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HOW THE WORKFORCE
LEARNS IN 2016
Traditional L&D is not obsolete. It’s just incomplete.
Debrief
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CONTENTS
2	 The Economics of Workplace Learning
3	 The Workforce Learns Sometimes and All-the-Time
4	 The Workforce Demands Transformation and Training
5	 The Workforce Learns at Work and Beyond
6	 The Workforce Finds Learning Via L&D and Each Other
7	 The Workforce Wants Friction-Free L&D
8	 The Operative Word in L&D is “And”
9	 Learning to Think, Invest and Work Differently
Only 38% of learning and development (L&D) professionals
think they’re ready to meet the needs of tomorrow’s learners1
.
This doesn’t mean traditional approaches to L&D are obsolete.
They just aren’t enough anymore. At least not for today’s
workers.
To help L&D teams better engage employees, Degreed
surveyed 512 people to understand how today’s workforce
really builds their skills and fuels their careers. Here’s what we
learned about the demand for learning and development.
HELLO.
1
ATD/i4cp, Learners of the Future: Taking Action Today to Prevent Tomorrow’s Talent Crisis, 12/2015 1
Nearly two-thirds of L&D leaders think workers should connect
with learning resources at least once-a-week in order to be ef-
fective.2
Yet many of those same people report that employees
are tuning out corporate training.3
L&D, they say, is “wildly out
of sync” with how people learn.4
The reality, of course, is more
nuanced.
People don’t only build knowledge and skills once in a while,
through structured, formal training. We also grow every day
­­—informally— through experiences and interactions. If you
really want to build a culture of learning, you need it all: Formal
and informal, job training and career development, L&D and
self-service.
The operative word here is “and.” Business requirements are
colliding with what employees need and want. The thing is, the
conventional L&D toolkit doesn’t work as well for today’s hyper-
kinetic workers. Only 18% would recommend their employers’
training and development opportunities. The supply is not
meeting the demand.
WHAT YOU CAN DO:
To meet the needs of tomorrow’s learners, L&D priorities,
practices and organizations all need to adapt to a whole new
set of demands. Right now. To start, get a better understand-
ing of how today’s workforce really learns.
“What is dangerous is not to evolve.”
AMAZON
JEFF BEZOS, FOUNDER AND CEO
THE ECONOMICS OF WORKPLACE LEARNING
TRADITIONAL L&D IS NOT ENOUGH FOR TODAY’S WORKFORCE
49% DETRACTORS
18% PROMOTERS
33% PASSIVES
18% Promoters
- 49% Detractors
- 31% Net Promoter Score5
2
How likely are you to recommend your employer’s learning and development opportunities to a colleague?
2
Source: Brandon Hall Group, Social Learning 2014: Gaining Importance, 7/2014
3
Bersin by Deloitte, The Real Challenge with Learner Engagement: L&D Has a Marketing Problem, 1/2015
4
Towards Maturity, In-Focus: The Consumer Learner at Work, 2/2016
5
Net Promoter Score is a simple measure of employee (or customer) engagement and loyalty. It is measured on a scale from -100 (bad) to +100 (good).
For more information, see http://www.netpromotersystem.com
Formal, L&D-led training is still a valuable part of how workers
learn. Around 70% of people told us they take live, virtual or
e-learning courses from their employers at least once a year.
However, on average, they only do so once every three or four
months.
Informal, self-serve learning connects the dots in-between. Al-
most 85% said they learn things for work by searching online at
least once a week. Nearly 70% learn from peers or by reading
articles and blogs every week, and 53% learn from videos in
any given week. 
WHAT YOU CAN DO:
People progress every day, in a variety of ways – not just
sometimes, in courses or classrooms. So build L&D environ-
ments that enable self-directed development as well as formal
training, through both micro-learning and macro-learning.
“Satisfied employees have the tools, training and resources to do their jobs well.
Engaged employees learn and grow every day.”
