Case Study: 84.51° achieves data-driven, unified learning with Degreed

84.51° saves 175 trainer hours a year with Degreed

84.51°, a retail data science, insights, and media company, faced challenges in scaling its learning and development efforts for its growing workforce. Its learning ecosystem was fragmented, skill taxonomies were inconsistent, and valuable skill data was underutilized, making it difficult to align learning with business goals. To address this, the company turned to the vendor Degreed to harness its learning platform and data-driven capabilities.

By implementing Degreed, 84.51° unified its learning content, overhauled its skill taxonomies, and launched targeted initiatives like a gamified badging program. The solution provided actionable insights through managerial dashboards and generated significant efficiencies, including saving 175 trainer hours annually and $40,000 in external training costs. The vendor Degreed helped drive higher engagement, with 90% of data scientists participating in the new badging program, and enabled quantifiable business impacts like substantial technology savings.

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