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Learning Pool wins Silver at Brandon Hall Awards for Adaptive Compliance

Written by Courtney Sander | Dec 5, 2025 2:34:02 PM

Learning Pool is proud to announce that we’ve been awarded SILVER in the 2025 Brandon Hall Excellence in Technology Awards, recognizing our Adaptive Compliance solution in the category Best Advance in Learning Management Technology for Compliance Training.

This win affirms what compliance leaders already know: training must be relevant, defensible, data-rich, and built for how people actually make decisions under pressure.

 

Why this win matters for the industry

Ethics and compliance teams are under unprecedented pressure to demonstrate effectiveness, not just completions, and to prove programs deliver cultural, operational, and business value. Modern programs must show:

  • Are employees prepared to act ethically in high-risk moments?
  • Where are misconceptions or microcultures introducing risk?
  • Can training outcomes withstand regulatory scrutiny?
  • What is the ROI of training?

The judges recognized Adaptive Compliance because it directly addresses gaps with:

True real-time adaptivity

Training automatically adjusts based on learner performance — not demographics or branching alone — ensuring 100% proficiency while reducing fatigue.

Intelligent Experiences (Recertification + Learning Paths)

A breakthrough model that reduces refresher time by 10–20% while maintaining mastery, and personalizes future learning based on prior performance.

Predictive behavioral insights, not just completions

IQ Analytics reveals proficiency, confidence, misconceptions, and microcultural trends — linking training to real-world behavior and risk.

Operational efficiency at global scale

Multicourse packaging replaces dozens of static SCORM files with one package, enabling automatic jurisdictional routing for regulations like CA harassment laws.

Direct alignment with DOJ expectations

Adaptive Compliance maps to all five of DOJ’s core evaluation areas — including effectiveness, remediation, availability of guidance, and role/jurisdiction-specific delivery.

Taken together, this award recognizes Adaptive Compliance as a modern, evidence-based approach to compliance training — one that delivers the defensible outcomes regulators, boards, and CEOs expect.

Adam Thompson, Chief Product Officer said, “This award is the result of deep partnership with customers who needed a solution that is globally scalable, defensible, and adaptive in real time. We’re honored to see their challenges reflected in this recognition.”

Recognized for measurable global impact

Brandon Hall’s scoring places heavy emphasis on quantifiable results — and Adaptive Compliance delivers:

  • 40–50% seat-time reduction for many organizations (validated across case studies)
  • An additional 10–20% cut for refresher programs using Intelligent Experiences
  • A Fortune 500 company saving 16,469 hours and over $500,000 annually
  • Another organization saving 500,000+ employee hours and earning Gold & Silver awards
  • A global enterprise using 100+ custom dashboards to drive local ownership and global oversight
  • 87% of employees reporting training is directly relevant to their job
  • Same-day course updates via Adaptive Authoring (vs 3–5 weeks with competitors)

These outcomes demonstrate the ROI Brandon Hall highlights: efficiency + effectiveness + defensibility.

Harper Wells—Chief Compliance Officer commented. “Adaptive Compliance was built for a reality compliance leaders know well: completions alone don’t demonstrate effectiveness. This recognition affirms the need for behavioral evidence, scenario-based proficiency, and insights that truly map to the DOJ’s expectations.”

A solution built for modern compliance realities

Adaptive Compliance was purpose-built for ethics and compliance teams — not repurposed from generic learning tools. It unifies:

  • adaptive learning
  • Intelligent Recertification
  • Intelligent Learning Paths
  • adaptive authoring
  • multicourse packaging
  • predictive analytics (IQ Analytics)

…into one connected ecosystem.

Compliance teams get a training model that’s easy to deploy, globally scalable, risk-aligned, and grounded in behavioral evidence. And because Adaptive Compliance is platform-agnostic, organizations can use it on any LMS — no rip-and-replace required.

Learn more about Adaptive Compliance and see how it transforms training.

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