THE WORKFORCE LEARNS SOMETIMES AND ALL-THE-TIME
BAIN & COMPANY
ERIC GARTON & MICHAEL C. MANKINS, PARTNERS
HOW THE WORKFORCE REALLY LEARNS IN 2016
Daily Weekly Monthly Quarterly Yearly
e-Learning
Courses
Conferences &
Trade Shows
Instructor-led
Classes
Coaching &
Mentoring
L&DLEDSELF-DIRECTED
Web Search
Peer
Interactions
Videos
Articles &
Blogs
Apps
Books &
e-Books
Podcasts &
Audio Books
Online
Courses
Live Classes
(ouside of work)
Online
Networks
Webcasts &
Webinars
In-person
Networking
3
THEWORKFORCEDEMANDSTRANSFORMATIONANDTRAINING
Workers spend about 1% of the average work week (37 min-
utes) on their employers’ training.6
However, they invest 3.3
hours a week on their own.7
Over 60% would put in even more
time if they received some kind of credit or recognition.8
People want more than what they can find in the typical L&D
course catalog, though. Three in four told us they invested their
own money ($339, on average) in career-related development
over the last 12 months.
WHAT YOU CAN DO:
People will readily invest in development opportunities that
fuel their growth and enrich their lives. So don’t just train
workers; transform them – and do it through informal, on-de-
mand learning as well as structured, scheduled training.
“It’s the getting a little better every day that leads to great things.”
HILTON WORLDWIDE
KIMO KIPPEN, CHIEF LEARNING OFFICER
WORKERS ARE EAGER TO INVEST IN THEIR CAREERS
4
6
Based on an average US work week of 46.7 hours per Gallup’s 2014 Work and Education Survey.
7
Degreed, Bring Your Own Learning, 2/2015
8
Degreed, The Importance of Informal Learning, 7/2014
Workers spend up to 5x
more time learning on their
own each week than from
their employers.
3 of 4 people invested their
own money (an average of
$339 each) in career related
learning last year.
61% would put in even
more time on their own
if they got some kind of
professional credit.
37 minutes
per week
3.3 hours
per week
61% $339
OF OWN MONEY
L&D LED SELF-DIRECTED
THE WORKFORCE LEARNS AT WORK AND BEYOND
Workers don’t confine their development to offices, shops,
factories and warehouses—or to “normal” working hours. While
85% of people said they learn at work, 67% do so on personal
time and 18% are learning during travel or commutes.
Learning now travels across screens, too. The people we sur-
veyed estimate that 70% of the time they spend learning on
electronic devices still happens on PCs. But smartphones (17%)
and tablets (13%) account for 30% of their digital development.
“We play the role of facilitators and motivators
more than anything else.”
MASTERCARD
JANICE BURNS, CHIEF LEARNING OFFICER
LEARNING HAPPENS EVERYWHERE
66% PERSONAL
18% COMMUTE
84% WORK
39% during
both work and
personal time
of workers say they do at
least some of their learning
on a smartphone or tablet.
77%
5
WHAT YOU CAN DO:
People can already learn anywhere, anytime, all by them-
selves. So spend less time worrying about how to manage
and track workers’ training and more time figuring out how
to channel and feed their curiosity.
Workers have more options for development than ever before,
but they still want guidance. When they need to learn some-
thing new, though, they are most likely to ask their boss or
mentor (69%) or their colleagues (55%) for recommendations.
Many people also take matters into their own hands—literally.
Around 47% search the Internet and 43% browse specific re-
sources. But just 28% search their employers’ learning systems
and only 21% rely on their L&D or HR departments.
WHAT YOU CAN DO:
Learning follows the the path of least resistance. Speed,
simplicity and easy access matter most. So make self-driven
learning meaningful by curating the right resources and tools,
and by engineering useful connections and interactions.
“Put the support structures in place to make [learning]
happen and then get out of the way.”
GOOGLE
KAREN MAY, VP OF PEOPLE DEVELOPMENT
THE PATHWAY TO LEARNING STARTS AT SOCIAL AND SEARCH
Boss or
Mentor Peers inside
the company
Search the
Internet Browse
Specific Online
Resources
Employer’s
LMS External
Professional
Network
Managing L&D directly Empowering learning indirectly
Search
Employer’s
Intranet
L&D or
HR Dept.
