaaS B2B platform shines in every article and interview we share. Whether you’re seeking to enhance corporate language training, explore business coaching, or mentoring: our blog is your gateway to the latest in leadership news, HR trends, and employee engagement strategies. Since we focus on people development, you will also find blogposts about remote work, lifelong learning, employer branding, Learning and Development, people analytics, skill development and talent management.
Lessons from the Anthropology of Learning
A recent study - “The Future of Jobs” - from The World Economic Forum (WEF), reveals that over half the global workforce will require significant up-skilling and re-skilling by 2024. This is unsurprising, given the rapid rate of technological and business change. Yet, viewing these findings alongside Harvard Business Publishing’s “2018 State of Leadership Development” report – which found that 80% of both L&D and business leaders believe organisations need more innovation in their approach to talent development.
Don’t Fall Behind: Align an LXP With Your LMS
Like “artificial intelligence,” the term “Learning Experience Platform” (LXP) has become a buzzword that companies are clamoring to associate with. Indeed, at Learning Technologies UK this last February, most vendors exhibiting claimed to fall under, or offer services related to this category. So, why is LXP important, and why should you start taking it seriously?
Under the Hood: AI at Speexx
At Speexx, AI is not merely a buzzword: We have long understood that the one-size-fits-all product of the past is not ideal; everyone learns at different speeds, begins learning at different levels, and has unique, individual preferences when it comes to how they’d like to learn
Speexx to Present Smart Learning Solution at LT Awards Showcase in London
On March 29, Speexx will attend the eLearning Network's LT Awards Showcase event for the winners of 2018's Learning Technologies Awards. The event is held in London, where Speexx presents its award-winning language learning solutions, discusses the challenges facing the e-learning industry today and explains how it overcame these challenges to win Gold for Best Online Distance Learning Programme.
How to (Intrinsically) Motivate Learning in Your Organization
Speexx recently enjoyed a Masterclass Webinar hosted by Cambridge Assessment English’s Global Product Strategy Manager, Ian Cawley. The topic was learner motivation – specifically, how organizations can better motivate their employees to learn new skills, such as foreign languages.
Resigning from a Job: The Real Reasons People Quit
The reasons why people leave their employment are personal, but there are key factors that seem to drive these life-changing decisions, and money is not at the top of the list.
Bilinguals Do It Better
There are more than 225 languages spoken in Europe alone. Most people would be quick to agree a second language is an advantage, but how does bilingualism translate to the workplace? With over 6,000 living languages worldwide, it should be no surprise that many of the world's citizens actually speak two or more languages.
The Trouble with AI in Learning and Development
In helping workers cope with the modern workplace’s rapid pace of change, Learning and Development professionals can (and do) use technology - to allow more L&D materials to be delivered to learners wherever they are, whenever they need to learn or benefit from some performance support.