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    • AI slowdown and widening skills gaps

      Learning News | Pluralsight |

      A new tech skills forecast predicts a correction in AI investment and renewed urgency for workforce upskilling.

    • AI skills boom meets reality check in new data

      Learning News | Revelio Labs |

      Data shows AI skills catching up fast, narrowing the gap with programming in employer demand but findings temper popular narrative that AI skills already dominate hiring.

    • The Empathy Problem

      Features | Mindtools |

      Empathy is often celebrated as a leadership strength, the skill that builds trust, engagement and better teams. But what happens when there’s too much of it?

    • 2025 Fosway 9-Grid™ for Talent & People Success is now live

      Fosway |

      October 2025: Fosway Group, Europe’s #1 HR industry analyst, has released its latest Fosway 9-Grid™ for Talent & People Success. The research shows that a challenging economy is making for a cautious talent solutions market, pushing HR teams to reduce costs. And yet, many skills and workforce intelligence solutions are reporting strong growth, and AI continues to dominate vendor roadmaps and disrupt traditional talent management processes. It’s clear that in areas where there is strong business impact, there is still plenty of opportunity for innovation and expansion.

    • AI in Learning Report 2025

      Features | L&D reaches a tipping point using AI |

      Eglė Vinauskaitė and Donald H Taylor join Learning News to present their 2025 research into how learning and development is using artificial intelligence.

    • Seven trends set to transform workplace learning, according to Learning Pool

      Learning Pool |

      Learning Pool’s new report, Workplace Learning 2030: The Seven Shifts Reshaping How We Learn at Work, highlights the key trends transforming workplace learning over the next five years. Based on customer insights and industry data, the report identifies seven major shifts—from the rise of AI and skills-based development to evolving learner expectations, connected ecosystems, and data-driven impact measurement. The research provides practical strategies for L&D leaders to embed learning in the flow of work, personalise experiences, and link learning directly to business outcomes.

    • Fosway Group publishes ‘AI Market Assessment for Talent Acquisition ’ paper and announces strategic research programme on AI in HR, talent and learning

      Fosway |

      AI is now the biggest story in all the HR, talent and learning segments, with rapid growth in corporate interest and virtually every vendor having an AI-led roadmap. The market noise about AI is immense, but the story beneath that is opaque and uncertain; never has there been a greater need to provide an honest detailed market analysis of what is real and what is hype, as well as who is succeeding – and how. Crucially, the research programme ties together both corporate and vendor experiences, offering equal footing and deep insights on both sides, and resulting in a series of unique public and private deliverables from Fosway.

    • Fosway Group partners with HR tech event pioneers UNLEASH on 2025’s HR Realities

      Fosway |

      Fosway Group, in association with UNLEASH, has launched the latest wave of its HR Realities research. Now in its 12th year, the research explores how HR teams are managing their people strategies against a backdrop of uncertain economics, digital transformation, talent shortages, AI proliferation and shifting workplace dynamics.

    • AI advantage gap emerges as leaders reap benefits while staff lag behind

      Learning News | AI adoption |

      New research from Employment Hero highlights a widening gap in AI use between leaders and junior staff, with poor implementation linked to productivity loss. Smaller firms are most at risk, prompting calls for more inclusive, skills-focused AI adoption strategies.

    • Exploring the L&D Job Market - Panel Discussion

      CLO100 | London |

      The Learning & Development sector is rapidly evolving, with new opportunities and challenges shaping the futures of professionals in the field. Join CLO100 for an interactive panel discussion on Thursday, 10 July.

    • Training gap after redundancies fuelling staff turnover

      Learning News | Kahoot! |

      Nearly half of employees who survived recent redundancies say they’re likely to leave within a year if training needs remain unmet; highlights a growing link between post-layoff learning gaps and rising attrition.

    • Corporate Training Landscape Map

      Learning News | Training Industry |

      Training Industry’s 2025 map covers 1,300+ providers across 21 segments; New market categories including agentic AI and learning strategy; Designed to help L&D teams navigate vendor landscape.

    • Customer learning grows in importance

      Learning News | LearnUpon |

      Learning and development has a growing role in customer retention and growth and is set to expand with 92% of organisations in 2025. Business impact is clear, but tech and measurement challenges persist.

