The Strategic Guide to Data-Driven, Industry-Specific Excellence from Brandon Hall Group™

As AI reshapes workforce dynamics and skills-based models redefine talent strategies, organizations need evidence-based frameworks that deliver measurable results. Brandon Hall Group’s Institute™ responds with groundbreaking research spanning social learning implementation, award-winning case study analysis, and strategic leadership development frameworks that are already transforming global enterprises.

 

BREAKTHROUGH RESEARCH: Three Game-Changing Assets That Will Transform Your Organization

🎯 Master Social Learning Implementation With Our 90-Day Strategic Launch Roadmap

Tool: 90-Day Social Learning Launch Plan — Detailed Implementation Roadmap

This comprehensive implementation tool delivers a proven framework for launching social learning initiatives that drive engagement and knowledge transfer. The roadmap provides week-by-week milestones, stakeholder engagement strategies, and measurement frameworks that ensure successful adoption. Organizations using this structured approach report 40% faster time-to-competency and 65% higher participation rates than traditional rollouts. The tool includes change management protocols, technology integration checklists, and ROI measurement templates that transform social learning from concept to competitive advantage.

📊 Unlock the Power of Gaming and Simulation: Evidence-Based Strategies That Drive 300% ROI

Case Study Analysis: Transforming Business Results With Games and Simulations

This groundbreaking analysis reveals how leading organizations are achieving extraordinary results through strategic gamification and simulation deployments. The research synthesizes award-winning implementations that demonstrate average completion rates of 87% and engagement scores exceeding 90%. Key insights include the critical design elements that separate successful programs from failures, implementation frameworks that ensure scalability, and measurement strategies that quantify business impact. Organizations featured achieved outcomes ranging from 45% reduction in safety incidents to 300% ROI through accelerated skill development.

🚀 Comprehensive Learning Technologies 2025: The Definitive Guide to Award-Winning Excellence

Data Report: Comprehensive Learning Technologies 2025 — Evidence from Brandon Hall Group™ Excellence Award Winners

This authoritative data report analyzes the technology strategies and implementations of Brandon Hall Group™ Excellence Award winners, revealing the patterns that separate high-performing learning organizations from the rest. The report identifies five critical success factors across technology selection, implementation, and optimization that winners consistently demonstrate. With insights from over 100 award-winning programs, this research provides benchmarks for learning effectiveness, technology ROI, and strategic alignment that organizations can use to transform their own learning ecosystems.

 

COMPLETE ARSENAL: Your Strategic Advantage Across Every Critical Domain

🎯 Leadership Development Excellence

🔄 Talent Acquisition Transformation

🧠 Skills & Capability Development

🏢 Organizational Excellence & Change

🎙️ Management Fundamentals

 

🏭 Industry-Specific Solutions with Real Results from Real Organizations

Manufacturing Sector

Software/Technology Sector Solutions

  • Cornerstone Galaxy: Strategic enterprise workforce transformation through skills intelligence at scale
  • Articulate 360: Market-leading course authoring excellence driving engagement
  • SeekOut AI Agents: Redefining recruitment through intelligent automation
  • TechWolf: AI-driven workforce intelligence transforming talent decisions

Business Services & Consulting Platforms

  • YunoJuno: Scaling freelance management for global enterprises
  • RecruitiFi: Transforming agency chaos into managed marketplace efficiency
  • BetterWorks: Thriving in the performance management revolution through neuroscience
  • Motivosity: Social-first recognition platform challenging industry orthodoxy

Training & Education Technology

  • Kallidus: Closing the gap between learning and business outcomes
  • Game2Change Learning: Revolutionizing compliance training through gamification (Focus: Emerging Markets)
  • Hone: AI coaching meets live training for workplace skills development
  • Workplace Simulations: Revealing hidden costs of modern work through simulation

🏦 Banking/Finance Sector Excellence

  • Bank Muscat: Introduced performance culture with strategic learning initiatives
  • Axis Bank: Cut early attrition and boosted sales productivity through KTP program
  • Bank Mandiri: Saved IDR 15.4B through innovative in-house video learning

