David George, lead project management trainer at the learning and development consultancy, Explosive Learning Solutions (ELS), will be a key speaker at a STEM project management conference being held in Harwell, Oxfordshire, on 29th November. STEM – an acronym covering the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics – is a curriculum based on [...]
In a week when The Observer reported that the Bank of England predicts that up to 75,000 jobs could be lost in the financial services sector following Brexit, and The Daily Telegraph reported that The Study for the National Institute Economic Review suggests that UK families face hikes of up to £930 in their annual shopping [...]
Marc Waterman, of Explosive Learning Solutions. Cath Convery, of Explosive Learning Solutions. The learning and development consultancy, Explosive Learning Solutions (ELS), is helping former members of the armed forces to transition successfully to civilian life. Cath Convery, ELS’s Head of Learning, explained, “Our Armed Forces fulfil the Government’s commitment to [...]
A creative consultant and storyteller, Ian Sanders is the author of four books on work and business. Talking about presentations recently to FT|IE Corporate Learning Alliance - a joint venture of the Financial Times and IE Business School, formed in 2015 in response to growing calls for more flexible, practical, relevant and timely corporate learning [...]
The learning and development (L&D) consultancy, Explosive Learning Solutions (ELS) is about to train its 1,000th person in effective project management techniques. Since ELS’s inception just over ten years ago, it has been running regular PRojects IN Controlled Environments (PRINCE2®) courses - a globally recognised, process-based, method for effective project management. PRINCE2® is the [...]
A programme from Financial Times | IE Business School Corporate Learning Alliance has been named on the shortlist for one of this year’s Learning Technologies Awards. It’s the first time that this corporate learning provider, formed almost three years ago, has entered these Awards. Its programme has been shortlisted for the Learning Technologies Awards [...]
The learning and development consultancy Explosive Learning Solutions (ELS) is conducting a contract liability programme for the Defence Academy of the UK. One of the Academy’s range of business skills courses, and intended for Commercial Officers or their equivalents who are in posts that require the ability to review, analyse, negotiate or accept requests [...]
The learning and development (L&D) consultancy, Explosive Learning Solutions (ELS) has updated its website. Combining increased user-friendliness with accessibility of information, the new website contains refreshed and clarified content - notably about ELS’s growing range of courses. In addition, for the first time, the website also allows users to book and buy courses [...]
Cath Convery, of the learning and development consultancy Explosive Learning Solutions (ELS), will be explaining the ‘Better Business Cases™’ model at Project Challenge. Project Challenge, scheduled for 10th and 11th October at London’s Olympia, is an event that focuses on anything and everything related to ‘projects’. Cath explained, “Better Business Cases™ is a [...]
Organisations that want to protect their market position, reduce project risk and/or increase profit margins are being drawn to ‘Commercial Awareness’. Commercial Awareness is a recent addition to the portfolio of courses from the learning and development consultancy, Explosive Learning Solutions (ELS). Explaining that the course applies management theory in a broad, commercial context, [...]
