The Business APAC HR Tech Exclusives of 2019 March 2019 | Page 22

HR TECH
Gnowbe:
Driving Employee Training
With Specialized
Mobile Micro-Learning
So-Young Kang
Founder & CEO
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time from employees’ busy schedule. This includes carving
out a considerable portion of time to attend the compliance
training courses, which ultimately disrupts the entire
workflow and leads to productivity loss.
n the presence of digital advancements, human
resource technology (HR technology) has come out to
be an efficient way of automating human resources.
Backed by powerful outputs, a new league of applications
has emerged to help the companies to transform and bring a
next-gen employee experience. Cloud-based, SaaS
applications, and business intelligence software are some of
the leading technology solutions augmenting HR
management. More importantly, these solutions have
become an integral part of today’s digital organizations’
infrastructure. Today, numerous companies are utilizing
these tools because of their valued benefits like cost-cutting,
saving on staff hours, behavioral change among employees,
and managing talent more effectively. This leads to higher
employee retention and confidence in job performance,
further improving engagement rates in the adoption of HR
technologies.
Along with her team at Gnowbe, So-Young Kang is solving
this issue by enabling employees to finish necessary
training in 10 minutes a day on their mobile devices. So
how does it work? Gnowbe’s intuitive content authoring
platform lets any manager or employee create content and
roll out training to employees in just two weeks.
Additionally, if the managers do not find the time to
develop training, Gnowbe offers a plan B. Its’ experienced
mobile instructional designers help managers curate and
design learners’ journey as well as drive better employee
engagement.
The Gnowbe platform also focuses on improving micro-
actions by offering constant drip-feeding of reminders and
concept-reinforcement. This results in better retention and
application of knowledge. Additionally, to achieve effective
behavior and mindset change, Gnowbe platform enables
learners to think, apply, and share within a peer group
where trainers/facilitators can provide them direct feedback.
In addition to its comprehensive training and curation
platform, Gnowbe also launched the world’s first library of
micro-learning courses designed for mobile-first learning in
mid-2018. To learn something new or out-of-the-box
The Prime Issues in Current HR Technologies Solved by
Gnowbe
Despite the benefits of HR tech tools, So-Young Kang, the
Founder & CEO of Gnowbe , identified the associated
pitfalls in their implementation. She believes that HR
departments need to overcome psychological and economic
barriers before starting the digitization of the HR process.
According to her, to properly achieve positive results, the
current HR technologies consume a significant amount of
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