17%21%23%28%43%47%55%69%
6
THEWORKFORCEFINDSLEARNINGVIAL&DANDEACHOTHER
Most workplace learning infrastructure doesn’t really work for
today’s workers. They only use their organization’s learning sys-
tems once every four months. That’s only partly because those
systems are mainly used for structured, formal training.
Workers highlighted three main points of friction. For starters,
they don’t have a lot of time for learning; work comes first. They
also don’t feel like they get adequate guidance or direction. And
they don’t think their employers value a lot of the learning they
already do.
THEWORKFORCEWANTSFRICTION-FREEL&D
WHAT YOU CAN DO:
People are not restricted to the resources they get from L&D.
So do more than build (or buy) shorter, more engaging con-
tent. Build an environment and a culture that make the entire
L&D experience smoother, more useful and more rewarding.
“We’re not concerned with instructional design, just with two things:
design and utility. Our solutions are indistinguishable in quality from
the best that our people see every day in their lives as consumers.
Solutions that people choose to use.”
BP
NICK SHACKLETON-JONES, DIRECTOR OF LEARNING INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY
WHAT’S MISSING FROM WORKPLACE LEARNING
WORKER
Not enough
time
1
OBSTACLE
Not enough
recognition or
reward
Not engaging
enough
Not enough
guidance or
direction
Too hard
to find
EXPERTISE
2
OBSTACLE
3
OBSTACLE
4
OBSTACLE
5
OBSTACLE
7
THE OPERATIVE WORD IN L&D IS “AND”
Balancing organizational imperatives with individual ones is
now a crucial requirement for L&D teams. “Either / or” won’t
work. You need control and autonomy, training and develop-
ment, formal and informal, sometimes and anytime.
That’s easier said than done, of course. Mindsets are stuck.
Budgets are fixed. Processes are set. However, the best L&D
organizations are finding balance. And for them, the transfor-
mation starts with thinking, investing and working differently.
“We just don’t view our job as teaching people. We really view our job as inspiring
people to learn. If we can get that right, the rest of it sort of comes.”
DECKERS BRANDS
STEPHANIE DEMIRIS, DIRECTOR OF GLOBAL LEARNING & ENGAGEMENT
9
Chief Learning Officer, CLOs: Agents Of Change, 2/2015
HIGHER-IMPACT L&D ORGANIZATIONS ARE BETTER BALANCED
8
WHAT YOU CAN DO:
Change comes hard - even for agents of change like CLOs.9
But the first step to recovery is recognizing the problem. So
take our simple diagnostic (on the following page) and see
how much more balanced your organization’s L&D could be.
More mature learning organizations deliver...
-20% +29% +13% +90%
Less training via ILT,
vILT and e-learning
More learning via
social interaction
More learning via
on-the-job experiences
More learning via
on-demand resources
Data source: Bersin by Deloitte 2015 Corporate Learning Factbook, 6/2015
WORK DIFFERENTLY
ROLES Managing Directly Empowering Indirectly
METHODS Creating and Facilitating Curating and Connecting
PROCESSES Standardizing Personalizing
TOOLS Courses Resources
DATA Reporting Guiding
INVEST DIFFERENTLY
WHY Compliance Performance
WHO Expert Created Employees Generated
WHAT Content Experiences
HOW Long-form Micro-learning
WHEN Sometimes All-the-time
9
1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 5
THINK DIFFERENTLY
PURPOSE Training Transforming
PRIORITIES Business Requirements Employee Expectations
OWNERSHIP L&D and HR Workers and Managers
DELIVERY Pushed to Employees Pulled by Employees
STRUCTURE Formal Training Informal Learning
1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 5
Change is hard. To successfully evolve priorities, adapt processes and shift investments, you need to do three things: First, figure
out where you are now. Next, help others envision a better future. And then, do the hard work to bridge the gaps.
You have to do the hard part. But to help get you started, we’ve developed this simple diagnostic. Just identify where you are along
each of these dimensions to see how ready you are today to meet the demands of tomorrow’s workforce.
