About Yarno
Two mates, a chairlift, a big idea.
By co-founders Lachy Gray and Mark Eggers.
Ten years ago, we were on a chairlift in Japan, chatting about starting a company. We both felt learning in organisations could be delivered in a better way. We were motivated, naive, and in for a hell of a ride.
Back then, organisations told us two things: their people were disengaged, and tick-a-box training wasn't working. But when we suggested learning on mobile phones, most said no thanks. Funny how times change; now nobody can get off their phone!
We'd both spent years running and producing for digital agencies, so we knew how to build things people would actually use. We just didn't want to build another agency. Instead we envisioned a platform that could reach thousands of learners at once, and help make a difference to organisations around Australia.
So that's what we built: team-based microlearning, backed by learning science, delivered via a quiz format as friendly competition rather than another course to click through. No generic content libraries. No "one and done" compliance box-ticking. Just short, regular, well-designed learning that changes what people do on the job, and moves the metrics that matter, like sales, safety, and customer satisfaction. We also offer these learning design services via Yarno Studio, helping organisations make "have to" learning feel like "want to" learning, whatever the learning platform or delivery method.
A decade on, that idea from the chairlift has grown into an award-winning team supporting fantastic customers around Australia. Our mission hasn't changed: help organisations move their people beyond tick-the-box completion into real behaviour change, with learning that's actually embedded and reinforced, tied to the outcomes that matter to the business.
More recently, we've heard about a challenge some of our customers face: they need to prove their learners know something, to stay compliant, and they need clear records to show it. So we’re rolling out a new compliance feature – helping you prove they did. Compliance campaigns are built to answer one question instantly: who's compliant, who's due soon, and who's overdue, for every learner, at any point in time.
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Yarno celebrates 10 years!
Yarno co-founder and MD, Lachy Gray, shares Yarno's journey over the last decade. In June 2026, as part of our ten-year celebrations, the Yarno team took the opportunity to get together with our customers and partners who share the same vision - that workplace learning can be engaging!