"We plan on making a significant investment in a [digital] system that will allow colleagues easier access to learning resources.”
Whilst 2023 survey respondents are grappling with economic headwinds, how best to support long-term hybrid work structures and what the right best mix of technology, measurements and agility supports business goals, it’s worth reflecting on findings from the 2022 L&D Impact Survey before we dive in. In 2022, budgetary concerns weren’t a top-of-mind L&D issue: many practitioners expected greater investment and post-pandemic confidence was seemingly high enough for a significant minority to kickstart the implementation of agile learning structures and review the effectiveness of the learning technology they used as a response to pandemic restrictions.
In fact, with 90% of respondents saying agile learning would be crucial to future success, L&D teams told us they were thinking about how to get leadership buy-in for and get past cultural reticence to, new learning strategies. Strategies which centred engagement and collaboration, in order for L&D to deliver against the business strategy and provide newly-prioritised soft skills.