LEARNINGTOTHINK,INVESTANDWORKDIFFERENTLY
ABOUT THIS RESEARCH
DEMOGRAPHICS:
	Sample:	512 respondents throughout the United States; recruited via Survata during Q4 2015
	Genders: 	 41% Male
		 59% Female
	Ages: 	 57% Millennials
		 42% Generation X
		 1% Baby Boomers
	Levels: 	 13% Directors, VPs or C-level executives
		 15% Managers or supervisors
		 31% Salaried employees,
		 34% Hourly workers
		 7% Freelance or contract workers
	Organizations: 	 16% 5,001+ employees
		 17% 1,001 to 5,000 employees
		 20% 251 to 1,000 employees
		 47% fewer than 250 employees
TEAM:
Todd Tauber | VP Product Marketing
Todd leads the market insights and product marketing team at Degreed. Before joining Degreed, he led the L&D practice at Bersin
by Deloitte, Deloitte Consulting’s human capital research business. His thought leadership has been featured by Chief Learning Of-
ficer magazine, SHRM and the Association for Talent Development as well as in The Atlantic, Quartz and The Wall Street Journal.
Temple Smolen | Research Consultant
Temple is a freelance research consultant with a background in eLearning and education technology. She is the former Director
of Research and Publications for The eLearning Guild and the author of several e-learning research reports and industry articles.
Temple holds a BS degree from University of California at Davis, and an MBA degree from UCLA Anderson.
Caitlin Probst | Managing Editor
Mona Huang | Marketing Analyst
ABOUT DEGREED:
Degreed is the only learning platform engineered for the way today’s workforce really learns: Every day, in the flow of work.
Degreed integrates internal L&D solutions and external training content with the world’s largest ecosystem of free and low-cost
learning tools – nearly 3 million courses and microlearning resources from thousands of sources – so everyone can discover, curate,
share and track all kinds of learning. All in a single, unified system.
GET TO KNOW US EVEN BETTER:
Ready to transform your employees’ learning experience? Get in touch today to find out how Degreed can help simplify, amplify
and optimize your L&D.
@degreed linkedin.com/company/degreedinfo@degreed.com Learn more at get.degreed.com
10
Copyright © 2016 Degreed All rights reserved. No parts of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronically or
mechanical, including photocopy, recording or any information storage and retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from Degreed.
Other company, product and service names may be trademarks or service marks of others.
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Degreed_How_the_Workforce_Learns_in_2016

  • 1. HOW THE WORKFORCE LEARNS IN 2016 Traditional L&D is not obsolete. It’s just incomplete. Debrief 61%
  • 2. CONTENTS 2 The Economics of Workplace Learning 3 The Workforce Learns Sometimes and All-the-Time 4 The Workforce Demands Transformation and Training 5 The Workforce Learns at Work and Beyond 6 The Workforce Finds Learning Via L&D and Each Other 7 The Workforce Wants Friction-Free L&D 8 The Operative Word in L&D is “And” 9 Learning to Think, Invest and Work Differently Only 38% of learning and development (L&D) professionals think they’re ready to meet the needs of tomorrow’s learners1 . This doesn’t mean traditional approaches to L&D are obsolete. They just aren’t enough anymore. At least not for today’s workers. To help L&D teams better engage employees, Degreed surveyed 512 people to understand how today’s workforce really builds their skills and fuels their careers. Here’s what we learned about the demand for learning and development. HELLO. 1 ATD/i4cp, Learners of the Future: Taking Action Today to Prevent Tomorrow’s Talent Crisis, 12/2015 1
  • 3. Nearly two-thirds of L&D leaders think workers should connect with learning resources at least once-a-week in order to be ef- fective.2 Yet many of those same people report that employees are tuning out corporate training.3 L&D, they say, is “wildly out of sync” with how people learn.4 The reality, of course, is more nuanced. People don’t only build knowledge and skills once in a while, through structured, formal training. We also grow every day ­­—informally— through experiences and interactions. If you really want to build a culture of learning, you need it all: Formal and informal, job training and career development, L&D and self-service. The operative word here is “and.” Business requirements are colliding with what employees need and want. The thing is, the conventional L&D toolkit doesn’t work as well for today’s hyper- kinetic workers. Only 18% would recommend their employers’ training and development opportunities. The supply is not meeting the demand. WHAT YOU CAN DO: To meet the needs of tomorrow’s learners, L&D priorities, practices and organizations all need to adapt to a whole new set of demands. Right now. To start, get a better understand- ing of how today’s workforce really learns. “What is dangerous is not to evolve.” AMAZON JEFF BEZOS, FOUNDER AND CEO THE ECONOMICS OF WORKPLACE LEARNING TRADITIONAL L&D IS NOT ENOUGH FOR TODAY’S WORKFORCE 49% DETRACTORS 18% PROMOTERS 33% PASSIVES 18% Promoters - 49% Detractors - 31% Net Promoter Score5 2 How likely are you to recommend your employer’s learning and development opportunities to a colleague? 