New York, NY (USA), November 2025 - Staffbase, the first AI-native employee experience platform, has announced a strategic partnership with Cornerstone, a leader in workforce agility solutions. The partnership aims to help organizations deliver essential training and development opportunities to their entire workforce, especially hard-to-reach frontline employees.
Non-desk workers represent a significant share of the workforce in sectors such as manufacturing, retail, healthcare, and transportation. Yet they often remain disconnected from corporate infrastructure like learning, compliance, performance and talent marketplace systems, while also facing higher turnover rates. As a result, companies see lower course completion rates, longer completion times, and less engagement in voluntary training among their frontline teams compared to their desk-based workforce. This gap represents a major challenge for companies striving to ensure compliance, upskill their workforce, and foster a culture of continuous learning and growth, while retaining frontline workers.
Bridging the learning gap between desk-based and frontline employees
Together, Staffbase and Cornerstone are tackling the frontline gap by integrating Cornerstone’s world-class training experiences and AI-powered content agents directly into the Staffbase Employee App – and through this, into the daily flow of work.
Dr. Martin Böhringer, CEO and co-founder of Staffbase, commented: "Frontline employees have long been underserved when it comes to access to training and development. Our partnership with Cornerstone changes that. By combining Cornerstone’s powerful workforce agility platform with Staffbase’s AI-native employee experience platform, we’re transforming how employees everywhere connect with corporate knowledge, skill development, and internal career opportunities."
"This integration with Staffbase furthers Cornerstone’s mission to power the potential of organizations and their people by supporting and meeting employees where they are," said Anna Goldberg, AVP, Product Management, Cornerstone.
Starting 2026, over 100 shared customers of Staffbase and Cornerstone can benefit from a seamless learning experience for their frontline workforce.
DHL Group, a major joint customer of Staffbase and Cornerstone, will benefit from the partnership’s ability to enhance workforce agility across its global operations. "Together, Staffbase and Cornerstone are bridging the last mile – making comms, learning, and engagement accessible at the fingertips of over 600,000 office and frontline colleagues at DHL." says Frank Schmalfeldt, Vice President Employee Experience at DHL Group.
