WE ARE THE LEARNING AGENCY

​Part consultancy, part communications group, part service provider,
we specialize in the development of people — and organizations.

Empowered by the science of learning and development, our team
uses an approach steeped in research to create lasting change. 

VALUES

LEARNING IS POWER

​​For individuals, nations, 
and organizations, the best predictor of economic and social success is learning.

communication matters

We teach in order to understand. We learn in order to teach. To help our clients, we build the power of communication.
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the insight  code

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​Call it understanding, expertise, knowledge, or even just plain wisdom, our aim is to solve problems leveraging data and research.

MINICOURSE: LEARNinG TO LEARN

​We have developed one of the nation's first "learning to learn"
courses based on the science of learning. ​

For a limited time, we're offering a 70 percent discount.
​Pay only $60 for this exclusive online class.

Click here to enrolL today

SKILLS

Strategic Consulting and
development

We help individuals and organizations develop insights into pressing issues in learning, development, and training.

Learning Programs and 
WORKSHOPS

​We build high-quality programs and partnerships that improve the learning skills of individuals of any age.​

Targeted Communications and Research

​We help develop and share knowledge in ways that have a lasting and deep impact.​

learn HOW TO WRITE AN OP-ED

We have developed a free guide on writing any document that offers up an argument.

In this guide, we have outlined a helpful step-by-step formula on creating compelling op-eds, blogs, and columns.

Latest

CAMPAIGN SCIENCE OF LEARNING

Not nearly enough has been done to translate the science of learning. 

Consider the belief that people have specific learning styles. Psychologists have found no evidence to support this theory, but belief in the practice remains widespread. 

With the support of the Overdeck Foundation, we aim to change this fact, and have launched a campaign to elevate the science of learning. ​

TEACHER PANEL: USING CROWDSOURCING TO
UNDERSTAND EDUCATION

We have a unique panel of more than 800 educators
and ​have surveyed them to better understand everything from
machine learning to social and emotional learning.

We're now opening up the panel to other organizations.
Please reach out if you want to market-test ideas ​and
messages on this unique data set.

Featured Insights

PRACTICE DOESN’T MAKE PERFECT

Practicing the same activity repeatedly is not the best form of practice to get better at something. Here's why.

forget where you parked? Good

Forgetting is an opportunity to develop a better understanding of something.
​Here's why. 

cognitive science principles for math

A summation of the latest science of learning research in math. Read here.
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GUide  to  ONLINE Learning

WHAT WORKS IN ONLINE LEARNING

As part of the process of pulling together an online mini-course on “learning to learn,” we researched general aspects of effective online learning.

We looked at dozens of studies and interventions and share some of our conclusions in this blog post.

​We are a learning agency and we develop learning agency.

We help our clients gain skills and knowledge, giving them the tools to solve problems and develop new insights. ​​