    • Career growth still outranks pay in L&D priorities

      Learning News | Shaping the Future of Learning & Development, Litmos |

      Employees prioritise career growth over pay when engaging in training; 32.6% cite advancement as main motivator; only 15.2% choose financial incentives; High demand for skill-building, personalisation and autonomy; Many lack control or guidance; Majority open to AI-driven learning; Study on the future of L&D.

    • L&D’s strategic role in GenAI readiness: Why HR, Learning and IT must align

      Learning News | How the Workforce Learns GenAI in 2025, Degreed and Harvard Business Publishing Corporate Learning |

      Strategic alignment across HR, L&D, and IT is essential for scaling GenAI readiness, a new study finds; Organisations with integrated support see faster adoption, higher confidence, and better business outcomes.

    • L&D alignment with business drives 122% performance gain

      Learning News | Guild |

      HR and L&D leaders who align learning and development with core business priorities are significantly more likely to meet or exceed their top strategic goals, by as much as 122% compared to their peers.

    • Gaps in career paths costs UK economy £96 Billion

      Learning News | Pearson |

      New report details the economic and personal impact of learning gaps during major career transitions, including from formal education to work, from one job to another, and disruptions caused by AI automation.

    • AI-fuelled challenges in developing skills

      Learning News | Workforce and Learning Trends Report, CompTIA |

      The pace of technological change is creating a new wave of skill shortages and gaps, prompting HR to refocus and expand skills-building efforts.

    • Fosway Group opens TA Realities Research 2025

      Fosway |

      In partnership with RecFest the research investigates how talent acquisition leaders are innovating and managing change How are talent acquisition teams approaching both new workplace dynamics and a changing market? Fosway Group, Europe’s #1 HR industry analyst, is delighted to again partner with RecFest, the world’s largest talent acquisition event, to promote and open the TA Realities Research 2025 to explore how TA is managing change and evolving as a function.

    • Training market $391 billion

      Training Industry |

      The market for corporate training has reached almost four hundred billion USD globally, growing at 3.45% annually over the last three years - Training Industry annual report.

    • Digital Learning Realities: 10 years of insight

      News features in association with LPI | Fosway |

      The 2025 survey opens for L&D teams and vendors. Market analyst David Perring looks at how digital learning trends are shifting.

    • Digital learning market 2025

      News features in association with LPI |

      Fosway's Myles Runham joins Learning News with the latest digital learning market report and vendor 9-Grid.

    • 2025 Fosway 9-Grid™ for Digital Learning

      Fosway |

      Digital learning market feels continued effects of economic uncertainty as buyers look for further proof of ROI, 2025 Fosway 9-Grid™ for Digital Learning finds.

    • AI research for learning, talent and HR teams

      News features in association with LPI |

      Fosway is establishing a new research study to help learning, talent and HR teams with AI strategy decision making; Reporting later in 2025 on AI use cases, implementation strategy, technologies, and governance and risk.

    • Half don't have AI strategies

      Learning News |

      Research finds more than half of organizations don't have comprehensive AI strategies and AI skills gaps are preventing effective AI implementation.

    • CLO100 Announced as Supporter of Offbeat's Annual L&D Salary Survey

      CLO100 | Cathy Hoy - CEO, CLO100 |

      Fair pay in Learning and Development isn’t just about numbers, it’s about recognition, transparency, and equity. Offbeat's 2025 salary survey dives deep into compensation trends, uncovering vital insights about salary benchmarks, benefits, professional development budgets, certifications, and career satisfaction in the L&D field. This is your chance to help create a transparent, supportive landscape for L&D professionals everywhere.

    • 2025 Fosway 9-Grid™ for Learning Systems

      Fosway |

      2025 Fosway 9-Grid™ for Learning Systems shows a market that continues its cautious but steadily expanding embrace of AI’s potential. London, February 2025 - Fosway Group, Europe’s #1 HR industry analyst, has released its 2025 9-Grid™ for Learning Systems. The research shows that despite a challenging economic climate and ongoing caution from vendors around growth and expansion, the opportunities and disruption caused by AI will likely see accelerated growth across all segments.

    • L&D Economy 2025: Learning systems market

      News features in association with LPI |

      Saturated UK market; opportunities in Europe and Middle East; AI vendor roadmaps; HCM v Learning Suites; Frontline workers; Fiona Leteney joins Learning News with Fosway's 9-Grid™ and Market Report for Learning Systems 2025; new entrants to the grid include Cognota, Masterplan.com, Studytube.

