Just when you think you have all the answers there’s something that comes from left field and gets you to challenge your views on life, the Universe and now Learning Management Systems (LMS). We all know there’s a wide range on the market with varying levels of functionality and complexity ….. And cost! Ranging from free’ish (e.g. Moodle to gold plated variants)

In the early days an LMS was a pretty straight forward piece of kit to understand. It was in simple terms a data repository that allowed the organisation to keep track of employee learning and development and training spend. They have developed since then to include: E-learning, talent management and performance management to mention just a few of the augmented offerings.

The left field incident is my sudden realisation that we now have this so called generation (Gen) Z marching its way into the employment pool over the next few years. As Gen X individual, I have a handle on Gen Y, but these new guys and girls do things differently e.g. point with thumbs rather than index fingers! They also interact with technology differently. My concern is that the ‘bog standard’ LMS will not allow the functionality and freedom Gen Z is looking for. So before I spend the next 3 days in endless research has anyone out there got some good ideas … please?