The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a surge in digital learning with seven in ten organisations (70 percent) reporting an increase in use of digital or online solutions over the last year, according to the latest Learning and Skills at Work report from the CIPD and Accenture.
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented upheaval over the past year. As organisations went into survival mode during lockdown, learning and development (L&D) functions were presented with significant challenges. Many faced reduced budgets, changing demands, and not least the sudden switch to full digital delivery as face-to-face learning became restricted.
However, for some organisations and their learning teams, the crisis has proved to be an opportunity: to refresh their alignment with organisational needs, examine the enablers of collaboration and learning, to embrace digital technology and support employee reskilling and redeployment at a time of ongoing workforce disruption.
In this still uncertain climate, our research underscores the need for organisations to be curious, to step outside of their comfort zones and embrace new ways of delivering learning with impact for the digital age.