2 Source: Brandon Hall Group, Social Learning 2014: Gaining Importance, 7/2014 3 Bersin by Deloitte, The Real Challenge with Learner Engagement: L&D Has a Marketing Problem, 1/2015 4 Towards Maturity, In-Focus: The Consumer Learner at Work, 2/2016 5 Net Promoter Score is a simple measure of employee (or customer) engagement and loyalty. It is measured on a scale from -100 (bad) to +100 (good). For more information, see http://www.netpromotersystem.com
  • 4. Formal, L&D-led training is still a valuable part of how workers learn. Around 70% of people told us they take live, virtual or e-learning courses from their employers at least once a year. However, on average, they only do so once every three or four months. Informal, self-serve learning connects the dots in-between. Al- most 85% said they learn things for work by searching online at least once a week. Nearly 70% learn from peers or by reading articles and blogs every week, and 53% learn from videos in any given week.  WHAT YOU CAN DO: People progress every day, in a variety of ways – not just sometimes, in courses or classrooms. So build L&D environ- ments that enable self-directed development as well as formal training, through both micro-learning and macro-learning. “Satisfied employees have the tools, training and resources to do their jobs well. Engaged employees learn and grow every day.” THE WORKFORCE LEARNS SOMETIMES AND ALL-THE-TIME BAIN & COMPANY ERIC GARTON & MICHAEL C. MANKINS, PARTNERS HOW THE WORKFORCE REALLY LEARNS IN 2016 Daily Weekly Monthly Quarterly Yearly e-Learning Courses Conferences & Trade Shows Instructor-led Classes Coaching & Mentoring L&DLEDSELF-DIRECTED Web Search Peer Interactions Videos Articles & Blogs Apps Books & e-Books Podcasts & Audio Books Online Courses Live Classes (ouside of work) Online Networks Webcasts & Webinars In-person Networking 3
  • 5. THEWORKFORCEDEMANDSTRANSFORMATIONANDTRAINING Workers spend about 1% of the average work week (37 min- utes) on their employers’ training.6 However, they invest 3.3 hours a week on their own.7 Over 60% would put in even more time if they received some kind of credit or recognition.8 People want more than what they can find in the typical L&D course catalog, though. Three in four told us they invested their own money ($339, on average) in career-related development over the last 12 months. WHAT YOU CAN DO: People will readily invest in development opportunities that fuel their growth and enrich their lives. So don’t just train workers; transform them – and do it through informal, on-de- mand learning as well as structured, scheduled training. “It’s the getting a little better every day that leads to great things.” HILTON WORLDWIDE KIMO KIPPEN, CHIEF LEARNING OFFICER WORKERS ARE EAGER TO INVEST IN THEIR CAREERS 4 6 Based on an average US work week of 46.7 hours per Gallup’s 2014 Work and Education Survey. 7 Degreed, Bring Your Own Learning, 2/2015 8 Degreed, The Importance of Informal Learning, 7/2014 Workers spend up to 5x more time learning on their own each week than from their employers. 3 of 4 people invested their own money (an average of $339 each) in career related learning last year. 61% would put in even more time on their own if they got some kind of professional credit. 37 minutes per week 3.3 hours per week 61% $339 OF OWN MONEY L&D LED SELF-DIRECTED
  • 6. THE WORKFORCE LEARNS AT WORK AND BEYOND Workers don’t confine their development to offices, shops, factories and warehouses—or to “normal” working hours. While 85% of people said they learn at work, 67% do so on personal time and 18% are learning during travel or commutes. Learning now travels across screens, too. The people we sur- veyed estimate that 70% of the time they spend learning on electronic devices still happens on PCs. But smartphones (17%) and tablets (13%) account for 30% of their digital development. “We play the role of facilitators and motivators more than anything else.” MASTERCARD JANICE BURNS, CHIEF LEARNING OFFICER LEARNING HAPPENS EVERYWHERE 66% PERSONAL 18% COMMUTE 84% WORK 39% during both work and personal time of workers say they do at least some of their learning on a smartphone or tablet. 77% 5 WHAT YOU CAN DO: People can already learn anywhere, anytime, all by them- selves. So spend less time worrying about how to manage and track workers’ training and more time figuring out how to channel and feed their curiosity.
