Welcome to our brand-new blog series, What’s New from OpenSesame! Each month, we’ll provide you with a deep dive into the latest happenings at OpenSesame. From fresh courses and publishers to exciting product updates and customer spotlights, this series is your go-to resource for staying informed.
In this update, you’ll discover:
- The latest courses and publishers added to our growing catalog
- An exclusive spotlight on our featured publisher, Briefly
- Inspiring results from a customer success story with Corio Generation
- Exciting product updates, including the launch of OpenSesame Skills
- New course calendars to help you plan for 2025
Let’s dive in!
New courses and publishers
December was an exciting month for the OpenSesame catalog, with nearly 1,300 new courses added to OpenSesame Plus, expanding our reach across critical topics like leadership, compliance, and technology. Let’s spotlight our newest publishers, each bringing unique value to the OpenSesame platform:
- AchieveCE
AchieveCE is your go-to partner for professional continuing education, offering industry-leading courses that make certification renewal simple and efficient. From healthcare and pharmacy to finance, their compliance-driven content ensures your employees stay up to date with the latest regulations and requirements. Learn more about AchieveCE. - ClipTraining
ClipTraining excels in delivering concise, easy-to-follow video tutorials on essential workplace tools like Microsoft Office and Google Workspace. Perfect for upskilling your team, their focus on simplicity and real-world application makes learning accessible and engaging. Explore ClipTraining. - Thinking Heads
What sets Thinking Heads apart is their curated leadership content, featuring insights from world-renowned thought leaders, authors, and industry experts. These courses inspire critical thinking and leadership development, empowering your workforce to navigate challenges with confidence. Discover Thinking Heads. - Osmosis from Elsevier
A must-have for healthcare organizations, Elsevier delivers premium medical training content tailored to professionals and students. Their courses focus on critical clinical skills, wellness, and professional development, addressing the growing need for high-quality healthcare education. Check out Elsevier.
By bringing on these innovative publishers, we continue to strengthen our catalog and provide unmatched diversity in learning content to meet your training needs.
Meet our exclusive publisher, Briefly
This month, we’re excited to feature Briefly, our exclusive book summary publisher. Briefly transforms trending business books into bite-sized courses that fit seamlessly into your team’s busy schedules. Whether you’re commuting, working through lunch, or taking a quick break, Briefly helps learners extract actionable insights in record time.
Here’s a glimpse at some popular titles:
- Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport
- Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen
- Your Best Year Ever: A 5-Step Plan for Achieving Your Most Important Goals by Michael Hyatt
Explore the full Briefly library.
Customer spotlight: Corio Generation
Corio Generation, a leader in offshore wind energy, partnered with OpenSesame to implement a skills-based learning strategy that scaled across their global workforce. The results speak for themselves:
- 72 percent satisfaction score for learning and development, up from 46 percent in one year
- 97 percent of employees met their annual targets
- 95 percent completion rate for learning paths
Learn more about how Corio achieved success through OpenSesame in their customer story.
A game-changer: OpenSesame Skills
We’re excited to announce that OpenSesame Skills is now live in the Marketplace! This powerful feature allows customers to identify courses aligned with specific skill gaps, paving the way for skills-based learning programs. Key highlights include:
- Skills facets in all menu filters (embedded catalogs, too!)
- Skills details on course pages
- More than 80 percent of Plus courses are mapped to at least one skill
This launch represents a significant step forward in our mission to empower skills-driven learning for our customers.
2025 course calendars
Planning your organization’s training for 2025 just got easier! Our new course calendars cover a variety of topics, including:
- Leadership
- Compliance
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion observances
- Wellness
These calendars are designed to help you align learning goals with your organizational priorities. Download your course calendars today.
Upcoming webinar: Tools for Effective Conversations
Looking to improve communication across your organization? Don’t miss our upcoming webinar, Tools for Effective Conversations, where we’ll explore actionable strategies for fostering better dialogue in the workplace.
When: 15 January, 9 am PT 12 pm ET
Where: Online
During the webinar, you will:
- Identify types of conversations on the Controversy Scale to generate more effective dialogue and outcomes
- Identify key conflict hooks for individual and team reflection, shared language and competency building
- Understand how to use these tools when leading teams through difficult conversations and change
- Creating a shared language and framework for seeing conflict as natural and an opportunity for team growth and innovation
Looking ahead: All-company kickoff
This month, the OpenSesame team will gather for our annual all-company kickoff—we’ll be in San Diego this year. Not only is this an exciting time for us to reconnect as a broader team, the plans and insights developed during these sessions are all focused on one goal: becoming an even better collaborator for our partners and customers in 2025.
