Social learning

A social learning LMS that builds culture through connection

Thrive is a social learning management system that connects learning to conversation, collaboration and community so knowledge flows naturally across your organisation.

Trusted by the world’s leading brands
Use cases

How a social learning LMS builds a better culture from within

Create a central social feed where learning, updates and insights are shared openly across teams.

  • Deliver relevant content straight to personalised feeds

  • Encourage interaction through reactions and comments

  • Reinforce key messages with notifications that drive action

  • Keep learning part of everyday workflow, not separate from it
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Organise social learning within structured Spaces that bring teams, topics and best practice together.

  • Dedicated Spaces for departments, projects or shared interests

  • Combine discussion, content and resources in one place

  • Encourage collaboration across locations and roles

  • Stay structured while giving people the freedom to share
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Empower employees to share insight, experience and best practice through user-generated content.

  • Enable employees to upload and share knowledge quickly

  • Capture informal learning from subject matter experts

  • Encourage collaboration through discussion and feedback

  • Build a culture of continuous knowledge sharing
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Social LMS features built for collaboration at scale

Social learning works when knowledge flows naturally across teams. Thrive gives you the tools of a collaborative learning platform to structure, surface and scale peer-driven learning across the organisation.

Deliver personalised learning feeds that surface relevant content and conversations. Encourage interaction with reactions, comments and notifications that keep engagement high.

Create organised Spaces for teams and communities to share knowledge, so conversations stay easy to follow and open to everyone.

With integrated chat, teams can collaborate in real time and share knowledge while they're learning.

Help employees connect with new mentors, share knowledge and learn from experienced colleagues across the business.

Industries

A social learning platform for every industry

Connect distributed teams through shared knowledge

Support remote and hybrid software teams with social learning that keeps collaboration and knowledge sharing active.

  • Share product updates, technical insight and best practice through feeds

  • Encourage peer contribution across engineering and product teams

  • Keep remote and global teams working in sync

  • Use Spaces to organise knowledge by function or project
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Scale expertise across client teams

Enable consultants and advisors to share insight, case studies and practical knowledge across distributed teams.

  • Capture client experience through user-generated content

  • Use Spaces for sector, industry or practice groups

  • Encourage discussion that strengthens delivery quality

  • Maintain knowledge consistency across regions

Build culture in fast-growing environments

Support social learning across rapidly scaling organisations where teams work remotely or across locations.

  • Keep culture visible through shared learning and conversation

  • Encourage contribution and collaboration from day one

  • Surface relevant content automatically through feeds

  • Keep teams aligned as they grow quickly

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Trusted by teams like yours

Becky West
Learning & Development Partner
“I would definitely recommend Thrive to other organisations. All your learning is in one place and it’s incredibly social. It’s a place where your teams will want to go to learn.”
Alex Bailey
L&D Partner
"I would 100% recommend Thrive, they can't do enough for us which is great."
Ellie George
Learning and Development Manager
"Thrive has completely changed the way we do learning and development here. It’s made everything so much more engaging, way more accessible, and so much more effective with everything we roll out."
Billie Barnes
Global Head of Learning & Development
"Would I recommend Thrive to other organisations? A resounding yes. The relationship that your organisation will create with Thrive is like no other, and I truly, truly endorse it."
Gemma Islip
Head of Talent and Culture at Science Musuem Group
"The thing i love most about working with Thrive is that we can really see the impact it's having on our colleagues. It's really created excitement around learning, and it's happening a lot more frequently."

Frequently asked questions

What is a social learning platform?

A social learning platform is a system that enables employees to learn from each other through conversation, collaboration and shared experience. Unlike traditional training tools, a social learning LMS like Thrive connects social feeds, Spaces, chat and user-generated content to formal learning so knowledge flows naturally across the organisation.

What is the best social learning LMS?

The best social learning LMS platforms combine social feeds, collaborative Spaces, chat, user-generated content and peer learning with structured pathways and analytics. Thrive is rated highly on G2 and Capterra and is used by organisations like Vodafone, British Airways and IWG. Every social learning feature is included as standard.

What is a social learning management system?

A social learning management system is an LMS that integrates social features like feeds, Spaces, chat and peer content alongside structured learning. Thrive is a social learning management system that makes collaboration and knowledge sharing part of everyday work rather than something separate from formal development.

What are the leading learning management platforms with social learning features?

The leading learning management platforms with social learning features include tools like social feeds, collaborative Spaces, real time chat, user-generated content and peer reactions. Thrive combines all of these with structured pathways, AI-powered search and analytics so social learning is connected to measurable development.

How does an LMS improve social learning?

An LMS improves social learning by giving structure to peer collaboration. Instead of scattered conversations across email and chat tools, a social LMS like Thrive organises knowledge sharing into Spaces, connects it to learning feeds and makes it visible through analytics so you can measure the impact of peer-driven learning.

What social learning features does Thrive include?

Thrive includes social feeds, Spaces, chat, user-generated content, reactions, notifications, gamification and analytics as standard. Every feature supports a culture where learning happens through connection and collaboration, not just courses.