The strategic directions really helped us define where we are now. We looked at the leading practices in learning and leadership development internationally. In North America, we met with leading private sector companies as well as other federal government departments and other governments to really try to grasp where learning was going.
One of the key conclusions of that study was that institutions that have centrally managed learning have a competitive edge, a stronger corporate culture, and actually have more retention and engagement within their organizations. So the move to become more centrally managed here in government was really influenced by the tendency of the corporate universities, for example, and a lot of the big private sector companies.