Get the strategy right before a screen is built.
Needs analysis, curriculum architecture and measurement frameworks before a single screen is built. We help you spend your learning budget on the problems that matter most.
Free: a 30-minute call to pressure-test your next learning investment before you commit.
Is training even the answer?
- A request for “a course on X” lands on your desk with no clear problem behind it.
- You have a big content library and no idea what’s working.
- Leadership asks what learning returns, and the answer is completions.
What changes
- Spend on the right problem: A clear diagnosis of the real performance gap and whether learning, tools or process will close it.
- A plan leadership backs: A prioritised, costed roadmap tied to business results, in language executives care about.
- Proof it’s working: A measurement framework that links learning to behaviour and results, with simple ways to collect the data.
What’s included
- Needs analysis: Interviews, data and observation to find the real performance gap and its causes.
- Curriculum architecture: A clear map of programmes, pathways and priorities for a role, team or organisation.
- Learning ecosystem review: An honest look at your platforms, content library and ways of working.
- Measurement framework: The measures that link learning to behaviour and business results.
- Roadmap: A sequenced, costed plan you can take to leadership.
Work we’ve done: Universal Music Group
A program designed to help Universal Music’s up-and-coming industry leaders manage and lead their internal teams, built around the real situations new managers face.
Who it suits
- You’re not sure training is the answer and want to find out.
- You have a lot of learning but no clear picture of what works.
- You need a plan leadership will back.
How it works
- Listen: Interviews with leaders, managers and learners, plus a look at your data and existing learning.
- Diagnose: We find the gap, its causes and what would move it, including what isn’t a learning problem.
- Design the plan: Curriculum architecture, priorities and a measurement framework.
- Present and hand over: A roadmap you can take to leadership, and an offer to help build any part of it.
Frequently asked questions
What is a learning needs analysis?
A learning needs analysis finds the gap between how people perform now and how they need to perform, works out why, and recommends whether learning, tools, process or something else will close it.
How long does a learning strategy take?
A focused needs analysis takes two to four weeks. An organisation-wide strategy and roadmap usually takes six to ten weeks.
Do we have to use Octivo to build what you recommend?
No. The roadmap is yours. Many clients build parts in-house and bring us in for the rest.
What does a learning roadmap include?
Priorities, programmes and pathways, the order to build them in, rough costs and timeframes, and how each one will be measured.
Can you review our LMS and content library?
Yes. A learning ecosystem review looks at your platform, content and ways of working, and tells you what to keep, fix or retire.
Do you work with government and education?
Yes. We work with corporate organisations, government departments, universities, TAFEs and other education providers.