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Acorn is the skills and development platform. It makes skills visible, closes the gaps that matter, and proves that development is working. Acorn maps the skills each role requires, shows where every person stands against them, and captures evidence of skills in action drawn from real work, so leaders can answer who is ready, for what, and what to do next. 

A learning platform delivers training and tracks who took it. Acorn starts a step earlier, with the skills each role requires and where each person actually stands against them, in order to close that gap through development. Acorn includes full learning management, so learning sits inside the same platform as the skills it is meant to build, rather than being tracked separately from them. 

Acorn measures against what the role requires to deliver business strategy. Every role in Acorn has the skills it needs mapped to it, with defined proficiency levels, so an assessment gives you a specific answer: this person is here, the role needs them there. As people take on assignments, deliver work, and mentor others, that gets assessed too, so the picture builds from what someone has actually done. 

Acorn starts from what the business is trying to do. The outcomes the organization is trying to hit set which skills matter, roles carry those skills, and development is built against them. That makes readiness visible to the business: which skills people can demonstrate today, and who is ready for what comes next. 

Acorn sits alongside your HRIS rather than replacing it. Your HR system stays the record of who works here and what they’re paid; Acorn is where skills are built and evidence. If you already have an LMS, you can replace it or run Acorn alongside it. Already invested in a skills tool? You have the map, and Acorn is the layer that acts on it. 

Acorn is built for mid-sized and growing organizations that need the outcomes of an enterprise talent platform without the complexity and cost of implementing one. Acorn customers span government, regulated industry, healthcare, energy, higher education, and professional services, and Acorn is the top trending product in G2’s Skills Management category.