Artificial intelligence (AI) led advancements are driving the skill development demand across the sectors. According to Gartner, 85% of business leaders agreed that the need for skills development will dramatically increase in the next three years.
Chantal Steen, Senior Director, Global Advisory, in the Gartner HR practice. “L&D must become more agile to respond to changes faster and deliver learning faster and more cost-effectively.”
Gartner has recommended L&D leaders to follow these three recommendations to create a more agile learning environment:
Connect learning to target business outcomes
Outcome-driven learning benefits both the enterprise and its employees by connecting the learning activities with realizing target outcomes. Leaders can co-create narratives with their teams to help shift their view of learning, so they see learning as a vital part of their work that achieves tangible results, rather than time away from work that drains productivity.
Adopt agile learning values
Leaders can unite their teams’ mindsets around effective learning practices by adopting the five values in Gartner’s AI-Era Learning Manifesto:
- Business outcomes over knowledge gained
- Growth mindset over current skill set
- Skills-based agility over role-based stability
- Embedded learning over “off-the-job” training
- Community compounding over individual learning
By embracing learning values, employees will become more energized and learning will be more effective, driving key business outcomes.
Harness agile learning principles
L&D leaders can revitalize learning programs by combining emerging capabilities with proven methods – such as experiential and social learning – that provide learners the opportunity to apply their new skills on the job.
