AND Digital partners with HowNow to boost consultant capability

AND Digital has partnered with AI learning and upskilling company, HowNow. Key benefits to date include a 50% reduction in learning content curation time and an 80% reduction in L&D onboarding administration.

Tara Ryan-Tedford, learning and development lead at AND Digital, said, “HowNow has been the linchpin of this transition. By housing structured onboarding pathways and post-induction support in one accessible place, we’ve been able to move toward a self-serve, on-demand resource model. As an L&D team, this has also reduced our induction admin by 80%.”

HowNow is a learning platform that connects what people learn to the skills they need in the flow of work, with its technology aiding organisations in the development of the right skills to have a measurable business impact. One of the fastest-growing learning experience platforms in Europe, it is used by more than 10,000 teams, with customer brands including TomTom, Trainline, HotelPlan, Investec and the UK Government.

Headquartered in the UK with cross-functional teams in the Netherlands and US, AND Digital creates and delivers transformative digital experiences that drive competitive advantage and sustainable growth for its valued clients. The company employs 800 people, of whom 80% are client-facing consultants. The firm engaged HowNow in early 2023 to support future-ready upskilling and increase speed to competence for new hires. The company was also keen to centralise its knowledge into one engaging learning platform that would also empower employees to become internal content creators.

Three years post implementation, the partnership is delivering real business impact. By integrating LinkedIn Learning with HowNow, AND Digital has reduced L&D and subject matter expert curation time by around 50%. This has simplified the creation of practice-specific learning pathways, increasing efficiency and ensuring that learning content remains aligned to business priorities.

The AND Digital team has also reduced employee onboarding from a traditional week-long induction to a single, high-impact learning event. This represents an 80% L&D time-saving and enables new joiners to integrate faster, accelerating speed to competence.

Commenting on these significant time-savings, Nelson Sivalingam, Co-founder and CEO at HowNow, added, “The AND Digital team is committed to building consultant capability and future-ready skills, and we’re delighted to be supporting such a fantastic organisation. Our skills-first partnership is driving faster expansion and diversification of AND Digital’s consulting services and we’re thrilled to be supporting them on this critical journey.”