You can’t manage what you can’t measure: Ensuring that learning drives measurable business value

At IBM, we have developed a way to strengthen the link between learning and real business results. Based on business logic, the IBM Learning Effectiveness Measurement methodology establishes causal linkages between training initiatives and business results and makes it easy to see how learning interacts synergistically with other factors to create real business results. Unlike most learning measurement approaches that measure retrospectively, the IBM methodology focuses on predictive measures to maximize the potential impact of learning investments.