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Health & Safety eLearning

Discover the benefits of eLearning for Health & Safety Compliance Training.
Cost-effective eLearning modules tailored for your workforce.

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Artificial Assistance

Check out our list of AI tools to help you improve your
content output!

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Where are the skilled employees?

If you’re still finding it really hard to hire skilled people,
do you know why that is? It might not be what you think.

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Artificial Intelligence

How we are adapting to AI at Optimism and boosting our
efficiency and capabilities.

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Key Benefits of eLearning

How eLearning can help your organisation, compared to
other traditional methods.

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Organisational Capability Framework

Develop a strong capability framework to drive business success

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Learning & Performance Management

Optimise Learning and Performance Management for Business Growth

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Effective L&D Strategy Framework

The process behind crafting an effective strategy framework

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Considering Digital Learning Solutions?

Harness digital learning to future-proof your workforce

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Building Capability in the Workplace

Capable and adaptable workforces are key to organisational success

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Effective Induction Programmes

The Importance of an Effective Induction Programme for New Staff

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Boost Workplace Performance

Are you focussing on performance improvement training?

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The Power of Custom eLearning

Is it time to consider a tailored approach to your workplace development?

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Kiwi Christmas Connections!

Find the connected categories to help Ollie decorate his tree!

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Elevate Team Spirit: 12 New Year Resolutions for a Learning-Centric Workplace

Foster collaboration, recognition, and growth in the year ahead

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Merry Seek-mas 2023!

Find the hidden Kiwiana essentials so the Opti-Kiwis can enjoy their Christmas get-together!

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Turn new employees into early ambassadors

Surprise and delight your new employees, and make them early ambassadors for your company.

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The Induction App - Self service out now!

Onboarding your employees has never been so easy.

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Artificial Assistance : The best AI tools '23

Check out these AI tools to improve your content output!

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Navigating business evolution: The power of adult learning

How workplace learning promotes business growth

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The best online translators

Awesome means the same thing in every language

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Ensuring worker safety in the construction sector of New Zealand

A critical lesson from recent events

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AI: Your content co-pilot

Supercharge your learning content creation with AI

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Hybrid hustle: Winning learning

Building a robust learning strategy in a hybrid business environment

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Learning and development: The key to employee retention?

Navigating the secular labour shortage and utilising L&D effectively to retain existing employees.

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The A.D.V.A.N.T.A.G.E Approach to Learning

Follow the ADVANTAGE approach for creating accessible and absorbable learning!

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Corporate training or talent draining

It's your decision, either invest in your workforce or witness a talent drought in your organisation.

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The great gloom

Employee happiness is at an all-time low. Find out which industries are hit the hardest and what you can do to mitigate worker woes.

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The price of neglect

Training your workers not only keeps them safe, but saves the country billions of dollars.

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Are you being stung by drip pricing?

And how is your business being impacted by it?

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Got a performance issue? Get your SKOM on!

Take a look at our SKOM diagram to assess what needs attention within your workforce to better improve performance.

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Benefits of Animation

The benefits of using animation within eLearning and how we utilise animation to captivate learners and simplify content.

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Making the most of video

Are you making the most of video for impactful learning? Why video is important for training your employees and how you can use it.

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Content ≠ Results

Content doesn't translate to results, why is that? Creating content for the sake of absorbable learning, not content for the sake of content.

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Where are the skilled employees hiding?

If you’re still finding it really hard to hire skilled people, do you know why that is? It might not be what you think.

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Is it taking too long for new people to become operationally competent?

Investing into your people, for mutual benefit.

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Is there a development pathway for that?

Mapping out the capabilities of your company's roles to design a development pathway for your employees

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Harnessing the power of AI

How we are using Artificial Intelligence to maximise efficiency and improve productivity

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Kiwi Christmas 2022

Meri Kirihimete!

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It's 2022!

What will 2022 bring for you?

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Protect Your Investment in New Talent

We know that the research shows the first three months for our new employees are critical.

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Get Strategic with Learning & Development

Do you need to address an area of learning and performance, but don’t know where to start?

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Reduce the Opportunity for Misconduct

How confident are you that everyone understands the company’s policies, and knows what is expected of them?

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EO Awards For Sussan

Sussan was super delighted to receive these awards from her entrepreneurial peers.

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The Case for Better Induction

Enhance your onboarding with better employee induction. Read more about the impact of effective employee induction on business performance.

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As a learner, which eLearning module would YOU rather be doing?

Develop more engaging eLearning with scenario-based learning. Talk to Optimism about how to get real results using this approach.

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How can L&D increase engagement?

Engagement means different things to different organisations or people but, above all, it comes down to people enjoying coming to work – and, as a result, contributing to high performing teams and stronger business results.

