# Bridge Blog

## [Growth vs. Performance](https://www.getbridge.com/blog/employee-engagement/creating-growth-culture/)

A recent Harvard Business Review article makes the case for leaders to focus on building cultures of growth within their organizations instead of fixating solely on high performance. What makes a growth culture different? A growth culture offers an environment where it is safe to fail and learn from mistakes. There should also be a heavy focus…

## [Going the Distance in Employee Training: Finding Where You Belong](https://www.getbridge.com/blog/lms/gamazon-disney-kpmg-training-upskilling-employees/)

How are leading organizations providing better training for their employees? KPMG, Disney, and Amazon have all recently made headlines for new efforts to skill up their workers. To focus on continuous learning, KPMG is spending $450 million on a learning, development, and innovation center with the intent of enabling its “workforce and clients to collaborate and…

## [Better Together: Instructure Acquires Practice](https://www.getbridge.com/blog/lms/instructure-acquires-practice-2/)

Six years ago, when we started Practice (then known as ApprenNet), there was one company in the education technology space that we looked at to model ourselves after.

## [Better Together: Instructure Acquires Practice](https://www.getbridge.com/blog/lms/instructure-acquires-practice/)

Six years ago, when we started Practice (then known as ApprenNet), there was one company in the education technology space that we looked at to model ourselves after.

## [How Industry Leaders Use Employee Development Software to Stay Ahead](https://www.getbridge.com/blog/performance-management/spotlight-learning-leader/)

McKinsey's Three Pillars of Learning Global management consulting firm McKinsey stays ahead of the curve when it comes to anticipating client needs, particularly regarding the rapid changes in learning and development. To improve learning opportunities and continuously upskill their consultants, McKinsey’s learning and development team has been focusing on three learning pillars: 1) improving mindset, 2)…

## [Continuous Learning](https://www.getbridge.com/blog/lms/practice-driven-culture-continuous-learning-1/)

Last month we shared our new series on creating a practice-driven culture, which is an environment where every member is always learning, engaged in personal growth, empowered to help others grow by offering constructive feedback, and attaining expertise by continuously honing and expanding skills. Below is a preview of our newest piece, “Laying the Foundation…

## [Practice-Driven Culture: Continuous Learning](https://www.getbridge.com/blog/lms/practice-driven-culture-continuous-learning/)

Our latest guide explores the key elements that define a practice-driven culture and explains how you can empower learners in your organization to develop the competence and confidence they need to reach their full potential in sales, customer service, management and leadership.

## [7 Memory Tricks From a Jeopardy! Jedi Master](https://www.getbridge.com/blog/performance-management/7-memory-tricks-jeopardy-jedi-master/)

The old saying goes: elephants never forget. While this statement may be a bit of an exaggeration, they do have incredible recall power. Their massive minds help them remember almost everything. As for humans, we’re lucky if we remember where we parked when leaving the office. And even if our brains were as large as an…

## [Effort Counts Twice](https://www.getbridge.com/blog/lms/effort-counts-twice/)

Angela Duckworth, author of “Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance,” was skeptical about the notion that “practice makes perfect.” So she asked Anders Ericsson, a professor of psychology at FSU and expert on expertise. Duckworth said, “I’ve been running for years, but I could set the clocks by my run times. I never get…

## [5 Reasons All Managers Need to Keep Up With Technology](https://www.getbridge.com/blog/employee-engagement/5-reasons-all-managers-need-keep-technology/)

I once had a boss who had his secretary print out his emails and leave a hard copy for him to read on his desk. He simply refused to “do” email. He had earned his stripes and didn’t need to lower himself to digital media. This attitude doesn’t fly today. As Josh Bersin put it…

## [Testing, Testing, 1, 2, 3](https://www.getbridge.com/blog/lms/testing-testing-1-2-3/)

At its core, online learning can be tricky. The main elements of traditional live learning, lectures and tests, don’t translate entirely well to an online setting. Students generally attend lectures to learn the material, take tests to measure knowledge, and then receive a degree as certification of their education. altMBA, an online alternative MBA program…

## [3 Sales Tips Guaranteed to Win Big](https://www.getbridge.com/blog/performance-management/3-sales-tips-guaranteed-to-win-big/)

There’s no second place in sales. Or, as Ricky Bobby so eloquently put it, “If you ain’t first, you’re last.” So, how can you become the Ken Jennings of the sales game? Well, that answer’s easy: You win with on-the-go training, or what’s now called m-learning. Mobile learning on a tool like Bridge is like having an everywhere, all-the-time reservoir of…