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Building a Workforce for Tomorrow: How Brillio’s Learning Transformation Drives Career Growth

Brillio’s Learning & Development (L&D) team crafted a comprehensive employee development strategy rooted in its people-centric initiative.
Building a Workforce for Tomorrow: How Brillio’s Learning Transformation Drives Career Growth

With digital transformation reshaping industries, organisations must go beyond adapting—they must build resilience and future-ready skills. Employees need access to tools and learning resources that empower them to innovate, solve complex problems, and lead confidently into the future.

To meet the challenges of a rapidly evolving digital landscape, Brillio developed a learning strategy that integrates career development with business success. Brillio’s partnership with Skillsoft offers a compelling example of how strategic learning and development (L&D) initiatives can drive both individual and organisational growth. This journey showcases how learning becomes a business enabler when aligned with company goals.

This case study is part of the Skill Shift Series, highlighting transformative learning strategies that help organisations meet the demands of the digital economy.

Strategic Vision: Accelerating Employee Growth Through Learning

To build a future-ready workforce equipped with cutting-edge skills, Brillio’s Learning & Development (L&D) team developed a comprehensive employee development strategy centred on its people-focused initiative, “Accelerate You.”

The strategy focuses on enabling employees with tailored learning experiences that fuel both personal and professional development.

Speaking about the program’s vision, Lekha Palakkot, Director of Learning and Development - Brillio Academy, shared, “Our goal is to empower employees by equipping them with tools, frameworks, and tailored learning paths that enable career progression. It’s not just about professional development—it’s about accelerating individual growth.”

Recognising the need for scalable and personalised learning solutions, Brillio partnered with Skillsoft to align its learning strategy with business objectives, leveraging Skillsoft’s powerful learning platform.

How Brillio Built a Learning-First Culture

At the heart of Brillio’s learning strategy is its proprietary “CareerNXT” framework—a transparent career development model that helps employees assess their current skills, identify gaps, and map personalised learning paths toward their desired roles.

For example, a software developer can view the skills required for both current and future roles, including lateral career shifts to roles in HR or testing. The framework also facilitates meaningful conversations between employees and managers, resulting in customised Individual Development Plans (IDPs).

Yet, like any large organisation, Brillio faced challenges in implementing its learning framework. Balancing learning with job responsibilities required sustained engagement efforts. To counteract it, the team continuously promoted self-driven learning while ensuring employees recognised the long-term value of upskilling. Similarly, to keep learning content up-to-date, Brillio turned to Skillsoft’s robust content library and dynamic updates, which enabled the company to stay ahead of industry trends by seamlessly integrating relevant courses.

The L&D team collaborated closely with employees, leveraging Skillsoft’s curated learning paths, simulations, and certifications to ensure every learning journey is relevant and impactful.

Skillsoft’s Role in Enabling Personalised Learning

Skillsoft’s advanced simulation-based learning and diverse content formats have been instrumental in enhancing Brillio’s learner experience. “Our focus has always been on delivering an exceptional learner experience. Skillsoft's engaging, high-quality content makes learning more accessible, structured, and impactful, ” noted Palakkot.

This learner-first approach ensured that employees prefer Skillsoft’s platform over open-source alternatives like YouTube, thanks to its curated, personalised, and business-aligned learning journeys.

Driving Results through Key Metrics and Business Impact

Brillio tracks key learning and business outcomes through customised metrics, including:

  • Engineering Excellence Metrics: Foundational skills such as secure coding, software testing, and cloud computing.
  • Business Impact Metrics: Productivity, sprint velocity, and reduced project risks.

These metrics reflected the practical impact of Brillio’s L&D initiatives, highlighting improvements in project delivery speed, quality assurance, and learning adoption rates.

One standout initiative, “Engineering Excellence,” strengthened Brillio’s core engineering capabilities by focusing on programming fundamentals, reasoning skills, and secure coding. The initiative, developed in collaboration with Skillsoft, led to notable improvements, including:

  • Project Delivery Speed: A 15% improvement in sprint delivery timelines.
  • Quality Assurance Metrics: Enhanced project quality through better coding and testing standards.
  • Learning Adoption Rates: A 20% increase in course completion within six months.

Employees’ Feedback on Embracing Career Development

The positive results from Brillio’s initiatives were echoed in employee feedback, demonstrating how effective learning can foster personal and professional growth. Through the internal survey, employees appreciated the transparent, bias-free learning system that empowers them to take charge of their development.

“The CareerNXT framework clearly outlines what’s needed for career progression. It removes ambiguity and fosters a culture of self-driven growth,” Palakkot reflected.

Brillio’s learning transformation has not only driven engagement but also positioned the company as a future-ready organisation. Its strategic approach earned it the “Debut of the Year” award at the 2024 Skillsoft India Customer Awards, recognising its remarkable journey towards workforce development and innovation.

Looking forward, Brillio is committed to scaling its learning programs, ensuring continued skill relevance and career development for its workforce. Its partnership with Skillsoft will remain central to this mission, enabling a future-ready, growth-focused talent strategy.

Stay tuned for more stories in the “Skill Shift Series,” where Skillsoft and People Matters explore how companies are redefining learning to bridge the skills gap and drive business impact.

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