  • 7. Workers have more options for development than ever before, but they still want guidance. When they need to learn some- thing new, though, they are most likely to ask their boss or mentor (69%) or their colleagues (55%) for recommendations. Many people also take matters into their own hands—literally. Around 47% search the Internet and 43% browse specific re- sources. But just 28% search their employers’ learning systems and only 21% rely on their L&D or HR departments. WHAT YOU CAN DO: Learning follows the the path of least resistance. Speed, simplicity and easy access matter most. So make self-driven learning meaningful by curating the right resources and tools, and by engineering useful connections and interactions. “Put the support structures in place to make [learning] happen and then get out of the way.” GOOGLE KAREN MAY, VP OF PEOPLE DEVELOPMENT THE PATHWAY TO LEARNING STARTS AT SOCIAL AND SEARCH Boss or Mentor Peers inside the company Search the Internet Browse Specific Online Resources Employer’s LMS External Professional Network Managing L&D directly Empowering learning indirectly Search Employer’s Intranet L&D or HR Dept. 17%21%23%28%43%47%55%69% 6 THEWORKFORCEFINDSLEARNINGVIAL&DANDEACHOTHER
  • 8. Most workplace learning infrastructure doesn’t really work for today’s workers. They only use their organization’s learning sys- tems once every four months. That’s only partly because those systems are mainly used for structured, formal training. Workers highlighted three main points of friction. For starters, they don’t have a lot of time for learning; work comes first. They also don’t feel like they get adequate guidance or direction. And they don’t think their employers value a lot of the learning they already do. THEWORKFORCEWANTSFRICTION-FREEL&D WHAT YOU CAN DO: People are not restricted to the resources they get from L&D. So do more than build (or buy) shorter, more engaging con- tent. Build an environment and a culture that make the entire L&D experience smoother, more useful and more rewarding. “We’re not concerned with instructional design, just with two things: design and utility. Our solutions are indistinguishable in quality from the best that our people see every day in their lives as consumers. Solutions that people choose to use.” BP NICK SHACKLETON-JONES, DIRECTOR OF LEARNING INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY WHAT’S MISSING FROM WORKPLACE LEARNING WORKER Not enough time 1 OBSTACLE Not enough recognition or reward Not engaging enough Not enough guidance or direction Too hard to find EXPERTISE 2 OBSTACLE 3 OBSTACLE 4 OBSTACLE 5 OBSTACLE 7
  • 9. THE OPERATIVE WORD IN L&D IS “AND” Balancing organizational imperatives with individual ones is now a crucial requirement for L&D teams. “Either / or” won’t work. You need control and autonomy, training and develop- ment, formal and informal, sometimes and anytime. That’s easier said than done, of course. Mindsets are stuck. Budgets are fixed. Processes are set. However, the best L&D organizations are finding balance. And for them, the transfor- mation starts with thinking, investing and working differently. “We just don’t view our job as teaching people. We really view our job as inspiring people to learn. If we can get that right, the rest of it sort of comes.” DECKERS BRANDS STEPHANIE DEMIRIS, DIRECTOR OF GLOBAL LEARNING & ENGAGEMENT 9 Chief Learning Officer, CLOs: Agents Of Change, 2/2015 HIGHER-IMPACT L&D ORGANIZATIONS ARE BETTER BALANCED 8 WHAT YOU CAN DO: Change comes hard - even for agents of change like CLOs.9 But the first step to recovery is recognizing the problem. So take our simple diagnostic (on the following page) and see how much more balanced your organization’s L&D could be. More mature learning organizations deliver... -20% +29% +13% +90% Less training via ILT, vILT and e-learning More learning via social interaction More learning via on-the-job experiences More learning via on-demand resources Data source: Bersin by Deloitte 2015 Corporate Learning Factbook, 6/2015