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Ask Optimism – What is scenario-based learning?

What is scenario-based learning and how can this improve your business performance? Find out more with Optimism.

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4 tactics to promote wellbeing through L&D

How often do your people switch off from the responsibilities of work? What’s their work life balance like? How’s their mental and physical health?

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How do I choose between bespoke & off-the-shelf eLearning?

Choosing between bespoke and off-the-shelf eLearning solutions is getting far harder, with off-the-shelf ones getting more tech savvy and certainly more widely spread.

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3 Tactics to Fight the ‘Forgetting Curve’ in L&D

You invest heavily in learning for your people; workshops, courses, eLearning and more. Your people give good feedback, say thanks for the lunch, score highly in the quiz...

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Is your L&D aligned to your strategic business goals?

When your L&D feels bitsy, fragmented, ad-hoc, or reactive, it can be hard to know how to get out of that cycle.

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Is it time to mobilise your people?

We’re all used to being able to find the information that we need within seconds and at the touch of a button.

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Why use eLearning for Health and Safety compliance training?

Discover the benefits of eLearning for Health & Safety Compliance Training. Cost-effective eLearning modules tailored for your workforce.

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Getting It Right From The Start

The word ‘guidance’ might be used in many contexts, but its meaning when it comes to safety is HUGE.

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Creating a Strong First Impression

Top tips on how to provide a great onboarding experience for your employees. Engage and boost productivity with expert induction strategies.

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What is espresso learning?

Join Louise as she gives you a snapshot of what micro/espresso learning is and what it can be used for.

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The Next Idea: Augmented Reality

Embrace the future with augmented reality. Discover the next big idea and unlock insights on AR's potential with Optimism.

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Demystifying mLearning

What is mLearning? Find out more about how mobile learning can benefit your company and help your employees enhance their performance.

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Prepare & Prevent instead of Repair & Repent

Find out more about the Health & Safety Work Act and the move towards "Prepare and Prevent".

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When is eLearning for Health & Safety a bad thing?

Watch out for these 5 common pitfalls when creating Health & Safety eLearning. Engage your employees in Health & Safety training for a safer workforce.

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NZATD Programme of the Year Runner-up 2016

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NZATD L&D Person of the Year 2016

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NZATD L&D Practitioner of the Year Award 2016

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Take a shot at espresso learning!

What is espresso learning? We break down information into small learning chunks and use learning activities to develop knowledge and fill skills gaps.

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Another award for Optimism

Optimism shines again with another award. Discover our award-winning insights and innovations.

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Optimism wins again 2016!

Optimism wins the Silver Award for Best Interactive Scenario at the LearnX Impact Awards in 2016.

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Optimism Wins At LearnX 2015

Partnering with Coastguard Boating Education, Optimism received the Silver Award for Best eLearning Development Company in the 2015 LearnX Impact Awards.

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Optimism Wins eLearnz Award

Optimism was awarded overall Winner of the eLearnz Award in New Zealand.

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So you think you’ve got it covered?

Is your company fully covered for Health & Safety? Discover comprehensive solutions and expert insights.

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Optimism Wins Again!

Victorious again - Optimism celebrates another triumph. Explore our award-winning insights and innovations at Optimism.

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Free 10-Minute Induction Review Checklist

Our free 10-minute induction review checklist will help you complete a quick check of your induction process to find any gaps in your current process.

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9 Key Benefits of eLearning

9 key benefits of eLearning and how this can help your organisation, compared to more traditional methods.

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It’s Online, but is it Learning?

Discover the three key aspects of effective eLearning. Elevate your understanding of impactful online learning.

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NZATD Industry Insight #2

At the NZATD Conference 2018, we asked "How do you currently measure the business impact of your learning initiatives?”

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NZATD Industry Insight #1

At the NZATD Conference 2018, we asked "What’s your top tip for ensuring business impact of your L&D initiatives?"

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NZATD Industry Insight #3

At the NZATD Conference 2018, we asked "Which technologies are you investing in, over the next 12 months?"

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NZATD Industry Insight #4

At the NZATD Conference 2018, we asked "Got an LMS? What's one thing you like about it, and one thing you don't?"

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NZATD Industry Insight #5

At the NZATD Conference 2018, we asked "Specifically, how do you keep your finger on the pulse of learning technologies?"

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Helping Cambodian women start and grow their own business

Optimism NZ is working with NGO Flame Cambodia to help the women in Cambodia’s slums to start and grow their own micro-businesses so that they can feed their families and communities.

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Why Careless Induction Is Costing You Millions!

Stop the cost of careless induction. Discover the impact of ineffective onboarding and uncover expert insights to enhance your employee induction process.

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Making induction easier for everyone

Simplify employee induction with the Induction App. Enhance onboarding and engage your team from day one.