The LMS is where content goes to die

By Rob Cahill, Jhana CEO

Josh Bersin wrote in his March 27 article, The Disruption of Digital Learning: Ten Things We Have Learned:

“The traditional LMS is no longer the center of corporate learning, and it’s starting to go away.”

Many of us in learning and development have seen this trend for a long time. The LMS is where content goes to die. Managers typically don’t like the LMS, nor do they learn well from them.

The better approach for L&D leaders is to pick best of breed solutions for each “job to done.” For example, pick the best content for learning technical skills, sales skills, and management skills, each individually.

Technologies like single-sign on, APIs, mobile, etc., make it easier than ever for employees to access content across different platforms. You don’t need everything housed in a central system.

For L&D, it means more vendors to select and manage, but a much better learning learning experience. L&D becomes a curator.

Unfortunately, many companies still make LMS-centric decisions. They will likely regret it. And managers and employees will lose out.

What do you think about the corporate LMS?

Rob Cahill is CEO of Jhana. This article also appeared on his Medium account.

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