Our year-in-review highlights: refreshed branding, research and reports, and industry recognition

Today, in our third L&D digest, we’d like to wish you all a happy holiday season. Before we head out for our December break — here’s a roundup of the latest news and views from Digits.

December opening times

We'll be available as usual until Friday 23 December. The Digits social team will then be on a break until 3 January, when we'll be back to our normal times. Our customer care team will be available on working days during the festive period if you need end-of-year support.

2022: our year in review

We absolutely love the idea of a year in review — hat tip to you, 谷歌 .

Between Digits LMS and our sister company, Ciphr , this has been an exciting and busy year. We’ve included a mix of events, announcements, research and reports, as well as accolades and achievements to give you a glimpse into #LifeAtCiphr.

Digits is recognised as a ‘Potential Challenger’ in the 2022 Fosway Group 9-Grid? for Learning Systems for the third year running

Digits’ report Are we trained for work? reveals some telling findings, including how ‘one in four workers don’t feel adequately trained to do their jobs’

Digits rebrands and overhauls the look and feel of its website

Digits’ research into virtual learning suggests that ‘more people prefer to learn new things online than in person’?

Digits published a study on skills in the workplace, revealing the most important skills for a manager to possess are leadership, verbal communication and teamwork

CIPHR becomes Ciphr and reveals its new logo, while Digits presents at Learning Technologies Conference and Exhibition at ExCeL London

Ciphr appoints David Burns as chief technology officer

Launched the ‘resources’ section on Digits’ website, home to our on-demand webinar recordings, downloadable white papers and other useful guide

Signs you’ve outgrown your LMS, the theme of our September webinar, was also one of the hottest topics at the Learning Technologies autumn forum where our very own head of talent, Bradley Burgoyne , delivered his presentation. Ciphr also launches Good Work, Great Technology

Digits lands a spot in eLearningIndustry 's ‘top 20 best LMSs based on customer experience’, and exhibits at World of Learning at the NEC Birmingham

Ciphr — named one of the UK’s top 100 Most Loved Workplaces of 2022 — conducts a new analysis of the Office for National Statistics 2022 gender pay gap, revealing that 8 in 10 job roles have a gender pay gap

To close the year, Digits’ new white paper – Mind the (skills) gap explores the concept of an aligned skills strategy: a collaborative approach between HR and L&D teams for better skills development and retention

Webinars to kick off 2023

Digits LMS ' opening act — How to choose the right LMS — takes place on 17 January at 11am. LMS specialist Andrea Makin and former L&D manager Nev Hart will help you confidently navigate the LMS marketplace with key considerations, tips and tricks along the way. Register today.

Starting the year off strong, Ciphr is hosting Signs you’ve outgrown your HR system (and what to do next) on 26 January at 11am. Join our panel of HR experts as they discuss the five signs that it’s time to make the change – and the benefits of upgrading your software in 2023. Register now.

An afternoon with Andrea

Andrea Matkin , LMS sales manager at Digits, is fast approaching her three-year mark with the team (which still pales in comparison to her decade-long tenure in the EdTech industry, but we digress).

Heading up the sales function for our award-winning LMS platform, you’ll recognise Andrea as the expert on all things learning technology. She’s conducted more than 150 demos of Digits LMS in the last 12 months, and wanted to share a quick highlight reel of what’s happening in her world:

“I have had the pleasure of speaking with hundreds of L&D professionals this year who are all facing similar challenges in their organisations as we transition into the post-Covid hybrid working world and tackle challenges such as economic uncertainty, talent retention, and the cost-of-living crisis. As a result, skills development and succession planning have become hot topics, as has a greater awareness of employee wellbeing within these rocky times. Moving into 2023, it will be vital for L&D teams to be thinking about how their learning strategy can extend beyond just induction and compliance training to become instead the backbone of their organisation – helping them create a world-class employee experience, develop and retain talent, and improve productivity across their workforce.”?

On a more personal note, Andrea is underway with some exciting side projects:

“We have some really exciting new developments coming up in 2023 for Digits LMS (so watch this space!) To support this, I will be developing more tools and resources to help our customers build their business cases for adopting new LMS technologies. We will also be attending more events —which means more opportunities to learn about what is most important for our customers and what will make the biggest difference to their learning delivery and strategy next year.”

?? My last-played song on Spotify: “Tragedy by Tragedy – disco-metal at its finest!”

?? If I could have lunch with anyone, dead or alive, it would be: “a very close call between David Lynch and David Bowie – both are incredible creative geniuses and would offer up some fascinating lunch chat!”?

??? Something I’m looking forward to: “planning a big trip to Bali for next summer with my husband and friends which will include meeting up with Aussie friends whom I haven’t seen in years, and finally meeting my best friend’s three-year-old daughter for the first time!”??

That’s a wrap for Digits this December. We’re wishing you all a wonderful festive break. If you enjoyed today’s L&D digest, feel free to share it with your network, and don’t forget to subscribe. Until next time.