Business simulations

Creating strategic client conversations based on industry disruptors

Nabeel pioneered an experiential, social-collaborative and competitive business simulation focused on industry disruptors. This differs from normal business simulations in two ways:

1) Focus is on strategic client conversations, not only running a business, and

2) Teams comprise different company profiles to realistically represent the current marketplace, as opposed to all companies with the same profile

Result Participants rated program among the highest of 50+ similar learning offerings
Result Creation of 5 — and counting — unique business simulations by industry
Result Nearly 1,000 participants in 2018 alone

Industry certifications

Raising the profile of industry learning

Nabeel led the conception and creation of the industry certification program, enabling professionals to showcase industry experience without major effort

New integrated platform uses game mechanics to capture industry L&D, on-the-job experience and industry activities

Result Leaders have an easy-to-use tool to see who is developing critical industry experience
Result Increased engagement in and completion of content via effective learning design

Acronym finder

Cutting through corporate jargon

Have you ever been in a meeting and thought, "What does that stand for?".

Nabeel created a tool, modeled after a Google-like search function, just for acronyms. No more scrolling through a long dictionary-like list to find what organizational shorthand means.

Result 1,400+ terms to be searched within a matter of seconds
Result Integration in new hire onboarding programs

Neuroscience of trusted relationships

Deriving practical business insights from neuroscience research

Nabeel conceived of a new way to use neuroscience to inform building trusted business relationships. Nabeel’s team developed a video series with Wharton Neuroscience Initiative director/professor Dr Michael Platt.

Videos are based on recent brain imaging studies that suggest our brain is wired to be social. To build good relationships, we need to understand how to tap into that "social brain" network to maximize connectivity between individuals.

Result Most sought after learning content related to business development
Result Invited talks and published article on the collaboration and video series
Result Ongoing relationship with Dr Platt/Wharton to create a "Neuroscience of ..." series

Learning paths

Visualizing hire to retire

Employees needed a simpler way to create and track their professional career skills. Nabeel’s team created personalized learning paths that now do that. Customized by level and industry, these learning paths showcase the latest self-paced digital content, appropriate for each learner.

Result 1,000s of custom-created learning paths
Result Clearer understanding of how best to develop professionally
Result Rich, structured discussion with performance managers on career development

Agile L&D

Developing learning in a nimble and flexible way

The organization needed to develop learning programs more efficiently, and the ADDIE model wasn't working (what's ADDIE? see Acronym Finder...). Nabeel leveraged modern agile methods from software development to build modified verisons of Scrum and Kanban that work in an L&D setting.

Result 70% faster speed to market with learning deliverables
Result Dual-track technical and instructional design methodology for rapid iteration
Result Clients pleasantly surprised at quality and speed of work

Talent Development

Growing organizational talent via relevant interventions

Most talent development is agnostic to an organization or moment in time. Nabeel completely redesigned a high potential talent program to align with strategic areas within the organization.

Result A hyper focus on developing internal networks through unique experiences
Result 80% increase in satisfaction from concentrating on a few key topics instead of many
Result A multi-provider program aligned to organizational objectives

Hiring

Building organizational capability by improving hiring and on-boarding processes

Ever had a bad hiring experience as a hiring manager or candidate? Nabeel did, too. He discovered that many interviews have built-in bias and that candidates receive little to no feedback during the process.

Nabeel created a far more objective hiring process that now improves the experience for all parties.

Result 100% retention rate of all Nabeel's hires, including identification of high potential talent
Result Objective, team-based hiring approach that leaves both sides satisfied (even candidates not selected)
Result Award-winning hiring process and invited talks on the subject

Business impact

Elevating learning by connecting it to the business

Nabeel observed that while many organizations say they value learning, learning leaders are often unable to show how they're contributing to improving the business. Nabeel created a framework that aligns learning to the business and communicates its value.

Result Clear alignment of L&D strategy to business strategy
Result Recognition of value brought from learning to drive business outcomes
Result L&D gains seat at the table with business decision makers

Learner experience

Improving engagement with digital learning

Learners expect their learning websites to be as engaging and valuable as the sites they visit for personal reasons. Think: social media, video streaming, personalization. Nabeel built a team that focuses on improving the learner experience.

Result Lightning fast webpages that load in less than half a second
Result Rich media with succinct content on relevant topics
Result 65% of learners return in the first month

Behavior change

Transferring behavioral skills to the workplace

Nabeel leveraged 60 years of behavioral-modeling research to create learning videos designed for behavior change. Rooted in the principles of Bandura’s social cognitive theory and delivered through video scenarios, mastery modeling is among the most powerful ways to build learner self-efficacy and workplace skills.

Result Learners report a 75% higher likelihood of application in job role
Result 55% increased confidence level to apply learning

Learning analytics

Collect data. Classify data. Benefit from data.

Nabeel uses a 3-tier model to improve learning through analytics:

1) Use of predictive factors and artificial intelligence (AI) for aggregate analysis of learning data to inform what topics are ripe for a learning intervention

2) Treating the learning experience like a product, focused on correlating user flow for optimal learning design.

3) Getting in the "black box" of the learning asset itself, using metrics akin to website analytics to improve the quality of the learning experience.

Result 50% more accurate justification of topics to focus on for learning
Result 80% faster ability to customize learning campaign goals via web analytics tools
Result 30% improved learning design and earlier identification of potential design remediations