The Movate Academy: Reskilling amidst the tech disruption

Thriving in today’s evolving landscape means reskilling is imperative as AI gets integrated into every facet of business. Adaptive intelligence or the “adaptability factor” becomes indispensable as acquiring new skills becomes the lifeline at a time when AI tools are gradually integrated into daily processes with confidence. In the new future of work, the mindset of lifelong learning will be the norm as tech-literacy and socio-emotional capabilities gain importance amidst advances in automation and AI.

According to a Gartner survey, 85% of business leaders believe that AI and digital trends will significantly increase the need for skills development over the next three years. This underscores the importance of continuous learning and skills development. Organizations are focusing on upskilling and reskilling their workforce to keep pace with AI advancements and prioritizing business outcomes over mere knowledge gain, fostering a growth mindset, and emphasizing skills-based agility. These principles aim to align learning practices with the dynamic needs of modern businesses in the AI era.

Employers will zoom in on specific and niche skills for hiring talent instead of the traditional academic qualifications. Bridging the skills gap via internal mobility plans to transition employees into apt roles that match their skills—A perfect match between talent and capabilities (via AI-driven insights) boosts engagement levels at work. In today’s AI-human hybrid workplace, getting the optimal combination between machines and people matters.

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Advancements in automation, AI, and digital transformation are reshaping job roles and creating new demands for skills amidst the relentless strides in innovation.

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Against the backdrop of these developments, the Movate Academy, the centralized Learning & Development function of Movate Technologies is empowering employees and helping enterprises stay future-ready.

Movate Academy strives to build future-ready capabilities by empowering employees for lifelong learning, skill advancement & cultivating a talent pool of skilled professionals. Enter a new phase of upskilling, cross-skilling & reskilling via a portfolio of offerings tailored to suit Movators at every level and stage of their careers.

Here’s a look into the portfolio of offerings under the Movate Academy.

• iQualify is Movate’s AI-driven online assessment engine designed to identify and qualify the best-fit personas through Movate’s Campus to Career (C2C) talent pool creation program.

• New Project Transition Training (NPTT) for teams is a consultative training practice for new clients and projects. This program by Movate ensures seamless knowledge acquisition, transfer, and application, resulting in a “start green” go-live from Day 1 of operations.

• Movate’s iLearn is a structured, business unit-specific, and geographically tailored new hire onboarding training program designed to enhance the role-specific competencies of incoming talent.

• Individual Development Programs (IDP) are monthly calendar programs to upskill employees in soft skills, and behavioral, technical & functional competencies required to efficiently perform their roles.

• Elite is Movate’s leadership excellence program to foster the next generation of in-house leaders through a cohesive and immersive training experience.

• Movate’s iTrain is a three-phase trainer development and certification program designed to enhance the functional capabilities of trainers to ensure uniformity and consistency in training delivery & assessment methodology. This program is aligned with ATD (Association for Talent Development).

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Organizations can consider effective reskilling strategies such as personalized training programs for individual learning styles, facilitating knowledge transfer via mentorship, and flexible formats (for different schedules and preferences) such as online courses and workshops.

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• iPractice is the AI-enabled Coaching platform by Movate for on-demand coaching and real-to-life simulations that fast-track agent learning. AI Coach to track agent progress over time delivering automated coaching sessions on the developmental areas

• iAuthor is Movate’s AI-powered framework for rapid content development, enabling users to create, customize, and optimize training materials by simplifying the instructional design process through intelligent automation.

• iLead is a first-time lead training program that focuses on self, people & performance management anchored in Movate’s core values & a people philosophy framework.

• iManage is a first-time managers program. This is Movate’s flagship workshop and certification for holistic grooming of project managers across key functional competencies including metrics, operations, performance, stakeholder, and P&L management.

• iInnovate is a Great Manager Certification Program that focuses on transforming the middle management workforce through a “connect, develop, and inspire” philosophy model.

• iResolve is Movate’s simulated training/sandbox environment, which helps in honing employees’ tool knowledge, process mastery & performance through experiential learning that leads to improved speed to proficiency.

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Gartner’s “6 Digital Workplace Trends” report advises employees and leaders to dramatically increase the pace of upskilling and reskilling amid high executive expectations for productivity gains and work improvements.

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• iAccelerate is Movate’s career portal that democratizes continuous learning and career development with curated career tracks & learning journeys for career progression & growth.

Professionals who continually learn and reskill themselves are the ones who inherit the future in an evolving tech landscape with its market dynamics. Through Movate Academy, learning takes on a whole new dimension to help Movators  and aspiring professionals to advance their learning curves.

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