L&D professionals
Ready-to-run workshops and workbooks so you can deliver high-quality training to your teams.
The Skills for Success initiative, funded in part by the Government of Canada's Skills for Success Program, has developed resources to help Canadian workers thrive in a rapidly evolving economy. By focusing on Adaptability, Collaboration, and Creativity & Innovation, it gives people the tools to succeed in modern workplaces and navigate industry change.
As industries change with digital transformation, these three skills have become critical to success. The project aligns with Canada's vision of a skilled, inclusive and innovative workforce, so every worker is prepared for the future.
Three skills. Three free toolkits.
01
Adaptability
Resources to help workers embrace new technologies and respond effectively to change.
Open the toolkit 02Collaboration
Strategies and tools to enhance teamwork, communication and productivity.
Open the toolkit 03Creativity & Innovation
Techniques to encourage problem-solving and innovative thinking in any role.
Open the toolkitWhy it matters
Change is constant. These skills keep people ahead of it.
As industries change with digital transformation, adaptability, collaboration, and creativity and innovation have become critical to success. The project gives Canadian workers and the people who train them practical, accessible resources to build all three.
Learners
Skill development that is more accessible and tailored to what you need.
Academic institutions and researchers
Research and instructional design you can build into programmes and add to.
Under-represented groups
Resources that address the challenges diverse communities face, making growth more achievable for everyone.
By meeting the needs of these groups, the Skills for Success initiative helps all Canadians access the tools they need to succeed in today's economy.
Toolkit 01
Adaptability
The ability to achieve or adjust goals and behaviours when expected or unexpected change occurs.
The skill in two minutes
Research report
What the research says about training for this skill in the workplace.
Workshop deck
The full workshop for learning professionals, ready to adapt for your own sessions.
Participant workbook
The companion workbook for your skill-building interventions.
Workshop outputs
Ideas participants generated to build the skill at every level of an organization.
Toolkit 02
Collaboration
Your ability to contribute and support others to achieve a common goal.
The skill in two minutes
Research report
What the research says about training for this skill in the workplace.
Workshop deck
The full workshop for learning professionals, ready to adapt for your own sessions.
Participant workbook
The companion workbook for your skill-building interventions.
Workshop outputs
Ideas participants generated to build the skill at every level of an organization.
Toolkit 03
Creativity & Innovation
Your ability to imagine, develop, express, encourage and apply ideas in ways that are novel, unexpected, or challenge existing methods and norms.
The skill in two minutes
Research report
What the research says about training for this skill in the workplace.
Workshop deck
The full workshop for learning professionals, ready to adapt for your own sessions.
Participant workbook
The companion workbook for your skill-building interventions.
Workshop outputs
Ideas participants generated to build the skill at every level of an organization.
On demand
Insights from Canada's L&D survey.
Key findings from Canada's Learning and Development Industry Survey, conducted by a Concordia University research team led by I4PL Fellow Saul Carliner and funded by Employment and Social Development Canada.
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Preliminary Report of a Systematic Review of the Literature: How Employers Teach the Skills for Success of Adaptability, Collaboration, and Creativity-and-Innovation in the Workplace
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Canada's L&D Industry Survey: The Practices of External Learning and Development Providers
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Canada's L&D Industry Survey: The Practices of Internal Learning and Development Groups
About the project
Activating Skills for Success.
The Institute for Performance and Learning, in partnership with the Government of Canada's Skills for Success Program, developed these resources to equip Canadian workers with essential skills for today's economy. The project aligns with Canada's vision of a skilled, inclusive and innovative workforce.
Research
An in-depth study of how employers train adaptability, collaboration, and creativity and innovation in the workplace.
6 virtual workshops
February to April 2025, where learning professionals worked out how to build each skill across teams, individuals and leadership.
Hundreds took part
Learning and development professionals joined the sessions. Everything they produced is free and open to the public on this page.
About the Skills for Success Program Questions about the project