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The needs of small and scaling businesses are unique, and you need workplace tech that will support them. Here are 5 reasons why a learning platform is essential for growing businesses.

With the PM’s recent announcement of the AI Action Plan, the landscape of AI is set to evolve even further in 2025. Here’s 4 AI trends on our radar, and the impact we believe they’ll have on Learning and Development.

How does our platform engage your people? In this blog, we round up 5 ways that Thrive’s LMS boosts employee engagement and drives results.

With the dust settled on 2024, we’re taking a moment to reflect on last year’s incredible customer conference, Thrive Live. What key takeaways can we bring into 2025?

According to some experts, 2025 has the potential to bring the UK a number of economic challenges. We’ve compiled four tried and trusted ways that your L&D team can save money in the upcoming year, allowing you to spend it on what truly counts.

The 4 best pieces of workplace technology to help your Neurodiverse learners thrive, from learning platforms to assistive devices.

Laura Polson (Early Careers & Training Manager, JKS Restaurants) discusses their use of Thrive's learning platform for onboarding, training and upskilling.

We interviewed Mark Born of AA Driving School to find out how their use of Thrive's learning platform united driving instructors all across the country, resulting in 75% customer growth and a Platinum Feefo Award.

Where does Learning & Development fit into Diversity, Equity and Inclusion? In this blog, we explore L&D’s role, and how you can help your organisation cultivate an inclusive culture.

Discover five easy ways to use AI in L&D. As the world of Artificial Intelligence continues to evolve, we're exploring how this tool can make L&D professional's jobs more collaborative, rewarding and efficient.

Immersive learning has been proven to increase engagement and knowledge retention, but where does VR fit into this? In today's blog, we explore whether Virtual Reality could be the future of immersive learning.

The key to relationship-building and knowledge retention? Team-based learning. In this blog, we’ll explore what team-based learning is and how it can benefit your Learning and Development strategy.

We all learn differently. Are you letting your own preferences overtake those of your learners? In this blog, we’ll explore how to avoid bias in training.

Work is statistically one of the biggest stressors for UK employees. Do L&D teams hold the answer?

Launching a Learning Management System is essential to your L&D team’s success – but what about the steps that come after that? In this blog, we’ll dig into what to do next.

Has L&D been approaching leadership development all wrong? This blog explores a new way of thinking about the issue.

Learning should be for everyone, regardless of their background. In this blog, we discuss how wealth impacts access to education -- and how L&D can level the playing field.

What can we in L&D learn from the new Skills England report? In this blog, we'll detail key findings and insights.

Why is it so important to form a partnership with your learning platform vendor? In this blog, we'll break down why this relationship is so crucial to your learning strategy's success, and exactly how to cultivate it.

Community is the secret to an effective learning strategy -- but how do you create it? We'll explore how you can do just that in this week's blog.

In this blog we'll explore how age impacts the way people learn, and how you can factor this knowledge into your workplace learning

How do you build your first LMS, and make sure you’re using its functionality in a way that aligns with your organisational goals? The latest edition of the Thrive blog aims to find out.

If you’re looking to enhance your employees’ learning experiences with well-chosen tech, look no further. This article rounds up the top five pieces of tech to help your learning make an impact.

As Thrive undergoes a four day work week trial, we’re wondering: How can you remain as productive as possible while working a four day work week?

Workplace learning should be for everyone -- so how can you harness the power of dopamine for your ADHD employees, and create learning that lands?

Can LinkedIn's new AI feature be trusted with the inherently human task of coaching?

Four achievable, science-backed hacks to help you learn more effectively

Meta has recently announced its intention to focus Facebook’s marketing strategy on Gen Z – a plan that has fallen on sceptical ears. So what can L&D learn from its mistakes when it comes to marketing learning to Gen Z?

OpenAI has recently released their new model GPT-4o, so we're comparing and contrasting three Gen AI models to see how they measure up.

In this piece, we’ll explore the connection between communication and learning – and why they are so closely intertwined.

If the phrase “corporate training” sends you to sleep, you’re not alone – and that’s precisely why we believe this concept is long overdue for a rebrand.

What does it mean to integrate your tech stack with your LMS? In this blog, we'll explore the many benefits of integration.

LMS: One acronym, hundreds of possibilities. How could a Learning Management System benefit your team? We round up the biggest benefits.

Employee onboarding can be daunting, both for new starters and their managers. So how can you make it easy, smooth and even fun? Here are five steps.

Should Spotify - and other consumer apps like it - be entering the elearning market? We take a look at this shift and explore what it means for the future of digital learning.

Learn how to upskill yourself in six actionable steps with our easy-to-follow guide.

A fool-proof breakdown of essential Gen AI terms for Learning and Development professionals

Looking for some examples of how a Learning Management System can help you achieve your business goals? Our latest blog details use cases from real Thrive customers.

What exactly is a streamlined L&D team, and how can you make the most of it? We explore some top tips.

LMS implementation can be a daunting task, so we've rounded up ten actionable tips to make implementing and launching your platform as stress-free as possible.

We explore the importance of mental health support for HR professionals, and provide six actionable steps to provide it.

What are the non-negotiable learning platform features to look out for? In this blog, we list our top nine LMS must-haves.

Social learning has so many benefits, and your platform should be set up to facilitate it. In this blog, we explore why social learning is so important and what that looks like in the workplace.

