We're thrilled to share that The Regis Company has won three Gold Awards in the Brandon Hall Group 2025 Technology Excellence Awards. But beyond the excitement of the recognition itself, we want to talk about what these awards represent and why they matter for learning leaders navigating today's measurement challenges.
The awards span three categories: Best Advance in Gaming or Simulation Technology, Best Advance in Leadership Development Tools, and the newly created Best Skills Intelligence & Skills-Based Platforms category. That last one is significant. Brandon Hall Group introduced the Skills Intelligence category this year in recognition that technology designed to identify, validate, develop, and deploy skills has become mission-critical for enterprise organizations.
The Measurement Problem We're All Facing
If you're a CLO, you already know the pressure: prove that your learning investments actually change behavior on the job. Research shows that while 76% of organizations invest significantly in learning, only 40% can demonstrate that training translates to real-world performance. That gap isn't just a data problem, it's a credibility problem.
The issue? Most learning platforms track completions and quiz scores. Those metrics tell you who showed up and what they remember, but they don't tell you who can actually perform.
Practice Is the Missing Ingredient
As Eric Dingler, advisor to The Regis Company and former CLO at Deloitte, put it: "Completions and quiz scores measure participation and recall, not capability. Only by observing people apply skills in realistic scenarios can you capture the behavioral data that actually proves readiness."
That's exactly what SimGate was built to do. Our AI-powered simulations place learners in realistic business scenarios where they make decisions, navigate tradeoffs, and demonstrate capability, generating the kind of behavioral data that stands up in a board conversation.
Why Skills Intelligence Is the New Standard
The creation of the Skills Intelligence category reflects a broader shift in our industry. Organizations are moving away from course catalogs and toward skills-based talent strategies. They need technology that doesn't just develop skills but validates them at scale.
SimGate's recognition across all three categories reflects our unique position as the first platform purpose-built for both skills development and skills validation. We're not just helping people learn. We're helping organizations prove that learning works.
What's Next
This recognition is meaningful validation, but it's also fuel for what's ahead. We're continuing to invest in the capabilities that help CLOs answer the question that matters most: Are our people ready to perform?
Thank you to the Brandon Hall Group for this honor, and to every client and partner who has helped shape SimGate into what it is today.