This report, produced by Towards Maturity and supported by the CIPD explores how learning interventions can to lead to business benefits by measuring a number of specific KPIs, including productivity, that are of interest to both business leaders and L&D practitioners.

This report explores why and how some of these organisations achieve astounding improvements in productivity and performance and what the rest of us can do to get there. It investigates their approach in using technology, skills, collaboration, tactics and strategy, to achieve higher performance and productivity.

The research finds that being pragmatic is what high performing learning organisations do best. These organisations strike a balance between rules, regulations and procedures and creativity, innovation.

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