In this episode of 5cast, Corey Mitchell is joined by Philip Huthwaite to answer a simple but important question: what is Helix, and who is it really for?

Helix is 5App’s AI Skills Intelligence platform. It sits above learning and measures how skills show up in real work. Instead of focusing on course completions, satisfaction scores or post-event surveys, Helix analyses real workplace communication to provide visibility into behavioural change and skill development over time. It is designed to answer the question organisations keep asking: is our learning investment actually improving performance?

Building on recent episodes about wasted L&D spend and the pressure on learning partners to prove impact, Philip explains the two routes into Helix:

• The direct route, where HR and L&D leaders work with 5App to embed their own competency frameworks into Helix and gain organisation-wide visibility of skill growth.
• The partner route, where coaches, training providers, content companies and learning technology providers use Helix as an AI skills intelligence layer within their own ecosystem to evidence impact and differentiate in the market.

You will hear how the technology is the same in both cases, but the relationship and go to market model differ. You will also hear why Helix is not built for organisations that only care about content consumption, but for those serious about understanding what is changing in day to day work.

If you are trying to move from activity metrics to real impact, or you want to make your learning offer stand out in a crowded market, this episode makes it clear where Helix fits and how it works.