Is AI a threat to our humanity, or an opportunity to learn a new way of thinking? This edition of the Thrive Learning blog unpacks the risks and benefits.

Gamification in learning: what exactly is it, and how can it benefit your workplace learning and development strategy? Read our blog to find out how you can unlock the cheat code.

Where do you start with workplace learning programmes? In this blog, we round up 8 questions to kick-start your training efforts.

How well does AI understand human empathy? The Thrive Content team set out to discover how they could use Artificial Intelligence to craft compelling, human learning content.

Parental leave should include everyone. In this blog, we explore the merits of an enhanced policy and how to implement it.

We explore some ways in which you can achieve business success by switching your LMS.

If you're wondering how to implement Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the workplace, it all starts with onboarding. Here are six actionable tips to get you started.

Discover the indispensable role that joy plays in effective learning, and how you can create experiences to support it.

Find out how to raise menopause awareness in the workplace, and support your colleagues with six actionable tips.

How to drive a self-directed learning culture and the benefits they reap for you, your learners and your organisation.

We're rethinking the concept of employee engagement, and exploring six key ways to actually make a difference.

Everyone has gaps in their knowledge - so how do you go about filling them? In this blog, we'll explore how artificial intelligence can help.

Overemployment is becoming ever more common - but what can this phenomenon tell us about the state of workplace skills?

As 2023 draws to a close, we're sharing valuable insights from some of our top podcast guests this year.

How to set professional goals in the New Year, and start 2024 with a bang!

We explore what causes employee burnout, what the symptoms look like, and whether or not reskilling could be a potential solution.

In this blog, we'll explore how you can make work a more attractive proposition for older workers in the age of The Great Retirement.

What do you need to consider when designing learning experiences for Neurodiverse employees? In this blog, we explore the key principles to keep in mind.

In this blog, we round up the five most in-demand soft skills, and explain how you can develop them.

We'll explore the factors to keep in mind when choosing a format for your learning, so you can make sure you're always making the most impact.

Learning myths are pervasive and harmful, so in this blog we're debunking 5 of the most common misunderstandings about the way people learn.

We explore three of the most common concerns about using AI in the workplace, whether they're warranted, and how to mitigate them.

Read our top five takeaways from 2023's World of Learning Conference in Birmingham.

The highlights from Thrive Live 2023, our biggest customer event yet.

Flexible workplaces: While a lot of organisations are moving towards a more flexible future, there are some CEOs who are digging their heels in. What can we learn from the debate, and what are the benefits of being a truly flexible workplace?

We've rounded up five insightful, actionable L&D lessons from businesses like Krispy Kreme and Sumo Group.

In celebration of Happiness at Work Week which begins on the 25th September, we're offering a list of small changes that make a happier workplace.

Make your hospitality business a fun and welcoming environment for neurodiverse customers and colleagues with these eight tips.

We’re thrilled to have been awarded, alongside Jet2holidays, the Gold Award for Best Use of Social Collaborative Learning at the 2023 Brandon Hall Group HCM Excellence Awards.

Why are forward-thinking L&D leaders moving to Thrive? We're pausing to reflect on some wisdom from DECIEM, Frasers Group, Westmorland Family and Dunelm.

Onboard new retail starters quickly, efficiently and effectively with these actionable tips.

In this blog, we'll uncover why food safety is so important - and the many negative effects of poor food hygiene practices.

The hospitality industry is currently experiencing a shortage of an estimated 200,000 workers - so could L&D be the answer?

What is an inclusive environment in retail, and how can gender neutral language help us get there?

What's in store for you at Thrive Live

Which is better: the five day work-week, or it's fun, younger cousin the four day work-week?

Create a coaching culture to support the development of your people - at every level.

LMS vs LXP: Decoding the alphabet soup of learning platforms

We’re excited to have been honoured with the prestigious Gold award at the Digital Technology Leaders Awards for Digital Project of the Year.

3 ways to help your new starters settle in smoothly, while incorporating compliance training

How this new tech will impact productivity, collaboration and inclusivity

9 future-focused trends for success

How to harness Artificial Intelligence tools to provide real business impact

Onboarding, training, and developing employees for retention in today's economy

Thrive Live takes place in London on 28th September 2023, and welcomes influential figures Mo Gawdat and Baroness Karren Brady as its headliners.

5 ways to truly engage your learners in compliance training

Why you might just need compliance training, now more than ever

ChatGPT is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to leveraging AI for L&D

See the highlights from a day of innovation, inspiration and insight

Make sure you are tracking these 10 KPIs to ensure your compliance training is working at maximum efficiency.

Modern L&D professionals have to be agile to deliver results against business objectives. Learn how to prioritise your tasks for maximum impact.

It's spring cleaning season, so we're sharing our top tips for decluttering your learning platform and bringing it back to life!

Cometh the hour, cometh the person who has been upskilled to a satisfactory level and can now complete whole new tasks.

In a continuation of our series on prepping L&D for rough economic trends, we’re covering our top tips for creating your budget for the year ahead.

Heard of ChatGPT? Of course you have! Here's five ways that the L&D community can use this cutting edge technology to enhance learner experience.

Tech bloat is a multi billion dollar problem for companies around the globe. But how does this affect L&D and how can you combat it?