LH #52 Here Comes Summer with Summer Salomonsen

Josh Bersin describes Cornerstone's new platform, Xplor, as a ‘skills-based, AI-powered platform designed as an LXP, talent mobility, career, and skills platform, [with] the potential to change the L&D landscape.' In this episode, last of the present season, John talks to Summer Rivers Salomonsen, VP Content Product at Cornerstone. Is this type of huge, all-inclusive system that brings together LXP, talent management system and skills really what organizations and learners need right now? 0:00 – Intro 3:41 – Summer’s role at Cornerstone 6:18 – What does Xplor do? 12:55 – The learning business and the talent business 17:19 – Is this the right direction for the business? 22:48 – The state of microlearning 28:51 – Applying learning science to the system design 34:53 – Summer’s hopes for the learning and talent business 43:20 – How to follow Summer’s work   Seasonal Competition Time! What else are YOU doing when you listen to the Learning Hack podcast? Tell us, attaching your photos and videos for proof, to [email protected]  Winner will be announced next season, and will bag a bottle of champagne!    Cornerstone Xplor http://www.csod.info/futureready   Contact Summer LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/summer-salomonsen/ Company website: https://www.cornerstoneondemand.com/   Contact John Helmer Twitter: @johnhelmer LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnhelmer/ Website: http://johnhelmerconsulting.com/ Download the new white paper from Learning Pool written by John Helmer & Ben Betts – Suite Dreams: The Past, Present and Future of Learning Systems https://learningpool.com/suite-dreams/