1、12Table of contentsExecutive summary 3Inside corporate L&D:Ownership,budgets,and metrics 4 Who owns L&D initiatives in companies?L&D spending trends:How training budgets have evolved L&D ROI:Measuring success and business alignment Year-over-year training satisfaction:Benchmark data The business cas
2、e for L&D:A proven retention driverWhy L&D gets stuck:Systemic,strategic,and everyday barriers 9 Real-world barriers for L&D teams How L&D challenges have shifted over time How employee learning challenges are evolving The underlying blockers:Heavy workloads,fragmented focus,and dated learning minds
3、et Shared frustrations:When development is a luxuryThemultitaskingredflag:Whenlearninglosesfocus Perception divide:Training satisfaction and AI learning support gap10 data-backed interventions to turn learning into a growth engine 18Workforce readiness:Navigating skill gaps and future priorities 20
4、Mapping the shifting skills gap Inside the new playbook for closing skills gaps How employees build skills today Emerging skill priorities for 2026 The rise of the skills-based organizationL&D in the age of AI:Design,deployment and dilemmas 24 Future of talent managementRedefiningrolesandresponsibil
5、itiesPoweredbyAI:Learningintheflowofwork AI skepticism,blind spots,and emerging challenges AI training:Between promise and perilThe anatomy of workplace learning:From training to trajectory 28 Did employees receive enough training?Types of training employees received Internal mobility:Training build
6、s skills,but mobility builds futuresConclusion 313 macro trends shaping the next era of L&D 32About this research 343Executive summary The skills economy is being rewritten in real time.AI is reshaping what people need to know,do,and deliver,faster than organizational structures can adapt.The result