Social learning

Social learning that drives connection and development

Turn everyday knowledge sharing into structured, scalable social learning. Thrive is a social learning platform that brings social feeds, chat, Spaces and user-generated content together to help teams learn from each other, wherever they work.

Use cases

A better culture built 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
Community Justice Scotland employee browsing Thrive LMS on mobile

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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Features built for scalable social learning

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.

Allow employees to create and share content that reflects real experience, so valuable knowledge is captured and shared across the business.

Industries

Social learning designed to connect teams across 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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Why teams choose Thrive

Alex Bailey
L&D Partner
"I would 100% recommend Thrive, they can't do enough for us which is great."
Billie Barnes
Project Lead
"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."
Wendy Elliot
Learning & Development Manager
"We've had people saying, "we should have done this years ago. This is the best thing Elior has launched in some time". The engagment levels tell me all i need to know; it's been incredibly well-recived."
Mark Born
Head of the AA Diriving Instructor Training Academy
"We would absolutely reccommend using Thrive. It's not just about the platform, it's also the people behind it."

Frequently asked questions

What is social learning?

Social learning is the process of learning through collaboration, discussion and shared knowledge. Social learning software enables employees to learn from peers, share expertise and reinforce skills in real time within a structured digital environment.

Why is social learning important?

Social learning increases engagement, strengthens collaboration and helps organisations capture internal expertise. A social learning platform supports faster knowledge transfer and builds a culture of continuous improvement at scale.

How does Thrive support social learning?

Thrive is social learning software that combines personalised feeds, Spaces, chat and user-generated content to create a structured and scalable social learning experience. Employees can share insight, react, comment and stay connected through notifications.

Can social learning work for remote teams?

Yes. Social learning software supports distributed teams with real-time chat, personalised feeds and structured communities that keep knowledge flowing across locations.

How can we encourage employees to share knowledge?

Thrive makes knowledge sharing simple through user-generated content, reactions and discussion tools. Structured Spaces and notifications within the social learning platform help maintain visibility, participation and ongoing contribution.