Free Online Course

Learn the Foundations of Effective Organizational Capability Building

How to define, assess and build organizational capability to ensure you link learning to performance.

Course Instructors:

Blake Proberts

Co-Founder & CEO at Acorn

Ben Satchwell

Head of Capabilities at Acorn

What you’ll learn:

Capability building

Duration:

2.5 hours

Commitment:

1 hour per week

Format:

Online, self-paced

Course overview

Capability Building Fundamentals is an online course tailored to help you unlock the secrets of effective organizational capability building. This course focuses on teaching the foundational concepts of capability building, providing you with the tools and techniques necessary to deliver award-winning capability building programs and transformations.

Through a combination of expert-led lectures, engaging exercises, and real-world case studies, you’ll gain a deep understanding of the methods behind successful capability building.

Understand how to discover, define and assess core capabilities
Learn the challenges, impacts and activities of capability building
Master the methods to track progress, re-assess and report effectively

What you’ll learn

Capability Discovery

Learn the tactics to quickly understand the maturity of your capability building today, how to engage leadership on the journey, what defined capabilities you have and where to get a library of defined capabilities for future use.

Capability Assessment

Receive tactical elements of capability gap analysis and the context behind it. We tie it all up with information on how to analyze and review your findings.

Capability Building

Unpack the biggest challenges to building capabilities that drive business performance, step-by-step guide on creating an action plan and methods available for building organizational capability.

Course content

Introduction to the course and facilitator

3:00

Preview

How mature is my capability-building function?

9:30

How to engage leadership

5:30

What are our defined capabilities?

14:00

Understanding the capability gap

10:30

The biggest challenges in building institutional capabilities

33:30

Prioritize and create an action plan

27:00

What actions can I take to build organizational capability?

36:00

Track progress and follow up

7:30

Course wrap up and what next?

4:00

Instructor

Meet Blake Proberts,

course creator, facilitator, and Co-Founder, CEO of Acorn

“I believe it’s never too late to master a new skill or that an organization is too busy to invest in their people, which is why L&D linked to performance is exactly what we do both in practice and as a service at Acorn.

“Some of our achievements include leading my team through Acorn’s implementation in 70 Federal Government agencies, the creation of shared services platform Learnhub, and two new SaaS products.

“So, why this course? At the time of writing, we have a capability-building feature that is the only digitized, AI-enabled, capability-building product on the market. This has given me first-hand experience in seeing how to enable capability building across many organizations.”

Instructor

Meet Ben Satchwell,

course co-creator, facilitator, and Acorn’s Head of Capabilities

“I feel fortunate to have worked for companies like CEB (who you may know as the originators of the HIPO research and the HR Leadership Council), Gartner, and now Acorn. All companies that have been actively enabling capability building in organizations.

“Working at these organizations, I feel like I got the cheat code or a mini-MBA in capability building for our customers, and I am grateful to have the opportunity to share my learning supplemented by research on leading thinking.

“I am a big believer in giving back to an industry that has given me so much. All in, the creation of this course with my wider team took 7 months from start to finish. The fact we are in a position to make this available for free makes me super proud.”

General FAQ

How much does the course cost?

Free. This is our way of giving back to the industry that has given us so much.

What are the prerequisites or qualifications required to enroll in the course?

To get the most out of this course, it’s recommended that participants have a basic understanding of organizational development and learning theories. However, no prior knowledge of capability building is required. We figure since you likely work in OD, L&D, HR or talent development, this course will be a good one for you.

What type of job role is this course created for?

All seniority levels for: Organizational Development, Human Resources (HR), Learning & Development (L&D), Talent Capability Development, People Capability, Organizational Effectiveness, and Competence Development.

Is the course self-paced, or are there scheduled live sessions and assignments?

The course is completely self-paced.

Can I interact with instructors and other students, and what are the available communication channels?

You can find our instructors on LinkedIn. Follow Acorn to stay updated on events and connect with other professionals!

You made it this far, so why enroll?

Take the stress out of capability building, with a full step-by-step roadmap.

Course Instructors