We’re thrilled to share that Growing Excellent Managers - our sim-game collaboration with Marks & Spencer - won Best Digital Learning and picked up an Award of Merit in Management & Leadership at this year’s Learning Excellence Awards.
Designed to develop the people skills of 5,000 M&S managers worldwide, this programme shows how game-based learning can foster real growth in leadership. More about our work with M&S here.
How do you turn mandatory Health & Safety training into something people actually want to do?
In the first episode of our new podcast series, our founder - David Squire - and Simon Head - Head of International Health & Safety at Fujitsu - discuss how they reimagined Fujitsu's traditional training using game-based learning.
Desq recently partnered with Center Parcs on a discovery project to explore how the onboarding experience for new starters could be enhanced.
It was a pleasure working alongside the team to understand what makes the Center Parcs culture unique and identify opportunities to strengthen those important first days and weeks for new colleagues.
After joining Dr Philippa Hardman’s AI & Learning Design Bootcamp, our Head of Learning has been applying new techniques across our projects. From sharper task design to thoughtful use of AI during content development, it’s reshaping how we think about learning. Read Laura's key takeaways from bootcamp here.
Building social connection in digital learning - In honour of this year's Learning at Work week theme 'Get Connected', we pulled together 5 simple, low-investment ways to build social connection into your next digital learning project.
Back to the future - In his recent article, our founder unearths a pioneering KS2 literacy game we created back in 2003 for Oxford University Press.
On air - Our Head of Learning joined the Women Talking About Learning podcast to share insights on creative learning design.
Five years on from COVID - In a recent blog post, we revisit our immersive training work with Somerset Council and how it helped equip professionals to respond to domestic abuse during - and beyond - the pandemic.