10 Practices for Building a Learning Organization: Certifications
Achieving certifications is not just a personal milestone — it’s a collective investment that strengthens the company’s competitiveness. Getting certified means deepening skills, validating them against recognized standards, and bringing real value to projects and teams. That’s why earning certifications is one of the ten practices Intré has embraced to become a Learning Organization — an environment where continuous learning drives professional growth and innovation.
In this article, I’ll explain why investing in certifications truly makes a difference, both for people and for organizations.
The 10 Practices of Intré’s Learning Organization
Intré’s Learning Organization model is a continuous work in progress, focused on skill development and the professional growth of its people. It fosters a collaborative learning environment through targeted practices, encouraging both individual and collective initiative to ensure continuous learning and active engagement across the organization. Intré’s current learning initiative is built around ten key practices:
- Guilds
- Camp
- Community
- Skill matrix
- Certifications
- Academy
- CoP I Wanna Be A Speaker
- Learning goals
- Classroom training
- Language courses
How does Intré support certifications? Why are they important? What types of certifications do we consider valuable? You’ll find all the answers in the following paragraphs.
Why Are Certifications Important for People and Companies?
Certifications matter because they provide tangible recognition of the skills and professionalism gained over time. They don’t just validate each individual’s level of expertise — they also foster a culture of trust and transparency within the company, encouraging continuous learning and improvement.
In a fast-evolving market like the one where Intré operates, earning a certification plays a double role. On one hand, it keeps curiosity alive by motivating people to master the latest technologies, frameworks, and methodologies. On the other hand, it helps the company pursue the technical excellence required to deliver high-quality software.
Moreover, Intré’s financial support for certifications shows a clear commitment to investing in the professional growth and competitiveness of its people.
How Does Intré Promote Certifications?
Intré makes a concrete investment in people’s professional growth, recognizing certifications as valuable tools for learning and validating skills.
Each person has an annual budget for training activities, including courses, workshops, conferences, Guilds, and book purchases. When it comes to certifications, the company’s commitment goes further:
- If the exam is passed, Intré covers the full cost without deducting from the individual’s budget.
- If the exam is not passed, only 50% of the cost is deducted from the personal budget, reducing the financial risk for those who choose to challenge themselves.
For certifications that require periodic paid renewals, people can request financial support from the company.
In this way, a Learning Organization like Intré makes certifications not only accessible but an integral part of a shared growth journey.
What Types of Certifications Do We Consider Valuable?
Intré started as a software house and is mostly made up of technical professionals such as software developers and UX designers. Naturally, certifications related to the most popular and recent technologies, front-end and back-end programming languages, and design techniques are highly valued—essentially, certifications that strengthen a person’s hard skills.
But there’s more.
While technical certifications prove mastery of tools, methodologies, and processes that meet current market demands and future challenges, Intré also recognizes the importance of certifications that assess soft skills such as leadership, problem solving, and teamwork. These help reinforce a culture of continuous improvement. This approach ensures that every training path becomes part of an ecosystem focused on growth and competitiveness, creating an environment where skill recognition translates into a strategic investment for the entire company.
Currently, Intré groups the most important certifications into four categories:
- Security: certifications valuable in cybersecurity to enhance our skills in preventing, detecting, and resolving cyber threats.
- Development & Infrastructure: includes certifications on programming languages and tools for virtualization and application deployment.
- Methodological: certifications on well-known work frameworks such as Scrum, SAFe, and others.
For more details on all the certifications we have earned so far, visit the dedicated page “Certifications and Recognitions“.
Conclusion
Investing in certifications is a cornerstone of Intré’s strategy. It’s not just about reaching a personal milestone but about building a shared path of continuous growth and improvement, where every validated skill strengthens the company’s identity and competitiveness. Certifications, covering both hard and soft skills, drive a Learning Organization capable of successfully facing the challenges of an ever-evolving market.