    • AI in HR tomorrow: “AI is coming to HR”

      News features in association with LPI |

      David Perring is back for our final report from Fosway's HR research on the future of AI in HR. How will HR processes and operations change?

    • Employee experience gets thumbs down

      News features in association with LPI |

      Little change in three years to the quality of experience received by employees, despite the importance placed on it by HR and C-suite executives.

    • Sentiment towards AI in L&D increases worldwide

      News features in association with LPI |

      AI breaks another record for what is hot in L&D; sentiment towards consulting with the business, showing value and performance support also rise; Donald H Taylor joins Learning News with this year's sentiment survey results.

    • Half to change HR tech inside three years

      News features in association with LPI |

      Only 29% of HR professionals think that their HR systems are fit for the modern workforce; Core HR platforms open to disruption from specialist providers offering a differentiated HR experience in talent acquisition, learning, performance management and employee listening.

    • L&D Economy 2025 - Employment

      News features in association with LPI |

      Work and Salary Report 2025: Redundancies in L&D down; Rise in L&D qualifications; Salary satisfaction down; Sharp drop in short employment tenures; More L&D budgets to increase than decrease.

    • HR Budgets and Investment

      News features in association with LPI |

      Which areas of HR investment are increasing and where are belts tightening? Research into HR expenditure with David Perring, Fosway.

    • What is hot in L&D?

      Donald H Taylor |

      Learning and Development Global Sentiment Survey 2025 voting opens; Donald H Taylor joins Learning News.

    • UK productivity and skills

      Features |

      Making Skills Work: The Path to Solving the Productivity Crisis; Interview with Patrick Craven, City & Guilds.

    • Mind Tools announces creation of new Product Advisory Panel

      Mindtools |

      Mind Tools, the market-leading expert provider of leadership and management skills development to drive exceptional workplace performance, announced today the creation and appointment of their new Product Advisory Panel.

    • Skills economy report 2024

      Features |

      Mike Bollinger, Cornerstone OnDemand, joins Learning News to discuss in-demand skills and future skills trends.

    • Work is the third biggest cause of stress for UK employees

      Ciphr | Emma-Louise Jones |

      Research by HR software provider Ciphr suggests that most UK employees find their jobs stressful in some way, with workload pressures, working hours, and bosses cited as some of the biggest causes of stress.

    • Cloud HR market 2024

      Features | Fosway |

      Market performance, solution trends and vendor positioining; Interview with analyst Sven Elbert.

    • Measuring impact, exclusive to a select few?

      Features |

      The Measuring the Business Impact of Learning report is in its eighth year and shows the persistent challenges L&D has getting to grips with measuring what it does. Interview with report authors Piers Lea, LTG and Tammy Rutherford, Watershed.

    • Demand soars for human skills in the age of AI

      Learning News | Cornerstone |

      New report highlights growing workforce readiness gap as technology and innovation demand continue to outpace workforce skills; despite AI boom demand for human skills outstrips x2 demand for digital skills.

    • Tech workers can't learn fast enough

      Learning News | Pluralsight |

      Survey reveals half of current tech workers and almost a third of aspiring ones feel they can't learn fast enough to keep pace with tech; highlights a disconnect in tech skills priorities among workers.

    • AI and L&D: AI’s Impact Today and Tomorrow

      Features | Fosway Digital Learning Realities 2024 |

      Adoption of AI in learning has only truly progressed for a small minority of L&D teams; interview with David Perring exploring the 3rd in Fosway's series of Digital Learning Realities reports.

    • L&D Budgets and Investment Trends 2024

      Features |

      Learning is under increased scrutiny and throughout 2023 and 2024 many L&D budgets have felt the pinch; interview with David Perring, Fosway, exploring Fosway's 2024 Digital Learning Realities reports.

    • CIM digital agility courses

      Features | CIM |

      A new suite of qualifications targeting skills and behaviours in digital agility for marketeers; interview with Maggie Jones, Chartered Institute of Marketing.

    • Top 40 edtech startups

      Features |

      Learning News reviews the 2024 list of top emerging edtech companies.

    • HR Realities 2024 survey

      Features | Fosway |

      Fosway has launched the latest wave of its HR research; interview with David Perring, Chief Insights Officer.

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