Work is moving faster than the skills needed to do it, according to TalentLMS’ new Speed-to-Skill Report.
In fact, over half of respondents (53%) say they learn new skills by doing and figuring things out on their own.
At the same time, 44% say work priorities are pushing learning aside, while 27% say learning isn’t integrated into daily work.
"AI isn't just changing the skills people need, it's accelerating how fast those skills expire," says Dimitris Tsingos, CEO of Epignosis, parent company of TalentLMS. "Employees are already adapting in real time, but organizations are still relying on training cycles built for a slower world. The ones that close the gap between learning and doing will lead. The rest will keep training for a world that's already moved on."
Key takeaways:
· Nearly half of respondents (47%) say some of their job skills have become outdated within the last five years.
· 21% say their skills became outdated within the last year, compared to 10% of employees. Managers are also more than twice as likely as employees to say this happened within the last six months (12% vs. 5%).
· Yet only 16% of respondents say skill-building happens quickly whenever new needs arise in their company, even as 70% agree employees need faster ways to build skills.
· 38% of managers say it's difficult to predict which skills their teams will need in the next 12 months, while 36% say they struggle to keep up with how quickly AI is changing their team's skill needs.
