FIFA post-scandal reforms: how long will it take to repair the damage to their reputation?
FIFA has announced a set of reforms designed to repair the reputation of the beleaguered organisation following the scandal which erupted last May, and safeguard it against future corruption. The reforms, which were passed unanimously by the Executive Committee, are concerned primarily with limiting the authority of FIFA’s ‘top brass.’ They include presidential term limits, […]
Task force announced to crack down on “shameful” UK fraud
“Fraud shames our financial system,” said Home Secretary Theresa May as she announced a new task force to combat fraud in the UK last month. She continued: “It undermines the credibility of the economy, ruins businesses and causes untold distress to people of all walks of life. For too long, there has been too little […]
Watch the webinar on Unconscious Bias: Beyond Protected Characteristics
In this webinar, Dr. Suzanne Doyle-Morris, founder of the InclusIQ Institute, discusses how unconscious bias could negatively impact the culture and competitiveness of your firm. She provides tips for overcoming bias and actionable steps to create cultural change at your firm. The webinar will include: Best practice Case studies Practical advice Please fill in the […]
Struggling to engage employees with eLearning? Time to harness the power of microlearning with Take 5
Do you struggle to engage learners with your eLearning? Do your learners groan at the thought of annual training refreshers? Then it’s time to mix it up with our new range of Take 5 microlearning modules. For the uninitiated, microlearning means short, highly specific bursts of information around a single learning objective. Keeping it short […]
How will the gender pay gap legislation affect you?
Recently, the government unveiled draft legislation that would require companies to publish their mean and median gender pay gaps by April 2018. The legislation is an attempt to close the gender wage gap which, despite the Equal Pay Act turning 45 this year, persists. Overall, men in full time work earn 14% more than women. […]
Extended Astute eLearning Platform with 360-degree performance reviews, social notifications, and more
We’ve been hard at work on product innovations and are excited to share details of the latest enhancements to Astute, our eLearning Platform. Social Notifications Users and teams can now enjoy in-platform messaging with social media-style notifications, further extending Astute’s capabilities as a social knowledge sharing platform, while administrators can create organisation-wide notifications. Like emails, notifications […]
Virtual Reality Learning: Does Mobile World Congress 2016 offer a look into the future of eLearning?
The Mobile World Congress 2016 got under way this morning in Barcelona, and a theme has already emerged that hints at what the future may hold for eLearning: virtual reality.
Leading manufacturers including…
Apple’s stance vs FBI highlights corporate privacy responsibility
It’s rare for one of the world’s largest corporations to oppose a court order, ostensibly made in the name of national security, and be applauded for it. Yet Apple declining to help the FBI access San Bernardino shooter Syed Farook’s iPhone has been backed by prominent figures including Google CEO Sundar Pichai and NSA whistleblower […]
Are your top performers missing out on leading roles?
The 2016 Oscars have already garnered thousands of column inches, for largely the wrong reasons. Instead of spurring debate about the best films, performances, scripts and artisans, the nominations caused an outcry about the lack of diversity among the nominees. Sadly, this is not the first time that the Oscars have caught flack for a […]