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Continually evaluating a capability framework can uncover weak areas or structures in your organisation

Originally outlined in 1959, the Kirkpatrick Evaluation Model remains a popular method for analysing and evaluating the efficacy of training programs at different phases of the learning journey.

Organisational capabilities comprise of the skills, knowledge, activities, information, processes, staffing systems and technology that a specific organisation depends on.

A learning and development (L&D) strategy outlines how an organisation uses employee training to achieve business objectives. Key industry leaders like Google, itsu and Yelp each have impactful strategies.

Earlier this year, Pursuit Technology jumped headfirst into the strategic L&D movement with the launch of Acorn Labs, a space on the web for the latest research and findings from industry leading learning professionals.

Capabilities represent your future state as much as your workforce's current abilities.

A capability framework codifies what your organisation does well, which gives you the information needed to define how to do that.

Without a reliable gauge of leadership potential, much of an organisation's long success is left to chance.

Only 40% of companies say their learning strategy is aligned with business goals. Being out of sync with business needs means learning is unable to be truly effective.

Leadership capability frameworks allow organisations to assess leadership potential, manage ongoing leadership capabilities and give strategic weight to L&D