  • 10. WORK DIFFERENTLY ROLES Managing Directly Empowering Indirectly METHODS Creating and Facilitating Curating and Connecting PROCESSES Standardizing Personalizing TOOLS Courses Resources DATA Reporting Guiding INVEST DIFFERENTLY WHY Compliance Performance WHO Expert Created Employees Generated WHAT Content Experiences HOW Long-form Micro-learning WHEN Sometimes All-the-time 9 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 THINK DIFFERENTLY PURPOSE Training Transforming PRIORITIES Business Requirements Employee Expectations OWNERSHIP L&D and HR Workers and Managers DELIVERY Pushed to Employees Pulled by Employees STRUCTURE Formal Training Informal Learning 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 Change is hard. To successfully evolve priorities, adapt processes and shift investments, you need to do three things: First, figure out where you are now. Next, help others envision a better future. And then, do the hard work to bridge the gaps. You have to do the hard part. But to help get you started, we’ve developed this simple diagnostic. Just identify where you are along each of these dimensions to see how ready you are today to meet the demands of tomorrow’s workforce. LEARNINGTOTHINK,INVESTANDWORKDIFFERENTLY
  • 11. ABOUT THIS RESEARCH DEMOGRAPHICS: Sample: 512 respondents throughout the United States; recruited via Survata during Q4 2015 Genders: 41% Male 59% Female Ages: 57% Millennials 42% Generation X 1% Baby Boomers Levels: 13% Directors, VPs or C-level executives 15% Managers or supervisors 31% Salaried employees, 34% Hourly workers 7% Freelance or contract workers Organizations: 16% 5,001+ employees 17% 1,001 to 5,000 employees 20% 251 to 1,000 employees 47% fewer than 250 employees TEAM: Todd Tauber | VP Product Marketing Todd leads the market insights and product marketing team at Degreed. Before joining Degreed, he led the L&D practice at Bersin by Deloitte, Deloitte Consulting’s human capital research business. His thought leadership has been featured by Chief Learning Of- ficer magazine, SHRM and the Association for Talent Development as well as in The Atlantic, Quartz and The Wall Street Journal. Temple Smolen | Research Consultant Temple is a freelance research consultant with a background in eLearning and education technology. She is the former Director of Research and Publications for The eLearning Guild and the author of several e-learning research reports and industry articles. Temple holds a BS degree from University of California at Davis, and an MBA degree from UCLA Anderson. Caitlin Probst | Managing Editor Mona Huang | Marketing Analyst ABOUT DEGREED: Degreed is the only learning platform engineered for the way today’s workforce really learns: Every day, in the flow of work. Degreed integrates internal L&D solutions and external training content with the world’s largest ecosystem of free and low-cost learning tools – nearly 3 million courses and microlearning resources from thousands of sources – so everyone can discover, curate, share and track all kinds of learning. All in a single, unified system. GET TO KNOW US EVEN BETTER: Ready to transform your employees’ learning experience? Get in touch today to find out how Degreed can help simplify, amplify and optimize your L&D. @degreed linkedin.com/company/degreedinfo@degreed.com Learn more at get.degreed.com 10 Copyright © 2016 Degreed All rights reserved. No parts of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronically or mechanical, including photocopy, recording or any information storage and retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from Degreed. Other company, product and service names may be trademarks or service marks of others.