# The Capability Academy: Where Corporate Training Is Going
## Metadata
- Author: [[joshbersin]]
- Full Title: The Capability Academy: Where Corporate Training Is Going
- Category: #articles
- Document Tags: [[e-learning]]
- URL: https://joshbersin.com/2019/10/the-capability-academy-where-corporate-training-is-going/
## Highlights
- Companies found out that technical skills, while clearly in demand, were not the biggest problem.
- The idea was to make discovery easy: find what you want, consume it, and move on. And these platforms were supposed to be intelligent, easy to use, and fast and interactive to learn.
- No longer did people want carefully authored page-turning content, they wanted “in-your-face” video that jumped off the screen (or phone)
- The real problems they now face are not just technical skills, but actually broad social and behavioral skills – thinks we consider far more complex, soft, and experiential.
- What is a Capability Academy?
An academy goes beyond a “library of content.” It is a place people go to advance their job-related capabilities.
It goes beyond technical and functional skills, and focuses on the business capabilities a company needs to thrive.
- want to learn broader context, problem-solving, leadership, influence, and communication.
- What is a capability? Put simply, it is a combination of skills, knowledge, and experiences employees need to succeed. And these capabilities are often unique, exclusive, and proprietary to your company.
- E-learning was boring, tedious, and hard to complete – and it missed practice, hands-on experience, and coaching. So we coined the phrase “blended learning”
- People at work were too busy, too distracted, and too focused in their development needs.
- Courses were too hard to find, the e-learning was boring, and they were finding content on consumer websites they liked better.
- As I mentioned earlier, an Academy is not “a bunch of courses, it’s a place to go.” A place to learn. A place to share. A place for experts to contribute. And a place to advance the state of knowledge. (And it may be a virtual and physical space.)