Compliance What Is Compliance Training and Why Is It So Important? As an L&D professional, it’s likely that one of your tasks will be to ensure…Barry Ryan2 February 2023
Employee Onboarding The Ultimate Guide to Faster Employee Onboarding If your company is experiencing rapid growth, then you’re probably in the process of recruiting…Barry Ryan27 January 2023
Insights What Is Personalised Learning? and How Can It Take Your L&D to the Next Level? Speak to any other learning and development professional, and you’re bound to hear the term…Barry Ryan17 January 2023
Upskilling What’s the Difference Between Reskilling and Upskilling? And Why It’s Vital to L&D If you work in learning and development, then you’ve undoubtedly heard the terms ‘reskilling’ and…Barry Ryan5 January 2023
Upskilling 7 Ways to Identify Knowledge & Skills Gaps in Your Workforce Knowledge and skills gaps are costing UK businesses dearly - £6.6bn in fact! - and…Barry Ryan4 January 2023
Upskilling Skills vs Competencies: What Are the Key Differences? The most effective, successful businesses employ individuals who are both skilled and competent. However, discerning…Barry Ryan14 December 2022
Insights 7 Trends That Will Shape Learning and Development in 2023: What L&D Professionals Need to Know Is your learning and development team ready to deliver in 2023? Are you on top…Barry Ryan14 December 2022
Insights 7 Ways AI Will Change the Future of L&D in 2023 AI. For some time, artificial intelligence has been touted as the future of various industries.…Barry Ryan14 December 2022
New Feature Track Learning Progress and Identify Knowledge Gaps At thirst, we’re always striving to improve our product so that you can continue to improve…Barry Ryan14 December 2022
Knowledge Sharing What Is the Difference Between Knowledge and Skills? Are you looking to take your workforce’s skills and knowledge to the next level? Then,…Barry Ryan14 December 2022
Insights Just because it’s Halloween doesn’t mean e-learning has to be scary… The subject of e-learning can be a little frightening. There’s a myriad of things to consider,…Barry Ryan14 December 2022
Leadership Development How to help your managers take a much-needed break For most people, going away on holiday means getting some space and taking a well-deserved…Barry Ryan14 December 2022
Insights What skills are most in demand in the UK and which industries are hiring? For both employees and employers, the work landscape has changed dramatically over the last few…Barry Ryan14 December 2022
Leadership Development Does poor L&D = poor productivity? As every good company leader knows, learning and development can be the key to unlocking…Barry Ryan14 December 2022
Insights Want to avoid resignations? Why not reshuffle?! A while back, we talked about ‘The Great Resignation’ and the impact it was having…Barry Ryan14 December 2022
Knowledge Sharing Why are learning in life and learning at work worlds apart? The term ‘Google it’ was officially added to the Oxford English dictionary in 2006 and…Barry Ryan14 December 2022
New Feature We have an exciting new feature! At thirst, we pride ourselves on innovation and problem solving, and are constantly working to enhance…Barry Ryan14 December 2022
Insights Remote working is an artform – is your company doing it right? Commuting into the office 5 days a week feels old hat, while the option of…Barry Ryan14 December 2022
Insights Microlearning: Tiny but mighty! Trying to learn something new as an adult can be challenging. We have so much…Barry Ryan14 December 2022
Insights Is a paperless office really possible? Following the recent extreme heatwave, climate change is at the forefront of a lot of…Barry Ryan14 December 2022
Insights How to keep L&D fresh in a hybrid workplace It seems pretty certain that flexible or hybrid working will be a permanent change in…Barry Ryan14 December 2022
Insights Stop with the jargon! With more and more businesses realising that employee growth, learning, and development leads to better…Barry Ryan14 December 2022
Insights International Self-Care Day: Learning as part of self-care 24th July marks International Self-Care Day which aims to put a focus on the importance…Barry Ryan14 December 2022
Insights Building a devoted workforce could be your recipe for success “Employees are a company’s greatest asset – they’re your competitive advantage.” Anne M. Mulcahy, former CEO…Barry Ryan14 December 2022
Insights To curate or create? That is the question. Deciding on the most effective way to deliver training to your staff can be tough.…Barry Ryan14 December 2022
Insights Social media and the workplace: A good mix or a bad combo? Social media is a huge part of most of our lives. If we ever meet…Barry Ryan14 December 2022
Insights Burnout: The true cost to companies and the individuals they employ Mental Health UK describes burnout as “a state of physical and emotional exhaustion” and in 2019, it…Barry Ryan14 December 2022
Upskilling Skills-based organisations: The what, when and how of SBOs Agile. Dynamic. Competitive. These are the 3 words buzzing around the business world right now. Why?…Barry Ryan14 December 2022
Insights How to avoid the 7 biggest mistakes learning platforms make We’re seeing more and more companies introducing learning platforms to deliver not only mandatory training…Barry Ryan14 December 2022
Insights Our top tips for how to beat this year’s 7 biggest challenges facing HR professionals There’s no doubt that things are a little challenging for HR departments right now. Employee…Barry Ryan14 December 2022
Upskilling 5 ways incorporating L&D into the working day can benefit your business Learning while at work is often considered a luxury by many businesses, if it’s even…Barry Ryan14 December 2022
Insights Why thirst is the only learning platform your business needs Venturing into the world of digital education can be pretty intimidating if it’s your first…Barry Ryan14 December 2022
Knowledge Sharing How can L&D help your team come together when WFH? There are huge pros to working from home including less time commuting, more time with…Barry Ryan14 December 2022
Upskilling What is skills-based recruitment and how is it helping businesses? At the end of 2021 and into 2022, companies saw that if employees weren’t getting…Barry Ryan14 December 2022
Knowledge Sharing How staff training can hugely benefit your business “Evolution made us the ultimate learning machines, and the ultimate learning machines need to be…Barry Ryan14 December 2022
Leadership Development How community learning is making the life of the Learning Manager easier than ever before! Online learning communities are growing – and it’s not all that surprising. But why are…Barry Ryan14 December 2022
Knowledge Sharing The L&D gold rush Learning and development is often met with moaning, and the distinct sound of feet dragging…Barry Ryan13 December 2022
Insights How to make your internal learning content not terrible Every business has different needs when it comes to the running of the day-to-day; so…Barry Ryan13 December 2022
Insights Remote working: Moving from ‘survival’ mode to ‘thrival’ mode The shift in the way we’ve worked over the last two years, and will likely…Barry Ryan13 December 2022
Insights How assigning content is the key to workplace learning Here at thirst, we’ve built the perfect tool to enable employees to carve their own learning…Barry Ryan13 December 2022
Insights 5 ways to protect yourself from ‘the great resignation’ It’s the balancing act that nobody saw coming. To go from daily commutes, poor office…Barry Ryan13 December 2022
Insights How insights and reporting can help you transform the e-learning experience Using analytics can seem intimidating to some, but for others they can be used to…Barry Ryan13 December 2022
Insights Gaming trends you didn’t notice in e-learning Gamification is nothing new in the world of e-learning, but its position is no longer…<