🏥 Healthcare Industry Transformation

💊 Pharmaceuticals Innovation

🍔 Food and Beverage Excellence

  • Mondelez and BTS: Achieved measurable leadership growth across R&D teams
  • GPA Alimentar (Retail/Food): Promoted 70% of participants through succession program

💻 Software/Technology Leadership

  • Autodesk: Driving global readiness and operational success with strategic learning
  • Autodesk Learning Team: Achieved 85% completion and 77% CSAT in global sales transformation

🎓 Education Sector Innovation

  • Cornell University: Unified strategy across business divisions through executive development

🏭 Manufacturing/Chemicals Industry

  • Solenis (Chemicals/Manufacturing): Strengthened leadership agility across global operations
  • Konica Minolta (Technology/Manufacturing): Equipped leaders to drive growth through people-centered innovation

✈️ Transportation/Hospitality Services

  • Aegean Airlines (Transportation/Hospitality): Achieved 43% reduction in admin time through smart automation

🏢 Real Estate & Property Management

  • Bell Partners (Real Estate): Linked leadership training to $600K annual cost savings

🏛️ Government/Public Sector

🚀 Business Services

  • Altos (Business Services): Aligned drivers and purpose to elevate the employee experience

 

🎙️ Leadership Excellence Insights

Webinar: Creating a Simulation Culture to Accelerate Growth and Change in the Age of Agentic AI — Expert insights on leveraging simulation for organizational transformation in the AI era

 

📚 Additional Research Resources

Innovation Analysis

Technology Implementation Tools

Solution Provider Intelligence

 

💡 Why Brandon Hall Group’s Institute™ is Your Competitive Edge

  • Evidence-Based Intelligence: Every piece of research is designed for measurable business impact
  • Award-Winning Methodologies: Our frameworks are validated by global excellence winners
  • Future-Ready Insights: We don’t just analyze current state—we help you prepare for emerging challenges
  • Comprehensive Coverage: From talent acquisition to leadership development, we address every aspect of organizational excellence

🚀 Your Next Step: Transform Insight into Strategic Action Today

The organizations featured in our research aren’t just surviving disruption; they’re leveraging it for competitive advantage. With proven frameworks, measurable strategies, and evidence-based insights at your fingertips, the question isn’t whether to transform, but how quickly you can implement these game-changing approaches.

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Chief Executive Officer of Brandon Hall Group Mike Cooke Prior to joining Brandon Hall Group, Mike Cooke was the Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of AC Growth. Mike held leadership and executive positions for the majority of his career, at which he was responsible for steering sales and marketing teams to drive results and profitability. His background includes more than 15 years of experience in sales, marketing, management, and operations in the research, consulting, software and technology industries. Mike has extensive experience in sales, marketing and management having worked for several early high-growth emerging businesses and has implemented technology systems to support various critical sales, finance, marketing and client service functions. He is especially skilled in organizing the sales and service strategy to fully support a company’s growth strategy. The concept of growth was an absolute to Mike and a motivator in starting AC Growth, in order to help organizations achieve research driven results. Most recently, Mike was the VP and General Manager of Field Operations at Bersin & Associates, a global analyst and consulting services firm focused on all areas of enterprise learning, talent management and talent acquisition. Tasked with leading the company’s global expansion, Mike led all sales operations worldwide. During Mike’s tenure, the company has grown into a multi-national firm, conducting business in over 45 countries with over 4,500 multi-national organizations. Mike started his career at MicroVideo Learning Systems in 1992, eventually holding a senior management position and leading all corporate sales before founding Dynamic Minds. Mike was CEO and Co-Founder of Dynamic Minds, a custom developer of software programs, working with clients like Goldman Sachs, Prentice Hall, McGraw Hill and Merrill Lynch. Also, Mike worked for Oddcast, a leading provider of customer experience and marketing solutions, where he held a senior management position leading the company into new markets across various industries. Mike also serves on the Advisory Board for Carbon Solutions America, an independent sustainability consulting and carbon management firm that specializes in the design and implementation of greenhouse reduction and sustainability plans as well as managing the generation of carbon and renewal energy and energy efficiency credits. Mike attended University of Phoenix, studying Business Administration and Finance. He has also completed executive training at the Chicago Graduate School of Business in Chicago, IL.