You Can’t Buy Your Way Out of This: The Role of Vendors in Solving L&D’s Biggest Strategic Problems

L&D leaders are under siege, with pressure from multiple fronts. Corporate learning solutions are evolving quickly; organizations are placing increasingly high expectations on their L&D teams to deliver; and resources certainly aren’t increasing commensurately. Newly collected data shows common patterns—and mistakes to avoid—that L&D leaders can leverage.

NovoEd and GetWhys, an independent market research organization focused on the software industry, partnered to understand the gap between what learning platform providers can do and what they say they can do. The gap was clear: software is only small a part of choosing the right strategy and navigating organizational dynamics.

This session presents and discusses our findings and features a frank, solution-oriented discussion of where tech actually can help address the big issues facing L&D organizations today, backed by original research from NovoEd and GetWhys. The panel includes Katie Sheketoff, Director of Global Leadership Development at Marriott International; Todd Moran, Chief Strategy Officer at NovoEd; and Philippe Boutros, co-founder & CEO of GetWhys.

Through this session, you will learn about:

• Adapting best practices to real-world constraints and mastering the challenges of using legacy systems to meet evolving L&D demands.
• Strategies to establish ROI early and use of control groups and phased rollouts to guide L&D decisions.
• Assessing technology solutions for strategic fit and navigating organizational power dynamics to choose technology that aligns with your culture.
• Implementing metrics that measure L&D effectiveness, while recognizing not everything impactful can be quantified.

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