Case Study: Nikola achieves scalable, multilingual training and a 2-point employee engagement boost with OpenSesame

Nikola teams up with OpenSesame to power their L&D

Nikola, an American maker of alternative-energy commercial vehicles, faced rapid growth—from about 300 employees in 2021 to 1,500—and a highly diverse, global workforce with widely varying learning needs. With one primary L&D lead, the company needed scalable, multilingual, mobile-friendly training that covered compliance, frontline manufacturing skills, and leadership development while giving employees clear progress tracking and measurable satisfaction.

OpenSesame provided a broad course library and a dedicated customer success manager to help select, integrate, and scale programs into Nikola’s LMS, enabling Day‑1 onboarding, dashboards, and 5‑point learner ratings. More than 90% of Nikola’s content now comes from OpenSesame, yielding over 20,000 training events in 12 months (≈10 courses per employee), multilingual and mobile access, demonstrable progress tracking, and a 2‑point increase in employee engagement and experience scores.

Nikola

Robin Deibis

Director of Employee Relations