Long story short: Degreed was a pioneer in the field of learning experience platforms, according to this article, but it was outflanked by the competition, and so now with its acquisiton of Learn In, is pioneering a new type of system, a 'capability academy'. Bersin, which developed the concept, represents it as a step forward, but I find it hard to see it as anything other than retrenchment: "they do projects, they may take developmental assignments, and they may even be assessed by their peers. What Learn In is trying to do is build a platform to connect all these moving parts." Are 'capabilities' the new skills? Is a 'capability academy' really a thing? A few have jumped on the concept - NovoEd and Salience, for example. but Bersin, which is normally very good, appears more to be promoting the concept rather than reporting on it.
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